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ROLE: Programme Lead
REPORTING TO: CFO
LOCATION: Dublin, 3–5 days per week due to the scale and seniority of stakeholder engagement.
ABOUT THE ROLE:
The Senior Programme Lead will be responsible for leading and coordinating a portfolio of transformation programmes, with particular emphasis on a major operations‑focused project (multi‑million euro budget). This role requires a leader capable of strategic oversight while embedding structure, pace and discipline across multiple programmes and workstreams.
This position is offered as either:
- An initial 9–12 month fixed‑term contract, with a view to permanency.
- A Daily Rate Contract arrangement, where suitable.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide leadership, structure and coordination across multiple transformation programmes.
- Oversee delivery of a large‑scale operations‑focused project, ensuring milestones, dependencies and budgets are tightly managed.
- Establish and embed programme governance, including RAID management, delivery controls and reporting frameworks.
- Develop, maintain and present high‑quality executive‑level decks for senior stakeholders.
- The role will engage a broad network of stakeholders, including external advisory partners, and is responsible for ensuring all parties deliver in line with programme objectives, timelines, and regulatory requirements.
- Engage with senior leaders across the business to ensure alignment and accountability.
- Identify, assess and mitigate programme risks and issues, escalating as appropriate.
- Ensure disciplined planning, clear prioritisation and effective resource allocation across programmes.
- Provide clarity, structure and delivery assurance in a maturing transformation environment.
ABOUT THE PERSON:
They will be a strategic programme leader capable of working across multiple complex environments, operating confidently with C‑Suite stakeholders while retaining the ability to dive into detail when required.
Required Skills and Competencies:
- Proven experience delivering large‑scale operational or infrastructure‑led programmes with significant budgets.
- Strong governance, planning, reporting and programme control capabilities.
- Excellent communication skills, particularly in preparing executive‑level presentations.
- Demonstrated ability to influence, challenge and align senior stakeholders.
- Highly organised, structured and resilient, with strong problem‑solving skills.
- Comfortable working in a highly governed, high‑visibility environment.
- Ability to work independently and manage multiple programmes simultaneously.
- Must be available for 3–5 days onsite per week.
Experience and Qualifications:
- 10+ years’ programme management or transformation leadership experience.
- Track record delivering complex, multi‑workstream programmes.
- Experience operating in regulated, high‑governance or large operational environments is an advantage.
- Strong familiarity with PMO standards, methodologies and delivery frameworks.
- Experience working with executive committees and senior governance groups.
