Role Overview:

The Program Lead & Head orchestrates multi-workstream delivery, financial stewardship and risk management across the hub. They set the operating cadence, ensure dependencies are surfaced early and maintain a transparent view of value, capacity, and risks for executive stakeholders. This senior leader builds a high-trust delivery culture and ensures audit-ready governance. Summary from source: Oversees multi-workstream delivery; portfolio planning, budgeting, RAID/risks, vendor management, resourcing cadence.

Core Accountabilities:

• Own programme plan, budgets, and benefits realisation; maintain quarterly and rolling 12-month views.
• Run governance (steering, RAID, portfolio risk heatmaps) and unblock critical dependencies.
• Resource planning across squads; balance capacity, skills, and demand intake.
• Standardise delivery practices (definition of ready/done, stage gates, quality thresholds).
• Establish reporting that connects outcomes to KPIs/OKRs and financials.
• Vendor and contract management; ensure service levels and commercials drive value.

Experience & Qualifications:

• Experienced hire with 12–15+ years in programme/portfolio leadership across technology-enabled change.
• Evidence of governing multi-team delivery with strong financial and risk management disciplines.
• Executive communication and stakeholder influence at CxO level.

Ways of Working:

• Operate with strong documentation and knowledge transfer; maintain playbooks and ADRs.
• Participate in agile ceremonies; provide clear estimates and surface risks early.
• Measure outcomes; use data/telemetry to guide continuous improvement.
• Mentor juniors and model engineering and governance best practices.

Technical Skills & Software

• Portfolio tooling: Azure DevOps or Jira for roadmaps, intake model, and reporting.
• Visibility into Azure AI Foundry delivery risks, dependencies, and release governance.
• Telemetry-driven reporting for AI agents (adoption, quality, financial impact).
• Cost management/FinOps awareness for platform usage; vendor and contract alignment.

What we offer:

• High-quality external and internal technical training with a dedicated training department.
• Reimburse certificates and tuition fees for qualifications that are part of your individual training and development plans.

Monthly benefits package:

Fixed benefits:

• Recommendation Bonuses for new team members;
• Private medical subscription;
• Work from home allowance;
• Transportation allowance;
• Easter/Christmas bonus;
• Bookster corporate library subscription;
• Career development opportunities.

Flexible benefits:

• Meal tickets;
• Vacation & cultural vouchers;
• Retail vouchers (eMAG, IKEA).

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