Lead Program Manager - Enterprise
Company
Location
Southampton, England, United Kingdom
Posted At
11/26/2024
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Description
We’re Kingfisher, A team made up of over 78,000 passionate people who bring Kingfisher - and all our other brands: B&Q, Screwfix, Brico Depot, Castorama and Koctas - to life. That’s right, we’re big, but we have ambitions to become even bigger and even better. We want to become the leading home improvement company and grow the largest community of home improvers in the world. And that’s where you come in.
At Kingfisher our customers come from all walks of life, and so do we. We want to ensure that all colleagues, future colleagues, and applicants to Kingfisher are treated equally regardless of age, gender, marital or civil partnership status, colour, ethnic or national origin, culture, religious belief, philosophical belief, political opinion, disability, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation.
We are open to flexible and agile working, both of hours and location. Therefore, we offer colleagues a blend of working from home and our offices, located in London, Southampton & Yeovil. Talk to us about how we can best support you
This role will see you provide strategic leadership & oversight across large-scale enterprise programs, driving successful delivery, optimizing resource management, and promoting continuous improvement, while fostering a high-performing and cohesive program management community.
What's the job?
Line Management: Line manage program/project managers across the enterprise project team providing leadership, guidance, mentoring and performance management to ensure effective delivery.
Chapter Leadership: Champion chapter activities related to quality improvement, skill development, and fostering a sense of belonging across the program and project management community. Support teams to define, implement and continually improve project standards including project documentations, processes, ways of working, tooling and planning.
Strategic Delivery Planning & Reporting: Create and maintain the delivery pipeline for large-scale programs, providing strategic oversight and resourcing plans to ensure alignment with business priorities. Prepare consolidated material from project reports for monthly review.
Governance & Standards Oversight: Ensure adherence to program governance standards, supporting program managers in preparing for Governance Boards.
Financial Oversight: Collaborate with the finance team to undertake financial modelling and cost tracking for the enterprise programs, ensuring clear visibility into budget allocations and financial health.
Risk & Dependency Management: Track and report on key risks, issues, and dependencies across Enterprise programs, providing regular updates to governance bodies and leadership teams.
Delivery leadership: Creation and maintenance of programme milestone plan,, collaborate with the team to maximise delivery of value to Customers, responsible for managing the achievement of overall programme objective, Estimating, allocating and controlling programme costs against agreed budgets, measuring value realised.
What You'll Bring
Leadership & People Management : Proven experience in leading, mentoring, and managing program managers, with strong skills in performance management and team development, fostering high performance and accountability.
Program & Project Management Expertise: In-depth knowledge of program and project management principles, including experience with large-scale, complex programs across multiple workstreams.
Strategic Planning & Delivery : Proven ability to develop and maintain strategic delivery pipelines, aligning program plans with business priorities, and managing resource allocation effectively.
Governance & Stakeholder Management : Expertise in preparing governance submissions, tracking actions, and producing high-quality reports for senior stakeholders. Ability to ensure adherence to governance and standards across programs.
Financial Acumen: Strong financial oversight and budgeting skills, including experience in financial modelling and working closely with finance teams to ensure budget alignment and financial health of programs.
Risk & Dependency Management : Advanced capability in identifying, tracking, and reporting on risks, issues, and dependencies across multiple programs, with the ability to escalate and resolve challenges proactively.
Resourcing & Recruitment Expertise: Demonstrated ability to manage delivery resourcing effectively, ensuring optimal resource allocation across programs, and leading recruitment for program and project management roles as required.
Collaboration & Communication: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build relationships across teams, lead chapter activities, and collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders.
Problem Solving & Continuous Improvement : Ability to drive continuous improvement in program standards, processes, and ways of working, ensuring consistent quality and performance.
Be Customer Focused – constantly improving our customers ’ experience
In return, we offer an inclusive environment, where what you can achieve is limited only by your imagination! We encourage new ideas , actively support experimentation, and strive to build an environment where everyone can be their best self. Find out more about Diversity & Inclusion at Kingfisher here!
We also offer a competitive benefits package and plenty of opportunities to stretch and grow your career.
Interested? Great, apply now and help us to Power the Possible.
