Programme Manager

Who you are

• Experience managing large, complex, multi-workstream programmes, ideally spanning technology, operating model and organisational change
• Comfortable operating in both Agile and traditional delivery environments, adapting governance to the workstream rather than applying one method rigidly
• Proven track record delivering programmes to specification, on time and within budget, with credible evidence of benefits realisation
• Certified Project/Programme Manager (PRINCE2, APM, MSP or equivalent)
• Experience in technology transformation, risk and governance within a regulated or fast-paced global organisation and is comfortable with ambiguity
• Able to influence, advise and hold accountable senior and C-level stakeholders without eroding their ownership of delivery
• Strong analytical capability across budgets, forecasts, savings and business cases
• A clear, confident communicator, verbally and in writing, able to establish credibility quickly across a broad range of stakeholders
• Highly organised and hands-on, with a bias towards decisions and outcomes over process and administration

What the job involves

• The Programme Manager will work directly for the Transformation Director as a core member of the Programme Management Office (PMO), the independent nerve centre for IG's company-wide transformation programme spanning technology modernisation, AI adoption, acquisition integration, operating and organisational model change, and procurement and external spend optimisation
• The role is hands-on: running the day-to-day mechanics of governance, reporting and risk management so the Transformation Director can focus on ExCo engagement, sequencing decisions and stakeholder alignment
• You’ll work closely with the Transformation Finance Partner and People Partner to ensure cost, benefit, and engagement data feed into a single integrated view. Like the PMO as a whole, the Programme Manager does not own implementation or business outcomes - delivery responsibility sits with initiative owners, and accountability for budgets and benefits remains with the relevant budget owners
• Orchestrate the transformation programme across workstreams: sequencing activity, tracking progress and surfacing issues for resolution, providing hands-on planning support to individual workstreams where required
• Own the programme's governance controls on behalf of the Transformation Director; steering group cadence, decision logs, RAID logs and reporting standards - consistent and lightweight, not bureaucratic
• Maintain the integrated view of milestones, dependencies, risks and expected benefits across initiatives, surfacing overlaps and sequencing conflicts before they become problems
• Prepare concise, decision-oriented reporting for the Transformation Director, Steering Group and ExCo, translating complex programme activity into clear, honest narratives
• Manage communication and relationships with initiative owners and workstream leads, coordinating cross-project activity and managing interfaces between projects
• Support Finance and budget owners to track transformation expenditure, forecast benefits and validate realised savings
• Constructively challenge initiative owners where plans, forecasts or reported status are not sufficiently robust
• Provide hands-on support to initiatives at risk, while keeping delivery accountability with initiative owners
• Support the delivery of change management activity across workstreams, owning the tracking and reporting of adoption and behavioural change
• Coordinate other project managers and workstream support resources as the PMO scales