Programme Manager

Role Overview

• Coordinate and oversee multi workstream / multi-market programmes across Europe, ensuring alignment to strategic objectives and priorities
• Maintain programme governance frameworks, operating rhythms, and meeting cadences
• Prepare and manage programme steering groups, leadership reviews, and governance forums
• Track dependencies across projects and markets, escalating conflicts, resource gaps, and risks as required
• Develop integrated programme roadmaps incorporating functional, market, and transformation activities
• Facilitate planning workshops to shape programme scope, milestones, and critical paths
• Ensure markets and stakeholders are aligned on timelines, accountabilities, and sequencing
• Maintain programme level reporting including dashboards, and ensure consistent messaging across projects and markets, consolidating inputs into a single programme view
• Provide the Portfolio Lead with insight, risk summaries, and recommendations to support timely decision-making
• Identify and manage programme risks, issues, and interdependencies—ensuring they are visible and owned
• Support benefit tracking and realisation plans, working with markets and finance teams
• Escalate barriers early and drive mitigation planning
• Partner with in country teams to ensure tasks, milestones, and deliverables remain aligned
• Support cross-functional collaboration, creating transparency and alignment across teams
• Collaborate with other Project Management teams to share best practices and ensure consistency in delivery
• Champion process improvement and strategic alignment, driving efficiencies and continuous improvement across the project lifecycle

Requirements

• Proven experience leading or coordinating largescale transformation programmes and / or projects in a complex, multi-stakeholder environment
• Ability to structure and integrate multiple workstreams and stakeholders
• Confident working with senior leaders and presenting in high visibility forums
• Strong communication and influencing skills across culturally diverse stakeholders
• High degree of organisation, structure, and professional discipline
• Comfortable in a fast-paced, evolving environment; proactive, collaborative, and solutions focused
• Skilled in project management tools and advanced Microsoft Office applications
• Capable of leveraging technology to enhance project delivery
• Willing to learn and develop new skills, ways of working and be open to change
• Fluent in English & French; additional European languages beneficial
• Willing to travel within Europe as required.

Benefits

• Company car allowance of £7,000 per annum or Company Car
• Single Private Medical Healthcare cover
• Eligible for company bonus scheme
• Generous holiday allowance, with option to purchase 5 additional holiday days
• Pension scheme
• Hybrid working contract
• Huge discounts on all sorts of lovely food and award-winning products through our staff shop
• Discounts on Cinema tickets, shopping and earn cashback on purchases through Sodexo
• Recognition awards and Incentives
• Career progression opportunities