Programme Manager - 6324
Location
Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Posted At
8/22/2025
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Description
Job Title: Programme Manager
Salary: £43,800 - £58,300 per annum
Location: Cambridge / Hybrid, expected time in office 2 days per week
Contract: 9 Month Fixed Term Contract/Secondment
Make a difference to people's futures. Make a difference to yours.
We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge.
About The Role
We are recruiting a Programme Manager who want to see their work making a difference to people's futures. As part of a community of change leaders delivering strategic and tactical projects, you will be responsible for defining, shaping and coordinating people centered change globally, improving access to education and life opportunities for millions of people.
We are a modern organisation with a proud legacy and a global reputation for excellence. As one of the oldest established media organisations in the world, we have been on a digital transformation journey.
We are looking for people who can help us move beyond good, to world-leading, in the digital era.
We offer a vast and high-quality range of continuous learning opportunities including training, mentoring, coaching, communities of practice and the resources you need to grow your career, in whichever direction you choose. Whether you want to increase your expertise in a particular area, or broaden your skills and experience across the business, we will support you.
The Programme you will be working on is broad and includes:
You will have extensive experience managing multiple stakeholders and leading teams of both internal colleagues and external vendors through complex projects, often having to show initiative to implement solutions to issues that are raised.
You are familiar with Workday as a people system and have extensive experience with people and culture centred initiatives.
You can take a brief for a business opportunity and turn it into a strategic blueprint and plan through robust engagement and analysis.
You can design, develop and maintain strategic reports and dashboards to share visibility of project performance against OKR's and/ or KPI's.
You model and embrace good governance and communication, to achieve successful outcomes.
You have inspirational people skills, can recognise the viewpoints of multiple stakeholders and identify the best way forward.
You are comfortable in accepting and providing challenge to senior colleagues to ensure the best outcome for your projects.
You are proactive and highly motivated by your accountability to make change happen.
Rewards And Benefits
We will support you to be at your best in work and to live well outside of it. In addition to competitive salaries, we offer a world-class, flexible rewards package, featuring family-friendly and planet-friendly benefits including:
To find out more, please see the job description attached.
If you choose to apply, please include a short cover letter with your application, making sure you specify you are applying for a Programme Manager position. We look forward to hearing from you.
Please note, Cambridge University Press & Assessment is unable to sponsor this role under the Skilled Worker Visa route as it does not meet the minimum skill requirements.
Ready to pursue your potential? Apply now.
We review applications on an ongoing basis, with a closing date for all applications being 2nd September and interviews are scheduled to take place during or at the end of the campaign.
Please note that successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory background checks including DBS due to working in a regulated industry.
Why join us
Joining us is your opportunity to pursue potential. You'll belong to a collaborative team that's exploring new and better ways to serve students, teachers and researchers across the globe – for the benefit of individuals, society and the world. Sharing our mission will inspire your own growth, development and progress, in an environment which embraces difference, change and aspiration.
Cambridge University Press & Assessment is committed to being a place where anyone can enjoy a successful career, where everyone has a voice, and where we learn continuously to improve together. Ensuring that everyone feels they belong is essential to who we are, and to the contribution we make to society and our planet.
We believe better outcomes come through diversity of thought, background and approach. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and communities, actively seeking to employ people from a wide range of different communities.
Salary: £43,800 - £58,300 per annum
Location: Cambridge / Hybrid, expected time in office 2 days per week
Contract: 9 Month Fixed Term Contract/Secondment
Make a difference to people's futures. Make a difference to yours.
We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge.
About The Role
We are recruiting a Programme Manager who want to see their work making a difference to people's futures. As part of a community of change leaders delivering strategic and tactical projects, you will be responsible for defining, shaping and coordinating people centered change globally, improving access to education and life opportunities for millions of people.
We are a modern organisation with a proud legacy and a global reputation for excellence. As one of the oldest established media organisations in the world, we have been on a digital transformation journey.
We are looking for people who can help us move beyond good, to world-leading, in the digital era.
We offer a vast and high-quality range of continuous learning opportunities including training, mentoring, coaching, communities of practice and the resources you need to grow your career, in whichever direction you choose. Whether you want to increase your expertise in a particular area, or broaden your skills and experience across the business, we will support you.
The Programme you will be working on is broad and includes:
- acquisition and integration of new core business functions
- implementing new technologies into the business to improve our ways of working, drive efficiency and enhance customer experience
- driving policy and process change to support new initiatives in People and Culture
You will have extensive experience managing multiple stakeholders and leading teams of both internal colleagues and external vendors through complex projects, often having to show initiative to implement solutions to issues that are raised.
You are familiar with Workday as a people system and have extensive experience with people and culture centred initiatives.
You can take a brief for a business opportunity and turn it into a strategic blueprint and plan through robust engagement and analysis.
You can design, develop and maintain strategic reports and dashboards to share visibility of project performance against OKR's and/ or KPI's.
You model and embrace good governance and communication, to achieve successful outcomes.
You have inspirational people skills, can recognise the viewpoints of multiple stakeholders and identify the best way forward.
You are comfortable in accepting and providing challenge to senior colleagues to ensure the best outcome for your projects.
You are proactive and highly motivated by your accountability to make change happen.
Rewards And Benefits
We will support you to be at your best in work and to live well outside of it. In addition to competitive salaries, we offer a world-class, flexible rewards package, featuring family-friendly and planet-friendly benefits including:
- 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Private medical and Permanent Health Insurance
- Discretionary annual bonus
- Group personal pension scheme
- Life assurance up to 4 x annual salary
- Green travel schemes
To find out more, please see the job description attached.
If you choose to apply, please include a short cover letter with your application, making sure you specify you are applying for a Programme Manager position. We look forward to hearing from you.
Please note, Cambridge University Press & Assessment is unable to sponsor this role under the Skilled Worker Visa route as it does not meet the minimum skill requirements.
Ready to pursue your potential? Apply now.
We review applications on an ongoing basis, with a closing date for all applications being 2nd September and interviews are scheduled to take place during or at the end of the campaign.
Please note that successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory background checks including DBS due to working in a regulated industry.
Why join us
Joining us is your opportunity to pursue potential. You'll belong to a collaborative team that's exploring new and better ways to serve students, teachers and researchers across the globe – for the benefit of individuals, society and the world. Sharing our mission will inspire your own growth, development and progress, in an environment which embraces difference, change and aspiration.
Cambridge University Press & Assessment is committed to being a place where anyone can enjoy a successful career, where everyone has a voice, and where we learn continuously to improve together. Ensuring that everyone feels they belong is essential to who we are, and to the contribution we make to society and our planet.
We believe better outcomes come through diversity of thought, background and approach. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and communities, actively seeking to employ people from a wide range of different communities.
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