Programme Manager – DigIT Customer Programme

Role: Programme Manager – DigIT Customer Programme

Salary: We anticipate paying a salary between £73,100 - £95,944

Location: Derby, Hybrid – 2 office days a week

At Rolls-Royce SMR, our mission is to deliver clean, affordable energy for all. Our Small Modular Reactor (SMR) technology provides a British solution to a global energy challenge, positioning us as a world leader in SMRs and the UK’s premier green export technology.

Our Digital & Information Technology team is driving critical transformation programmes that underpin the success of our business. We’re shaping the future of enterprise systems, cybersecurity, and customer-facing solutions to enable innovation and resilience across the organisation.

About The Role

We’re looking for a customer-facing Programme Manager to lead high-impact programmes for our customer programmes. Reporting to senior IT leadership, you’ll manage complex, multi-disciplinary initiatives that blend technical and business objectives, ensuring delivery of strategic outcomes and benefits realisation.

What You’ll Do

• Lead and deliver complex programmes with both business and technical objectives.

Drive benefits tracking and realisation, outcome delivery, and dependency management.

Ensure smooth transition of technical deliverables into operations.

Provide clarity and governance around finance and programme processes.

Mentor and support less experienced project managers within the team.

What You’ll Bring

As you can see, this is a pivotal, high-profile role. You’ll bring a collaborative mindset, strategic thinking, and first-class communication skills, as well as:

• A recognised qualification such as MSP®, PgMP®, PMP®, or equivalent experience.
• Proven expertise in programme management within complex, fast-paced environments, with exceptional planning and communication skills.
• Outstanding stakeholder engagement and influencing ability, including experience in customer-facing transformation programmes and operational contexts such as cybersecurity.
• Strong financial governance and risk management capability, combined with proactive handling of dependencies across large-scale transformation initiatives.
• A self-driven, autonomous leader who can seamlessly blend technical and business objectives to deliver impactful outcomes.

High IT proficiency and technical delivery experience, ensuring successful integration of business and technology solutions.

What’s In It For You

You’ll have the chance to work on challenging, high-impact programmes where your expertise will make a real difference. This role offers genuine autonomy and responsibility, empowering you to deliver outcomes and shape the success of major initiatives. You’ll play a key part in influencing organisational transformation and building strong stakeholder relationships, all while collaborating within a supportive team culture that values growth and development.

The salary band for this role is £73,100 - £95,944, dependent on the skills, values, and knowledge you bring.

We Also Offer Excellent Benefits Including

• Bonus - Performance related bonus of up to 17%
• Benefits Allowance - £5000, enabling you to create a bespoke package
• Pension - 12% employer and 6% employee contributions.
• Holidays - 28 days holiday (+ public holidays) and the ability to buy or sell up to 4 days
• Private Medical Insurance - BUPA single cover health care

Life Assurance - 6x pensionable pay

£250 - One-off payment for new starters for home office purchases

Why Join Us?

You’ll be joining a forward-thinking organisation that values transparency, fairness, and innovation. We offer:

• A flexible, inclusive, and supportive working environment.
• Opportunities for career growth in a rapidly scaling business.
• A culture that values diversity, innovation, and continuous learning.
  
  

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all backgrounds. Inclusivity is important to us, and as a Disability Confident organisation, we are committed to fair, supportive, and continually improving recruitment practices that ensure everyone has the opportunity to thrive.

Confidence can sometimes hold us back from applying for a job. But we'll let you in on a secret: there's no such thing as a 'perfect' candidate. If you feel you meet 75% of the requirements for this role, we would love to hear from you.

Also, if you are considering a career move or a sector-jump, please get in touch – we welcome applications from people with transferable skills.

Our Application Process

Due to the safety regulations within the nuclear industry, applicants will be required to participate in additional screening. These are:

• Obtaining Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance
• Satisfactory completion of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check
• Satisfactory completion of a basic financial probity check