Programme Manager

🚀 Interim Programme Manager 🚀

Are you an experienced interim programme leader who excels at turning day-zero ambiguity into structured, high-impact operational delivery?

We are working in close, exclusive partnership with our client - a leading national healthcare charity - to secure a hands-on, delivery-focused Interim Programme Manager to launch and establish a critical, cross-organisational transformation initiative.

Reporting directly to the Senior Responsible Owner (SRO) with dotted-line assurance to Group Strategy & Transformation, this is a high-profile 5–6 month mandate to align and effectively mobilise a UK-wide network of -11,000 healthcare professionals across regional and medical networks. 🏥

🎯 The Strategic Mission

🔹 Day-Zero Programme Mobilisation

Step into an early-stage initiative to conduct current-state diagnostics, establish programme architecture, build PMO controls, design RAIDD management frameworks, and author the Programme Definition Document (PDD) from scratch.

🔹 BAU vs. Transformation Scoping

Conduct a thorough transition review of existing workstreams to separate Business-As-Usual (BAU) operational tasks from true transformational scope - ensuring ongoing routine activities are handed back to line management while keeping the programme sharply focused on strategic change.

🔹 Workforce Mobilisation & System Alignment

Drive cross-organisational integration between central strategy and operational teams, breaking down internal silos to deploy healthcare specialists into high-impact healthcare spaces. 🤝

🔹 Applied MSP Governance & Benefits Realisation

Embed formal decision-making structures and design outcome-focused benefits frameworks using Managing Successful Programmes (MSP) principles to track strategic impact. 📊

🔹 Pragmatic, Hands-On Execution

Balance high-level strategic roadmap design with tactical operational delivery in a lean environment - rolling up your sleeves to drive momentum rather than taking a purely advisory stance. ⚡

👤 The Ideal Profile

✅ Applied MSP Methodology - Essential

Proven track record of managing and delivering live, complex programmes under MSP principles - classroom-only certifications or theoretical knowledge will not suffice.

✅ End-to-End Mobilisation

Demonstrable experience establishing programmes from scratch in complex, multi-stakeholder environments across charity, healthcare, public sector, or commercial corporate settings.

✅ Strategic Clarity

Sharp capability to distinguish between operational business-as-usual and true transformation, bringing structure and accountability to messy, early-stage landscapes.

✅ Matrix Leadership

Exceptional stakeholder credibility with the ability to influence cross-functional directorates, external healthcare partners, and senior executives without relying on direct line management authority.

📍 Location & Engagement Terms

📅 Duration: 5–6 Month Interim Assignment

💷 Daily Rate: Up to £500/Day — Inside IR35

📍 Location: Central London, near Blackfriars / Waterloo

🏠 Working Pattern: Flexible hybrid

If you're a hands-on programme leader who can bring structure, governance and momentum to a complex transformation from day zero, we'd love to hear from you.

🚨Apply now or get in touch for a confidential discussion.🚨