At Kingfisher our customers come from all walks of life, and so do we. We want to ensure that all colleagues, future colleagues, and applicants to Kingfisher are treated equally regardless of age, gender, marital or civil partnership status, colour, ethnic or national origin, culture, religious belief, philosophical belief, political opinion, disability, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation.
We are open to flexible and agile working, both of hours and location. Therefore, we offer colleagues a blend of working from home and our offices, located in London, Southampton & Yeovil. Talk to us about how we can best support you
This role will see you provide strategic leadership & oversight across large-scale enterprise programs, driving successful delivery, optimizing resource management, and promoting continuous improvement, while fostering a high-performing and cohesive program management community.
What's the job?
Line Management: Line manage program/project managers across the enterprise project team providing leadership, guidance, mentoring and performance management to ensure effective delivery.
Chapter Leadership: Champion chapter activities related to quality improvement, skill development, and fostering a sense of belonging across the program and project management community. Support teams to define, implement and continually improve project standards including project documentations, processes, ways of working, tooling and planning.
Strategic Delivery Planning & Reporting: Create and maintain the delivery pipeline for large-scale programs, providing strategic oversight and resourcing plans to ensure alignment with business priorities. Prepare consolidated material from project reports for monthly review.
Governance & Standards Oversight: Ensure adherence to program governance standards, supporting program managers in preparing for Governance Boards.
Financial Oversight: Collaborate with the finance team to undertake financial modelling and cost tracking for the enterprise programs, ensuring clear visibility into budget allocations and financial health.
Risk & Dependency Management: Track and report on key risks, issues, and dependencies across Enterprise programs, providing regular updates to governance bodies and leadership teams.
Delivery leadership: Creation and maintenance of programme milestone plan,, collaborate with the team to maximise delivery of value to Customers, responsible for managing the achievement of overall programme objective, Estimating, allocating and controlling programme costs against agreed budgets, measuring value realised.
What You'll Bring
Leadership & People Management : Proven experience in leading, mentoring, and managing program managers, with strong skills in performance management and team development, fostering high performance and accountability.
Program & Project Management Expertise: In-depth knowledge of program and project management principles, including experience with large-scale, complex programs across multiple workstreams.
Strategic Planning & Delivery : Proven ability to develop and maintain strategic delivery pipelines, aligning program plans with business priorities, and managing resource allocation effectively.
Governance & Stakeholder Management : Expertise in preparing governance submissions, tracking actions, and producing high-quality reports for senior stakeholders. Ability to ensure adherence to governance and standards across programs.
Financial Acumen: Strong financial oversight and budgeting skills, including experience in financial modelling and working closely with finance teams to ensure budget alignment and financial health of programs.
Risk & Dependency Management : Advanced capability in identifying, tracking, and reporting on risks, issues, and dependencies across multiple programs, with the ability to escalate and resolve challenges proactively.
Resourcing & Recruitment Expertise: Demonstrated ability to manage delivery resourcing effectively, ensuring optimal resource allocation across programs, and leading recruitment for program and project management roles as required.
Collaboration & Communication: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build relationships across teams, lead chapter activities, and collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders.
Problem Solving & Continuous Improvement : Ability to drive continuous improvement in program standards, processes, and ways of working, ensuring consistent quality and performance.
Be Customer Focused – constantly improving our customers ’ experience
- I listen to my customers
- I use available data to help make decisions
- I do the right thing
- I am respectful
- I build and share new ideas
- I try new things and share my learnings
- I have courage to be creative
- Done is better than perfect, I aim for 80/20
- I embrace allyship
- I have self-awareness and a desire to learn
- I own my actions
- I understand the Kingfisher plan and how it relates to my role
In return, we offer an inclusive environment, where what you can achieve is limited only by your imagination! We encourage new ideas , actively support experimentation, and strive to build an environment where everyone can be their best self. Find out more about Diversity & Inclusion at Kingfisher here!
We also offer a competitive benefits package and plenty of opportunities to stretch and grow your career.
Interested? Great, apply now and help us to Power the Possible.
Advertise with us.
Please contact: hello@huntukvisasponsors.com
Please contact: hello@huntukvisasponsors.com
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