Programme Director

**Who are we?** Thames Water is the UK’s largest water and wastewater company. We make a daily difference to our 1 million customers by supplying 2.6 billion litres of water through 32,000 km of pipes, keeping taps flowing and toilets flushing. At Thames Water, every one of our actions, big and small, matters every day. Water is essential to life, so our business is always open. **What you will be doing?** We are looking for a Programme Director to direct a business simplification programme, which will be underpinned by an SAP (S/4HANA) implementation. As Programme Director, you will be responsible for defining, managing, and delivering a coherent set of activities across a significant programme of Digital and business change, and/or a portfolio of projects within a specific business or technology area. Youwill need to be able to define, in partnership with the relevant senior stakeholders, programme scope, benefits and business outcomes. You will also need to coordinate any technology solution assessments, if required, and oversee commercial and procurementprocesses. As Programme Director, you will deliver the programme and/or project/s to the expected standards of time, quality, and budget, including reporting associated plans, risks, and issues to Executive leadership. **What will this role involve?**: - Steer and manage project activities - Effective management of risks, issues, and costs. Manage the costs of the projects within the approved budget and tolerance levels, in accordance with Thames Water standards. - Follow agreed to governance standards across the project/s lifecycle/s - Team management - Identify and forecast resource needs including internal and external partner resource requirements. Coach, manage and support career development for up to 8 direct reports. - Supplier management - Responsible for overseeing and/or supporting the selection of any third-party suppliers. - Support Digital Transformation purpose - Actively support non-programme delivery activities related to the improvement of Digital processes and ways of working, including the transition to Product Management ways of working, defining, and implementing deliveryprocess efficiencies and insourcing/developing Digital skills and capabilities within our delivery teams to meet future business and technology need - We are looking to you to Identify, engage, and manage direct and indirect stakeholders appropriately in the context of their role within the programme, up to and including the Executive Director level. - Establish and manage a regular programme governance structure, including management of cost, schedule, resources, RAID, and dependency management. - Identify and manage RAID items within the programme and escalate where appropriate. - Manage project change (scope, time, budget) within agreed tolerances or escalate changes accordingly. - Attend project initiation workshops and creation of any associated material to instigate a new project. - Create project closure reports and steer lessons learned workshops. - Participate in and support recruitment processes. - Support commercial and procurement activities for any third-party supplier including RFI/RFQ processes and contract negotiations. - Support supplier management performance processes, including monthly reporting of supplier time, cost, and quality metrics. - Support Digital Transformation objectives **EssentialExperienceand Technical skills**: - Experience in Digital / IT programme management delivery role - ERP transformation and delivery experience ideally SAP S/4HANA - Experience in financial management up to £25m per annum - Line management experience of up to 10 direct reports - Management of teams >50 resources - Management of suppliers across the entire delivery life cycle - Customer-centric delivery experience - SAFe Practitioner, Scrum Master or equivalent. - PRINCE 2 Practitioner or equivalent. **DesirableExperience & Technical skills**: - ITIL v3/v4 or equivalent - Information Technology or similar qualification to Batchelor's Degree or equivalent level - Utility or public sector industry experience - Experience with Agile and/or Product Management delivery methodologies - Certification/Experience in DevOps tools, processes, and methodology. **What is in it for you?** Thames Water is a dynamic, rewarding, and diverse place to work, with opportunities around every corner. If you join our team, you’ll enjoy a fulfilling career and flexible working arrangements. Our competitive salary package includes a bonus, car allowance, an excellent contributory pension, 26 days holiday per year increasing to 30 with a length of service and a wider benefits scheme including our benefits hub, which is packed full of offers andinformation to save you money and support your well-being.