Senior Programme Manager

Role Overview

• Support the Delivery Executive Director and Deputy in resolving key delivery issues, acting as a senior troubleshooter for complex, unexpected, and cross-functional challenges.
• Provide strategic delivery oversight across the function, applying lessons from major project experience to set the programme up for success.
• Represent the Deputy Executive Delivery Director at executive, management, and Board level meetings as required.
• Respond to executive requests and represent EWR Co at stakeholder events.
• Lead cross-functional delivery readiness, with particular focus on integration across disciplines, resourcing, and establishing the conditions for a safe and efficient start on site.
• Support baseline management across the delivery team, ensuring that scope, schedule, and cost plans are aligned and delivering the required outcomes.
• Support governance development, strengthening the effectiveness of meetings to drive decisions, assurance, and accountability.
• Provide visible safety leadership, actively shaping a culture where safety is a core organisational value.
• Support delivery teams in identifying and mitigating risks, leading recovery actions where needed, and escalating issues to the executive in a timely manner.
• Provide senior-level quality assurance of business papers, presentations, and programme documentation.
• Support the executive team in deepening relationships with key strategic stakeholders, including senior officials in Government and industry.
• Help maintain employee engagement, communication, recognition, and wellbeing across the function.
• Model EWR Co’s values and ways of working, and support others to do the same.

Requirements

• Substantial experience managing and delivering complex infrastructure investment schemes across the full project lifecycle.
• A strong record of senior leadership in matrixed, cross-functional environments, with the ability to influence without direct authority.
• Proven ability to engage effectively with a wide range of stakeholders, translating complex technical and programme issues into clear strategic narratives for different audiences.
• Excellent communication, relationship management, and presentation skills, with the ability to make complex issues clear to a wide range of audiences.
• Strong understanding of infrastructure delivery, design integration, and schedule and cost assurance.
• Sound judgement in high-pressure environments, with experience of identifying, resolving, and escalating risks and issues effectively.
• Experience engaging with senior Government officials, industry leaders, or boards.

Benefits

• Salary
• Competitive, reflecting your skills and experience
• Pension
• Up to 12% employer contribution
• Annual leave
• 36 days (including bank holidays), plus option to buy 2 more
• Family policies
• Enhanced family-friendly policies to support you and your loved ones
• Volunteering
• 2 paid volunteering days per year
• Life assurance
• 4x annual salary
• Wellbeing
• Employee Assistance Programme and access to Perkbox discounts
• Recognition
• On-the-spot and annual awards programme
• Development
• Advanced learning and growth opportunities