Programme Director

The Company

Multinational corporation provides critical digital infrastructure across Europe and APAC.

The Role

Program director is induvial contributor role

• Develop and maintain a comprehensive transition strategy and integrated programme plan, covering scope, workstreams, milestones, resources, dependencies, acceptance criteria and contingency arrangements.
• Translate contractual requirements into clear operational deliverables, including exit obligations, service continuity, knowledge transfer and the transfer of data, assets and responsibilities.
• Establish governance, reporting and decision-making forums, providing clear updates on progress, financial performance, risks, issues and key decisions.
• Manage the transition budget, forecasts and commercial exposure, ensuring costs, recoveries and liabilities are clearly understood and controlled.
• Lead commercial discussions on scope, change requests, contractual obligations and transition support, working closely with Legal, Finance and Commercial teams.
• Coordinate delivery across operational, technology and corporate functions, holding workstream leaders accountable for agreed outcomes.
• Maintain effective risk, issue, dependency and action management, escalating concerns promptly and driving timely resolution.
• Ensure all transition activities comply with relevant contractual, regulatory, privacy, security and records-management requirements.
• Manage senior client and partner relationships, supporting constructive engagement while protecting the organisation's contractual and commercial interests.
• Secure formal completion and sign-off, including handover, supporting documentation, residual obligations, lessons learned and financial and contractual closure.

Your Profile

• Former Transition Director, Programme Director or Transformation Director
• Experience in BPO, outsourcing, managed services, government services, technology or large contract transitions
• Strong commercial and contractual experience
• Comfortable operating without direct reports
• Able to influence Legal, Finance, Operations, People and Technology functions
• Credible in front of customer executives and Boards

Preferred skills and experience

• Experience delivering a formal transition-out or exit-management program for a major government or enterprise customer.
• Experience with technology separation, service migration, data transfer, supplier exit or operational handover.
• Relevant program or project management qualification such as MSP, PRINCE2, PMP or equivalent.
• Experience working across regional and global teams in a matrixed organisation

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