Technical Programme Delivery Manager - ITAM

Job Title: Technical Programme Delivery Manager - ITAM
Location: Manchester - 3 days per week in the office
Salary/Rate: Up to £580 per day inside IR35
Start Date: 18/05/2026
Job Type: Contract - 6 months

Company Introduction
The Technical Programme Delivery Manager is accountable for the successful delivery of the IT Asset Management (ITAM) programme.

Reporting to the Head of ITAM, the role provides strategic delivery leadership, ensuring complex change initiatives deliver measurable business outcomes while meeting regulatory, risk, and control expectations.

This role owns programme outcomes end-to-end, shapes delivery strategy, and acts as a senior interface between Technology, Business, Risk, and Executive stakeholders.

Job Responsibilities/Objectives

* Own delivery of multiple complex, interdependent technology programmes aligned to the ITAM strategic priorities
* Set delivery strategy, governance models, and execution approach across programmes
* Provide clear executive-level oversight of progress, risks, dependencies, and outcomes
* Ensure programmes align to enterprise architecture, platform strategies, and technology standards
* Partner with senior Architects, Engineers, and Security leaders to validate technical direction
* Actively challenge designs or plans that introduce undue delivery, resilience, or control risk
* Own senior-level programme governance, reporting, and decision forums
* Ensure compliance with internal control frameworks, audit expectations, and external regulation
* Proactively manage material risks, issues, and regulatory commitments
* Act as the senior delivery lead for the ITAM programme
* Influence and align senior stakeholders across Business, Technology, Risk, and Operations
* Represent programme status and outcomes credibly at executive forums
* Own programme budgets, investment governance, and financial forecasting
* Ensure benefits realisation is tracked and delivered against approved business cases
* Optimise use of internal and third-party resources at scale
* Ensure delivered capabilities are operationally ready, resilient, and supportable
* Drive effective transition into run and long-term sustainability

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

* Significant experience delivering enterprise-scale technology programmes in regulated environments
* Proven senior stakeholder and executive-level engagement capability
* Strong understanding of modern enterprise technology platforms and operating models
* Deep experience with delivery governance, financial management, and risk control

Desirable Skills/Experience
Although not essential, the following skills are desired by the client:

* Experience leading platform or regulatory transformation programmes
* Background working closely with Architecture, Engineering, and Service Management leadership

* Understanding of ITAM operations

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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