Strategic Programme Lead

2 weeks ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom Gymshark Full time

ROLE OVERVIEW

This role will lead the IRL Programme, ensuring feasibility, scope, plan, and execution to deliver the IRL strategy and its intended benefits across all regions.

You will be responsible for managing a team of project managers within a complex multi-function, multi-specialism Programme team, with accountability for the leadership, management, and successful delivery of strategic change and value-driven projects.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead the IRL Programme and Strategy across all regions, bringing together delivery functions across People, Product, Finance, Merchandising, Supply Chain, Property, Retail Operations, Legal, Technology, and Brand.
  • Manage the IRL Programme team, supporting them with onboarding and development within the organisation.
  • Scope, define, and manage overall objectives, deliverables, work packages, and tasks across the Global Programme.
  • Plan, monitor, and manage a team to deliver a complex, x-functional programme from start to finish.
  • Ensure the integrity and stability of the IRL Programme, adapting for and supporting all constituent workstreams and delivery styles.
  • Maintain and administer programme plans, including the critical path, risks, issues, dependencies, and budget.
  • Responsible for project resource-planning, ensuring suitable and adequate resource and representation is assigned.
  • Review and challenge Project Working Groups and stakeholders to deliver projects to plan.
  • Identify, manage, mitigate, and/or escalate programme-level risks that threaten Retail, IRL, or the wider business.
  • Report programme progress against success metrics to the Head of Programme, stakeholders, and business leadership through regular, accurate reporting.
  • Act as the key point of contact for the IRL programme.
  • Evaluate programme status and outputs of PIRs, identifying lessons learned and executing plans to act on these with senior stakeholders.
  • Champion the IRL Programme ambition and strategy, providing support, challenge, and relentless enthusiasm to deliver the best possible outcomes.
  • Showcase the IRL programme as what good looks like to the wider business, utilising the IRL Programme framework.
  • Champion continuous development, driving simplification and consistency for projects and programmes within GS.

Accountability:

  • Ownership and management of the IRL Programme across the IRL programme and business, ensuring on-time, to-budget delivery.
  • Realisation of all Programme outcomes and benefits, as defined by the IRL Programme.
  • Ownership of Programme objectives, deliverables, and framework, including structure, delivery plan, critical path, budget, and RAID.
  • Chairing Programme meetings, communicating progress regularly, and providing accurate reporting to IRL and GS Leadership, including Steering, Executive, and Board Committees.
  • Prompt and effective resolution of issues, assessment and management of risk to projects and programme, seeking and recommending solutions to mitigate.
  • Accountability for programme budget, where appropriate.

Essential Skills:

  • Extensive experience of Programme management within a dynamic and fast-paced programme environment, with at least 10 years of change delivery experience and experience of delivering global retail projects.
  • Solid experience of managing a Programme team and mentoring.
  • Change-native, with evidence of successfully delivering complex, x-functional projects as part of large-scale, transformational programmes of work.
  • Experience designing, building, and delivering complex projects with high levels of business change and sustainably embedding into BAU.
  • Experience in managing projects with multiple internal and external work streams.
  • Solution-orientated mindset with an ability to work accurately at pace and cope with ambiguity.
  • Effectively managed project budgets, owning and facilitating related decisions.
  • People-first mindset with vast experience in people management, including matrix and dotted-line management.
  • Proficient with office and project management software, including MS Project.
  • Proficient with project management methodologies such as PRINCE2 and Agile, with a thorough understanding of techniques and methodology.
  • Strong experience in design of and process improvement within change delivery.

Belonging at Gymshark:

We strive to be a place where everyone belongs. We're an equal opportunities employer, and for us, that means we always strive to be as inclusive as possible in all aspects of employment, right from your application. We're committed to finding reasonable adjustments for candidates with specific needs or disabilities during our recruitment process, and all applicants will be considered fairly and equally. We do not tolerate discrimination of any kind.

About Us:

We're here to unite the conditioning community. We believe that putting the sweat in today prepares us for tomorrow. So, we give people the tools they need to reach further, go faster, be stronger. We celebrate those who show up for themselves to be their physical or mental best, whatever that means for them. It's what we want for our community, and our team. A team that's growing rapidly around the world. A collective of talented individuals working together to invent Gymshark's future. Our plans are ambitious, and we're looking for people who want to join us for the ride. Our growth will be your growth.

The Perks:

Choice of Private Medical Insurance or Healthcare Cash Plan, paid for by us
25 days holidays + your birthday and all the Bank Holidays, which can be substituted and taken whenever you want.
A truly Flexible Working Culture
A collaborative, creative, and inspiring working environment
Employer pension contributions up to 7%
Life Assurance at four times your basic salary
50% Gymshark Discount
Gymshark Gift Card for each year of service
Financial, Physical, and Mental Wellbeing Support
Great Training and Learning Resources
Choice of hardware and access to the best software
Paid time off when you're physically and mentally unwell
Very Generous Family Leave package - we support you extending your family
Refuel - Healthy fresh food at GSHQ
Lifting Club (LC) Gym Membership
Free monthly massages
Beauty and Barber facilities
Free on-site parking

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