9 Program Director jobs in the United Kingdom
Program Director
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Updraft is a rapidly growing Fintech company based in London. Our mission is to revolutionize the way people manage their finances and empower them to achieve their financial goals. We offer personalized loans and innovative financial services to help individuals pay off credit cards, overdrafts, and other debts.
As a Program Director at Updraft, you'll play a key role in overseeing and driving the success of our strategic initiatives and programs. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure the timely and effective execution of projects, manage program budgets and resources, and monitor and report on program performance. You will also be responsible for identifying opportunities for improvement and implementing best practices to enable the successful delivery of our initiatives.
Your Responsibilities:
- Lead and manage the planning, execution, and delivery of strategic programs and initiatives from start to finish
- Bring together Existing Systems, Processes and In Process Hiring / Delivery Capability to Ensure Customer Satisfaction.
- The Objective is to align existing Products into a Lending as a Service (LAAS) Strategy while delivering LAAS to the first Global Customer
- This will mean leading the development of new projects from inception through to delivery into a production environment, and to manage all IT capabilities
- Collaborate with stakeholders to define program objectives, deliverables, and success criteria
- Develop and maintain program timelines, budgets, and resource plans
- Monitor program progress and proactively identify and address potential risks and issues
- Ensure effective communication and collaboration across all teams involved in the program
- Track and report on program performance metrics and provide regular updates to stakeholders
- Continuously evaluate program effectiveness and implement process improvements
Your Qualifications:
- Proven experience as a Program Director or similar role
- 15+ years overall with a minimum of 10+ years in Large Program Delivery Management in Fintech with MANDATORY experience in delivery of Lending / Loan Management Systems Projects
- Strong understanding of project management methodologies and best practices
- Excellent leadership and teamwork skills, with the ability to effectively manage cross-functional teams
- Exceptional communication and presentation skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
- Relevant certifications, such as PMP, are a plus
Requirements
- Previous experience as a Program Director or similar role
- Strong project management skills
- Excellent leadership and teamwork abilities
- Effective communication and presentation skills
- Analytical and problem-solving mindset
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Will be working closely with company founders and executives to charter the Platform for a “Lending as a Service” Business Line
- We welcome applications from all and are fully committed to diversity and equality as an equal opportunities employer.
Distribution Program Director, EMEA

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At Palo Alto Networks® everything starts and ends with our mission:
Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.
Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. We are a company built on the foundation of challenging and disrupting the way things are done, and we're looking for innovators who are as committed to shaping the future of cybersecurity as we are.
**Who We Are**
We take our mission of protecting the digital way of life seriously. We are relentless in protecting our customers and we believe that the unique ideas of every member of our team contributes to our collective success. Our values were crowdsourced by employees and are brought to life through each of us everyday - from disruptive innovation and collaboration, to execution. From showing up for each other with integrity to creating an environment where we all feel included.
As a member of our team, you will be shaping the future of cybersecurity. We work fast, value ongoing learning, and we respect each employee as a unique individual. Knowing we all have different needs, our development and personal wellbeing programs are designed to give you choice in how you are supported. This includes our FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account with over 1,000 eligible items selected by employees, our mental and financial health resources, and our personalized learning opportunities - just to name a few!
**Your Career**
The EMEA Program Director is primarily responsible for driving demand generation and pipeline development sales and marketing campaigns with Palo Alto Networks EMEA Distributors. The EMEA Program Director will drive the vision, strategies, and best practices to optimize distribution performance in the areas of sales, marketing, and partner enablement, and in alignment with theater sales priorities. The role is responsible for aligning the sales, marketing, and enablement efforts between EMEA distributors and Palo Alto Networks country channel teams, as well as our global Ecosystems Programs team. This role will report directly into the EMEA VP of Ecosystems.
The role will primarily focus on accelerating mid-market and commercial business, low-touch/no-touch sales motion, and volume business via distribution managed partners (DMP) and high-velocity transactional partners. The role will work with stakeholders to set strategies and execute measurable, impactful pipeline development and sales campaigns for specific market opportunities, industry sectors, and sales segments. This role will also manage the executive relationships in our global distributors, and drive the required governance and cadence that allows us to measure and monitor our progress together across all focus markets.
