Programme Delivery Manager

Programme Delivery Manager

12 Month Fixed Term Contract, full time: 35 hours per week

Salary: £50,000 to £60,000 + benefits package

Home based in England, Scotland or Wales with occasional travel

Are you ready to play your part in helping UK engineers to change the world? If you are looking for a role where you can really make a difference, we'd love to hear from you!

About the role

We're looking for an experienced Programme Delivery Manager to take the reins on a diverse range of high-priority projects and programmes. In this dynamic role, you'll be at the heart of managing both ongoing and new initiatives in a fast-paced, evolving environment. Working closely with the Head of Operations, you'll play a key part in shaping and executing our service delivery framework and toolkit, ensuring that it's not only rolled out effectively but continuously refined with the latest industry best practices. If you're passionate about driving results, adapting to change, and leading impactful projects, this is the perfect opportunity to make your mark.

What you'll be doing

As Programme Delivery Manager, you will lead and manage the programme delivery team, overseeing a portfolio of high-priority projects and programmes. You'll work closely with internal senior stakeholders across EAL, Enginuity and Shared Services to develop Tactical Implementation Plans, ensuring the successful execution of initiatives. You'll be responsible for ensuring programmes are scoped, planned, resourced, and delivered in line with business objectives, while efficiently managing resource allocation and making adjustments when necessary.

You'll oversee the end-to-end delivery of transformation initiatives, collaborating with cross-functional teams to define processes, deliver training, and ensure systems and staff are ready for smooth transitions. You'll track performance metrics to ensure that business benefits - such as cost efficiencies and improved customer experiences - are realised. Building strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders will be key to driving the programme delivery team and ensuring alignment with company goals.

You'll manage programme budgets and financials, ensuring deliverables are met on time, while addressing risks and changes as they arise. You'll work with the PMO to ensure governance frameworks are followed and support your team's development by coaching and mentoring to achieve high performance. Finally, you'll communicate the function's direction, foster a customer-first mindset, and ensure your team's ongoing growth.

What we're looking for

We are looking for an experienced leader with a strong track record in delivering complex projects and programmes in regulated environments. You should have expertise in contract management, project and programme management (Agile and Waterfall), and continuous improvement techniques. Experience in business process improvement, customer journey mapping, and digital-led IT or change projects is key, alongside the ability to work across strategic and tactical developments. The ideal candidate will possess excellent communication, stakeholder management and reporting skills, with a solid background in business analysis.

Other skills which would be desirable however not needed to apply for the role

• Significant experience of directly leading a team to deliver a portfolio of complex projects and programmes in a regulated environment
• Experience of contract management within projects
• Ability and track record in identifying, planning, implementing, and executing reporting solutions for programmes

Working for EAL/Enginuity Group

We offer a supportive work environment and a comprehensive benefits package. We pride ourselves on being an inclusive place to work for all our colleagues and we want everyone to feel valued and that they can be themselves at work.

Many of our team work flexibly, and we would be happy to talk to you about how this could work for you, please let us know if you are shortlisted for interview so we can discuss this with you.

We welcome discussions regarding reasonable adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment process.

Remote/home based working at Enginuity

Your working hours will be 35 per week, working 9am until 5pm with a 1 hour lunch.

As a home-based employee you will fulfil your job responsibilities from home. Interactions with work and colleagues will be from a virtual environment. Depending on your role you will be required to either have some occasional travel or UK national travel. This travel will be required to allow you to fulfil different parts of your role and to meet colleagues on a quarterly basis. Other meetings that might require you to travel are events such as all colleague away days, training, and project work. Please review the advert to gain this insight to how much travel is expected. Also, ask at interview stage to confirm the frequency of travel and distance.

The company will provide you with the IT equipment required to carry out your role but it is a requirement that you provide all the necessary facilities for working from home; including broadband, home office, desk and chair.

Our benefits include:

• Competitive externally benchmarked salaries
• A defined contribution pension (4.5% employer/employee contribution).
• 25 days paid holiday (increasing after 1 years' service to 26 days and 2 years to 27 days), plus bank holidays.
• 3 additional paid days for company shutdown over Christmas and New Year
• Paid membership of a Professional Body to support your continuous development.
• An Employee Assistance Programme offering free confidential advice and support
• Wellbeing programmes, access to a free wellbeing website and wellbeing app
• Paid time off to volunteer in your local community or to support wider charitable causes
• A comprehensive discounts and benefits scheme, with discounts at many high street and online retailers
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental, adoption and dependant leave
• Access to training and development opportunities

About Us

The Enginuity Group exists to find new ways to close skills gaps in UK engineering and manufacturing in order to create a more productive sector at the forefront of designing, making and maintaining the solutions to society's greatest challenges. Enginuity is a charity that has created a 'common language' for engineering and manufacturing occupation and skills data, to help employers have the right skills at the right time to adapt faster to change.

We use this unique approach to sector data, alongside our deep understanding of the skills needs of UK engineering and manufacturing businesses, to:

• support engineering and manufacturing employers in discovering new sources of skills;
• provide insights and recommendations on the skills that are increasingly in demand so businesses, sectors and government can plan ahead;
• and alongside EAL, the Enginuity Group's specialist Awarding Organisation, End Point Assessment Organisation and skills partner for industry, connect organisations to ensure technical education is fit for purpose and keeps pace with changing industry needs, new technologies and the net-zero transition.

Further Information

If you have any questions, a request for further information, or would like to request this information in an alternative format, our Recruitment Team will be happy to help. Email us at .

We're unable to support UK relocation or to sponsor a visa for this role.

Depending on the volume of applications, the closing date for this position may be extended or brought forward.