Programme Manager

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Location: Remote or Hybrid

Ready to make a real difference?

At Animal Friends, we're all about fun, hard work, and a shared passion for what we do. We're on the lookout for a talented Programme Manager to lead a major new partnership initiative that will have a huge impact on our customers and their beloved pets.

This isn't just another role. It's an opportunity to take the lead on a complex, exciting programme, guiding it from vision to reality. You'll be at the heart of our IT and business transformation, working with a supportive team that’s committed to doing amazing things together.

What you’ll be doing:

• Lead a landmark programme: You’ll be the driving force behind a multi-stream programme, overseeing everything from technical delivery to business change.
• Inspire your team: You'll lead and mentor a talented team of Project Managers, fostering their growth and championing a culture of high performance.
• Collaborate and influence: Working closely with senior leaders and external partners, you'll be the key link between our business goals and technical delivery, ensuring everyone is pulling in the same direction.
• Champion Agile practices: You'll help us continuously improve our delivery, embedding Agile principles to ensure we’re delivering value efficiently and effectively.

What we’re looking for:

• An experienced and pragmatic leader who excels at guiding complex IT and business transformation programmes.
• A natural communicator who can inspire teams, manage senior stakeholders, and translate technical concepts into clear, actionable plans.
• A strategic thinker with a strong grasp of Agile methodologies and a solid technical understanding of systems delivery.
• Someone who is passionate about building strong relationships and thrives in a collaborative, multi-vendor environment. Experience in the insurance or financial services sector is a big plus!

Why you’ll love working with us:

We believe in creating a positive and energising environment where our team can do their best work. With us, you'll find:

• A collaborative culture: We’re a friendly, supportive team that believes in working together to achieve our goals.
• Meaningful projects: You’ll work on initiatives that truly matter, helping us provide the best possible care for pets and their owners.
• Real impact: This is a high-profile role where your leadership will directly shape the future of our business.
• Work-life balance: We understand that life happens outside of work. We offer remote working to help you find the right balance.

Benefits Of Working With Animal Friends

We recognise that your hard work shouldn`t come without its perks, so here`s a little list of some of the things you can expect to get from us:

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays and we give you your birthday off
• Fully paid day off for charity work
• 95% of our employee’s own pets, we’re able to provide up to 50% off insurance along with free access to our Vet consultation app JOII
• We believe looking after employees’ health is important, so we offer discount on gym membership, access to a Wellbeing hub
• We like to celebrate success and recognise excellent employee performance; we will donate £3k to the charity of our employee of the quarter’s choice
• Most importantly, you`ll be working within a courageous, passionate and kind-hearted team

Animal Friends Pet Insurance Ltd is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from people of all ages, genders, ethnicities, nationalities, disabilities, religions, and sexual orientations. Your application will be dealt with in the strictest of confidence.

We offer accessibility help with application forms which is available via the jobs page of our website.

As an FCA regulated business, we require successful applicants to clear our pre-employment screening process which includes a credit check and references checks. Under the latest UK Right to Work regulations, we will require successful applicants to evidence their right to work in the UK, either in person, online, or digitally via a third party subject to circumstances.

Please be aware this advert will remain open until the vacancy has been filled rather than the advertised closing date. Interviews will take place throughout this period; therefore, we encourage you to apply early to avoid disappointment.

All secondment positions have the potential to become permanent in the future, this will be dependent upon business need.

Department

IT

Contract type

Permanent

Hours

37.5

Salary

Competitive