**Your Impact**
+ Strategic vision and roadmap to evolve distribution sales model to meet evolving company needs
+ Design whitespace and install base sales campaign with distributors, aligned at field-level
+ Distribution Sales, Program, Marketing, and Partner Enablement Performance Management
+ Internal alignment with and advocacy to Sales/SE, Renewals, and Marketing organizations
+ Set annual and quarterly goals and KPIs for distribution business plans and sales campaigns
+ Build sales plans to drive accelerated growth and channel productivity in the Commercial accounts
+ Align with marketing and field sales to the channel organization and partner ecosystem and will engage regularly to build distribution marketing and demand generation plans with the Distribution and Channel Programs Manager
+ Act as a liaison to Marketing and Product Management on product portfolio needs, competitive intelligence / attack programs, and promotional/incentive strategies required in order for Palo Alto Networks to be successful in the Commercial market segment
+ Manage the sales performance of key distributors through quarterly and annual sales planning, forecasting and reporting for whitespace (new customer), install base expansion, product refresh, and renewal sales
+ Work in close collaboration with the Channel Renewals Manager in order to establish a performance management cadence with the distributors and Distribution Managers on Renewals business and to continually improve processes related to our two-tier Renewals business
+ Work closely with Renewals team and distributors in order to improve renewals process efficiency and to improve key Renewal business KPIs
+ Develop a plan for effective hand-off and follow-up of Marketing generated Pre-Qualified Leads for accounts in the Commercial space - Build rules and process to have the channel take responsibility for these PQLs and maximize their return through closed business
+ Develop or provide input on sales training plans for the distribution team, for the distributors, and for the channel partners
+ Responsible for accelerating a channel sales strategy through the distributors, and primarily through their distribution managed partners, to address the commercial market business across the theater
+ Align with cross-functional teams (i.e. Field Marketing) to achieve performant channel marketing and demand generation activities through Distribution - Set Distribution Marketing annual and quarterly priorities
+ Responsible for semi-annual NextWave Program Compliance efforts for Distribution Managed Partners, including working with distributor on plans to address gaps in Partner requirements and to make decision on up-leveling, downgrading, or off-boarding these Partners
+ Responsible for building and monitoring plans with distributors to drive attendance to important Palo Alto Networks global, regional, and local events
+ Plan and execute business with consistent cadence and rigor in order to optimize investments and performance of distributors
+ Ensure distributors are recruiting, onboarding, and enabling new partners and Development and Distribution Managed partners to meet JAPAC channel objectives and needs
+ Develop best practices, process and methodology to ensure maximum effectiveness of distributors across EMEA, in line with expectations of local territories and conform to global corporate guidelines
+ Working with Channel ops and Channel marketing develop two tier channel incentives, programs and rebates to drive over achievement of sales targets
**Your Experience**
+ Extensive Distribution leadership experience within the emerging and advanced technologies industry with extensive executive relationships across the region
+ Channel or Direct Sales team Management
+ Experience in owning a sales quota with a track record of high achievement through two tier channel
+ BA or BS degree, MBA preferred or equivalent military experience required
+ Able to think strategically and to translate into measurable actions
+ Skilled in developing business plans, contributing to strategic plans, and for devising reporting to track business Key Performance Indicators (KPI) and return on investments (ROI)
+ Proven experience influencing senior level partner executives
+ Strong presentation skills and ability to describe market transitions
+ Proven ability to communicate effectively and professionally (verbal and written) with customers and interface with a variety of organizations
+ Strong leadership skills with ability to develop and manage virtual sales teams
+ Strong time management, organizational, and negotiation skills
+ Global/Multi-national business experience
+ Ability to travel
**The Team**
The channel organization at Palo Alto Networks is a strategic pillar for our continued growth within cybersecurity, and a critical component to accomplishing our mission. Channel development is an extension of the territory sales team, with the ultimate goal to train and enable our channel partners to become empowered in the use and sales of our products.
**Our Commitment**
We're trailblazers that dream big, take risks, and challenge cybersecurity's status quo. It's simple: we can't accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating, together.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with a disability. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need, please contact us at .
Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or other legally protected characteristics.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
**Our Commitment**
We're problem solvers that take risks and challenge cybersecurity's status quo. It's simple: we can't accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating, together.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with a disability. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need, please contact us at .
Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or other legally protected characteristics.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Program Director (Digital Transformation)
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Program Director (Digital Transformation)
Job Title: Program Director – International Digital Transformation
NOTE:
Weekly visits to Manchester required
Occasional European Travel
Overview:
We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Program Director to lead and oversee a complex, multi-year international digital transformation initiative. This role demands a strategic thinker with deep experience in delivering large-scale change across diverse workstreams, driving alignment, and achieving measurable impact across multiple geographies and functions.
