Programme Delivery Manager

Permanent | c £65,000+ | Home-based with travel to London or Leeds as required

Lead critical transformation programmes that matter. We're seeking an experienced Programme Delivery Manager to lead complex, high-profile transformation and regulatory change programmes within a customer-focused and highly regulated Housing Association environment.

This is not a traditional Programme Manager role. We're looking for a senior delivery leader who can partner with executives, influence strategic decisions, challenge constructively when required, and ensure major change is delivered safely, effectively and sustainably.

You'll be responsible for shaping delivery approaches, managing competing priorities, balancing risk and readiness, and providing the delivery judgement needed to navigate complex organisational change.

What We're Looking For. Essential Experience

• Proven experience as a Programme Delivery Manager, Programme Manager or Senior Programme Lead.
• Deep experience delivering complex programmes and transformation initiatives.
• Proven experience delivering major programmes within a Housing Association, Registered Housing Provider or Local Authority Housing service.
• Strong track record of delivering programmes involving regulatory, operational or compliance-driven change.
• Experience managing complex multi-workstream programmes involving Digital, Data, Change, Operations and third-party suppliers.
• Experience partnering with Executive Sponsors, Directors and senior leadership teams.
• Demonstrable experience managing significant programme budgets and delivery risk.
• Experience working with suppliers serving the housing or care sectors.

You will be:

• Highly autonomous and comfortable working with ambiguity.
• Pragmatic, commercially minded and focused on outcomes rather than process for process' sake.
• Credible at Executive and Director level, able to build trusted long-term relationships.
• Confident challenging senior stakeholders and holding others accountable for delivery commitments.
• Resilient and calm under pressure, particularly when delivering critical change programmes.
• Skilled at balancing pace, risk, readiness and value to make sound delivery decisions.

What You'll Be Doing

• Providing senior delivery leadership across complex transformation programmes.
• Partnering with Sponsors and Directors to shape delivery strategies, sequencing and programme mobilisation.
• Managing delivery, operational and regulatory risks across multiple workstreams.
• Creating a joined-up delivery view across Digital, Data, Design, Change and Operations.
• Providing independent challenge and delivery assurance to senior stakeholders.
• Intervening early when risks emerge, priorities change or delivery plans require rebalancing.
• Ensuring change is delivered safely, sustainably and with minimal impact on customers and operational services.

Why Apply? This is an opportunity to play a key role in delivering meaningful change within sectors that directly impact people's lives. You'll join an organisation undertaking significant transformation where your judgement, leadership and delivery expertise will genuinely influence outcomes.

• Salary of c£65,000 +
• Home-based contract with flexible working arrangements
• Opportunity to lead high-profile transformation programmes
• Strong focus on professional development and career progression
• Collaborative and supportive leadership team
• Comprehensive benefits package

Apply Now If you're an experienced Programme Delivery Manager with a strong background in social housing or housing associations and a passion for delivering complex change programmes, we'd love to hear from you. Send you CV to us at [email protected]

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