Programme Director

Job Title:Programme Director - FS Industry Experience Needed
Location: Sheffield or Birmingham - 3 days per week in the office
Salary/Rate: £600 per day inside IR35
Start Date: 29/06/2026
Job Type: Contract - 6 months initially

Company Introduction

We are seeking an experienced Programme Director to lead delivery of large-scale transformation initiatives within the CTO Platforms domain. This role will drive end-to-end execution across infrastructure, cloud, and platform services, ensuring alignment to enterprise strategy, resilience, and regulatory requirements.

Job Responsibilities/Objectives

• Lead delivery of complex, multi-workstream CTO Platforms programmes (infrastructure, cloud, hosting, platform services)
• Manage programmes with budget accountability exceeding £50M , ensuring delivery to scope, timeline, and quality
• Define and execute programme roadmap aligned to modernisation, scalability, and resilience objectives
• Drive alignment across engineering, architecture, SRE, and service management teams
• Manage senior stakeholders across technology, business, and control functions
• Establish and maintain strong governance, reporting, risk, and control frameworks
• Own programme financials (budget, forecasting, benefits realisation)
• Oversee third-party vendors and global delivery partners
• Ensure adherence to enterprise architecture, cloud strategy, DevOps, and automation standards
• Lead global, matrixed teams to drive delivery accountability and outcomes

Required Skills/Experience
The ideal candidate will have the following:

• Proven track record delivering large-scale CTO Platforms / technology programmes (>£50M )
• Strong experience across infrastructure, cloud, hosting platforms, or platform engineering
• Experience within Tier-1 financial services environments
• Strong understanding of governance, risk, regulatory, and audit frameworks
• Excellent executive stakeholder management capability
• Experience managing complex vendor ecosystems and global teams
• Strong financial and commercial management experience

If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply now with your updated CV in Microsoft Word/PDF format.

Disclaimer
Notwithstanding any guidelines given to level of experience sought, we will consider candidates from outside this range if they can demonstrate the necessary competencies.
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