Programme Manager

**Becoming a Programme Manager with Smart DCC**:
**Fantastic opportunity to secure an initial 6 months contract as a** Programme Manager with Smart DCC. The Programme Manager can be based in London or Manchester on a hybrid working model (2 days office based, 3 days remote).The role of Programme Manager comprises both delivery and people management responsibilities. The ProgrammeManager will deliver and report to a Programme Director and lead in a matrix environment, a team of project managers and manage relationships with third party service providers and internal and external stakeholders

**What you’ll be doing**:

- Lead, direct and develop a team of Project Managers, both line and matrix management, to the standards expected of a DCC people leader
- Build and maintain productive and collaborative relationships across Service Delivery and with wider DCC functions and teams to develop a clear understanding of business needs
- Ensure your teams adhere to agreed standards and ways of working, for example use of Programme and Project Management artefacts and processes, Change Delivery Methodology and close and collaborative working with other practices, the Portfolio Office andProgramme Management Office to strengthen delivery governance
- Direct, supervise, and control the execution of DCC projects to assure delivery of Service Providers or internal technological/systems/product projects to agreed scope, quality, cost and timescales
- Ensure that a programme’s workstreams and projects have clear objectives and are aligned and working to the same set of high-level design principles in accordance with the programme vision
- Develop and implement procedures/systems to support knowledge transfer across a programme’s workstreams and within DCC

**What we’re looking for**:

- An experienced programme leader with extensive relevant experience in programme delivery managing large business change and technical projects, including hands-on delivery of technology-enabled system integration projects and programmes
- PRINCE2 Practitioner, or equivalent
- Experience of continuous improvement principles and tools to identify and successfully implement improvements to working practices
- Significant experience in leading, directing and coaching others to consistently deliver high quality services both through direct line management and matrix arrangements of virtual multidisciplinary teams
- Strong matrix management experience, with proven ability to drive results through matrix management delivery structure
- Clear understanding of the importance of effective programme and project management, how it is typically undertaken and governed, and its direct role in achieving successful delivery and benefits realisation
- Excellent communications skills, written and verbal with the capability to listen, influence and effectively communicate and present complex proposals and reports at all levels

**About Smart DCC**

At the Data Communications Company, we believe in making Britain more connected, so we can all lead smarter, greener lives. We’ve built the secure infrastructure that’s supporting the mass roll-out of smart meters across the country. Our universal, securenetwork will be in 30 million homes and small businesses, making it the largest network in Britain. So it’s a truly exciting time to join us. You’ll be part of a team that’s supporting the country’s transition to a low-carbon economy, and helping to ensurean affordable, secure, and sustainable energy supply for the future.

**What’s in it for you?**

**A competitive day rate**

**Partial remote working available for this role**

You’ll also become part of a network of 63,000 experienced, innovative and dedicated individuals across multiple disciplines and sectors. There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career, and we’ll provide the support youneed to do deliver. Our purpose is to create a better outcome for you.

**What we hope you’ll do next**:
The parent company, Capita Plc*, are a leading UK provider of technology enabled business services. We’re supporting and improving the lives of millions of people every day and we can only do this with the right people in place, working towards a sharedgoal. We encourage an open, honest working environment where everyone can be true to themselves and people are valued for their differences. We’re always challenging each other to learn and improve, because we know when we work together, we can deliver betteroutcomes. We work across such a huge range of businesses and sectors, that you’ll have the opportunity to grow and develop your career in any number of directions. You’ll also become part of a network of 63,000 experienced, innovative, and dedicated individualsacross multiple disciplines and sectors. There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career, and we’ll provide the support you need to do deliver. Our purpose is to create a better outcome for you.