Programme Manager

Who you are

• Strong programme management experience with a proven track record of delivering large-scale cyber security or technology transformation programmes
• Demonstrable expertise in programme governance, financial management, and executive reporting
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to navigate organisational complexity and competing priorities
• Strong leadership capability, driving collaboration across business, technology, and security teams
• Proven experience managing risk, dependencies, and change within large programmes
• Significant experience managing large programmes, with cyber security programme delivery experience strongly preferred
• Good understanding of cyber security principles, controls, and risk management practices
• Experience delivering security initiatives such as identity and access management, security operations, vulnerability management, cloud security, or regulatory compliance programmes
• Working knowledge of JIRA and associated delivery management tools (desirable)
• Understanding of RIIO and the regulatory landscape within critical national infrastructure or regulated industries (beneficial but not essential)

What the job involves

• To lead the delivery of strategic cyber security programmes, ensuring effective governance, budget control, risk management, and stakeholder engagement. The role will drive the implementation of cyber security capabilities and controls across the organisation, balancing business priorities, regulatory obligations, and security requirements to deliver measurable risk reduction
• Play an active role in the end-to-end delivery of complex cyber security programmes and initiatives, ensuring alignment to organisational security strategy and objectives
• Establish and maintain robust programme governance, reporting, budget management, and delivery controls
• Manage programme risks, issues, dependencies, and mitigations, ensuring security and business impacts are clearly understood and addressed
• Engage and influence a broad range of senior business, technology, and security stakeholders within a complex organisational environment
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to deliver cyber security capabilities, controls, and improvements to agreed timelines and quality standards
• Provide clear and concise updates to programme leadership, governance forums, and executive stakeholders
• Support compliance with regulatory and industry frameworks, with RIIO knowledge considered advantageous

The application process

• We review every application received and will get in touch if your skills and experience match what we’re looking for. If you don’t hear back from us within 10 days, please don’t be too disappointed – we may keep your CV on our database for any future vacancies and we would encourage you to keep an eye on our career opportunities as there may be other suitable roles