Programme Delivery Manager

Programme Delivery Manager
Location: UK
Working Arrangement: Remote with International Travel

Purpose of Role

This role is accountable for driving day-to-day delivery execution across the S/4 Transformation Programme, ensuring that multiple workstreams execute in a coordinated, outcome-driven, and time-bound manner.

Operating within the overall direction, governance framework, and integrated plan set by the Programme Director, this role requires a hands-on delivery leader who can drive execution at scale, unblock complex issues rapidly, and maintain momentum across a large, multi-workstream transformation.

The role focuses on ensuring delivery happens—embedding strong execution discipline, maintaining clear ownership within workstreams, and driving progress against agreed milestones and outcomes.

Objectives & Measurement - Key Responsibilities

Programme Delivery & Execution

Drive day-to-day execution across all workstreams, ensuring alignment to programme milestones

Ensure delivery milestones are met within agreed scope, time, and quality parameters

Intervene in underperforming workstreams and lead corrective and recovery actions

Ensure clarity of deliverables, ownership, and accountability at workstream level

Leadership of Workstream Delivery

Lead and coordinate 10–20+ workstream leads, ensuring alignment and delivery focus

Establish scalable mechanisms to track performance and enforce accountability

Build a high-performance delivery culture focused on pace, ownership, and outcomes

Provide day-to-day leadership and oversight of delivery teams, including PMO delivery support

Integrated Planning & Dependency Management

Drive execution in line with the integrated programme plan defined by the Programme Director

Identify, manage, and resolve cross-workstream dependencies and sequencing challenges

Ensure workstreams are aligned across business, technology, and third-party delivery teams

Escalate critical dependency risks with clear recommendations and resolution options

Decisioning & Issue Resolution

Drive rapid resolution of delivery issues and blockers within workstreams

Remove barriers to delivery and maintain programme momentum

Escalate critical risks and issues to the Programme Director, providing clear, action-oriented recommendations

Programme Performance & Recovery

Track delivery performance across workstreams against agreed milestones and KPIs

Identify emerging risks to delivery and take proactive mitigation actions

Lead workstream-level recovery planning and execution when delivery deviates from plan

Stakeholder & Executive Engagement

Drive alignment and engagement across workstream leads and delivery teams

Support executive decision-making by providing clear, data-driven delivery insights and recommendations

Ensure consistent, transparent communication of delivery progress and risks

Third Party& Supplier Delivery Oversight

Manage day-to-day delivery performance of third-party suppliers within workstreams

Hold delivery partners accountable for milestones, outputs, and quality at execution level

Identify and escalate vendor performance issues to the Programme Director where required

Financial & Delivery Controls

Track and manage workstream-level budgets, forecasts, and cost performance

Provide accurate financial inputs into overall programme cost tracking and governance

Ensure delivery teams operate within agreed financial and resource boundaries

Knowledge, Skills, Capability and Experience

Essential

Proven track record (10+ years) of driving delivery within large-scale, multi-workstream transformation programmes (£50m+)

Demonstrable experience:

Driving execution rather than PMO coordination

Leading 10+ concurrent workstreams in complex environments

Delivering ERP / S/4 or equivalent enterprise-wide transformation programmes

Strong evidence of:

Delivering milestones and outcomes under pressure

Leading recovery actions within large-scale programmes

Operating effectively in ambiguous, high-complexity environments

Deep expertise in:

Execution across integrated programmes

Dependency management and sequencing

Cross-functional and cross-geography delivery alignment

Experience managing:

Third-party delivery at an operational level within multi-vendor environments

Workstream-level financial tracking and forecasting

Leadership Style Required

Operates with a delivery-first mindset, prioritising outcomes over process

Comfortable leading at scale without reliance on 1:1 management structures

Holds teams accountable and drives clarity, pace, and ownership

Demonstrates resilience in high-pressure, high-visibility delivery environments

Strong bias for action, problem-solving, and removing blockers

Nice to Have (but not defining)

Experience of PMO or governance environments (as a supporting capability)

Familiarity with SAP S/4 and SAP Activate methodology

Experience in multi-party (client, SI, vendor) delivery models

Familiarity with programme delivery tools (e.g. Jira, Agile tools)

Relevant certifications (PMP, MSP, PRINCE2, Agile)

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