Programme Manager
BSG's Programme Management division has opportunities for candidates with proven delivery capability to apply these skills across a number of linked projects and business activities so as to enable strategic change within organisations. Successful candidates will be expected to add value in all phases of a Programme, from Definition through to Closure, and could be required to play a major role in one or all of the following areas of a Programme: Governance, Planning, Issue & Risk Management, Quality Management, Benefits Management, Change Management and Stakeholder Management. Project Teams and Programme Office resources will report into the Programme Manager who will need to play a key leadership role in aligning and managing these areas.
Qualifications: Appropriate tertiary qualification
Experience:
- 3– 4 years project or programme management experience
- 6– 10 years consulting or project-related IT experience
- IT related Degree
- IT related industry experience preferred
Knowledge:
- Strategic planning and goal setting e.g. Balanced Scorecard approach
- Benefits measurement e.g. earned value analysis, net present value
- Project and programme management, including Planning and Organisation, Quality management, Risk, Issue management and Benefits management
- Management of programme-level budgets, contracts, finances and skilled resources
Skills & experience:
- Conflict Resolution
- Negotiation and Board Level Facilitation
- Planning, Organisation and Control
- Blueprint Modelling
- Benefits Realisation Management
- Quality Management
- Risks and Issue Management
- Leadership
- Business Case Development
Responsibilities
- Lead organisational transformation
- Manage resources across projects, including project management teams
- Manage interdependencies and resolve conflicts among projects within a programme
- Measure and manage the realisation of business benefits
- Manage internal and external stakeholders to the programme
- Realign projects within a programme based on changing business requirements and corporate objectives, including the identification of projects to be stopped
- Manage programme quality, risks and issues
- Manage programme finance and contractual obligations
- Market the programme to internal and external stakeholders
- Manage third-party contributions to a programme e.g. contractors
- Coach project managers
- Manage agreed internal BSG functions
Key Performance Areas:
- Delivery of overall programme and constituent projects within budget, time, scope and required quality
- Successful management of programme risks
- Realisation of business benefits forecast
- Management of change to implement organisational transformation
- Relationship Building
Please note that should you not meet the minimum criteria as specified on the job spec, no correspondence will be entered into.
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