The successful candidate will play a critical leadership role in shaping and executing transformative programs across the business, ensuring delivery excellence, stakeholder alignment, and organisational adoption.
Key Responsibilities:
- Program Leadership:
- Own the end-to-end delivery of a major international digital transformation program, including planning, resourcing, execution, governance, and continuous improvement.
- Change Management:
- Lead change management strategies that drive adoption, engagement, and cultural alignment across international teams. Proactively identify resistance and develop mitigation strategies.
- Stakeholder Engagement:
- Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders across multiple countries. Act as a trusted advisor, ensuring clear communication and alignment of objectives. Regularly brief Country Heads and other executive leaders on program status, risks, and outcomes.
- Workstream Oversight:
- Oversee and integrate multiple workstreams across functions such as IT, operations, customer experience, and commercial. Ensure coordination, risk management, and delivery across interdependent initiatives.
- Governance & Reporting:
- Establish robust program governance, reporting frameworks, and decision-making protocols. Ensure transparency and accountability across the transformation program.
- Digital Delivery:
- Drive the successful execution of digital change initiatives, ensuring solutions deliver business value and are aligned to the wider digital strategy.
- (Salesforce project experience is advantageous.)
- Corporate Navigation:
- Effectively navigate the complexities of a global, matrixed organization. Influence without authority, challenge the status quo constructively, and clear roadblocks to progress.
- Team Leadership:
- Build and lead high-performing program teams, ensuring clarity of purpose, strong collaboration, and delivery accountability.
Required Experience & Skills:
- Proven track record of leading large, complex, and cross-functional digital transformation programs across international environments.
- Strong experience managing significant change initiatives with multiple, concurrent workstreams.
- Demonstrated success in engaging, influencing, and managing senior stakeholders across geographies.
- Exceptional communication skills – able to operate confidently at all levels of the organization and drive change with impact.
- Deep understanding of the change lifecycle and experience in embedding organizational change at scale.
- Experience working within large corporate environments and navigating matrixed organizational structures.
- Strategic thinker with a pragmatic, delivery-focused mindset.
- Experience with Salesforce implementations or CRM transformations is a strong advantage.
- Strong financial, resource, and risk management capabilities.
Location & Travel Requirements:
- The role is Hybrid, with 2–3 days per week in the office in Manchester
- Occasional international travel may be required.
Program Director (Digital Transformation)
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Program Director (Digital Transformation)
Job Title: Program Director – International Digital Transformation
NOTE:
Weekly visits to Manchester required
Occasional European Travel
Overview:
We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Program Director to lead and oversee a complex, multi-year international digital transformation initiative. This role demands a strategic thinker with deep experience in delivering large-scale change across diverse workstreams, driving alignment, and achieving measurable impact across multiple geographies and functions.
The successful candidate will play a critical leadership role in shaping and executing transformative programs across the business, ensuring delivery excellence, stakeholder alignment, and organisational adoption.
Key Responsibilities:
- Program Leadership:
- Own the end-to-end delivery of a major international digital transformation program, including planning, resourcing, execution, governance, and continuous improvement.
- Change Management:
- Lead change management strategies that drive adoption, engagement, and cultural alignment across international teams. Proactively identify resistance and develop mitigation strategies.
- Stakeholder Engagement:
- Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders across multiple countries. Act as a trusted advisor, ensuring clear communication and alignment of objectives. Regularly brief Country Heads and other executive leaders on program status, risks, and outcomes.
- Workstream Oversight:
- Oversee and integrate multiple workstreams across functions such as IT, operations, customer experience, and commercial. Ensure coordination, risk management, and delivery across interdependent initiatives.
- Governance & Reporting:
- Establish robust program governance, reporting frameworks, and decision-making protocols. Ensure transparency and accountability across the transformation program.
- Digital Delivery:
- Drive the successful execution of digital change initiatives, ensuring solutions deliver business value and are aligned to the wider digital strategy.
- (Salesforce project experience is advantageous.)
- Corporate Navigation:
- Effectively navigate the complexities of a global, matrixed organization. Influence without authority, challenge the status quo constructively, and clear roadblocks to progress.
- Team Leadership:
- Build and lead high-performing program teams, ensuring clarity of purpose, strong collaboration, and delivery accountability.
Required Experience & Skills:
- Proven track record of leading large, complex, and cross-functional digital transformation programs across international environments.
- Strong experience managing significant change initiatives with multiple, concurrent workstreams.
- Demonstrated success in engaging, influencing, and managing senior stakeholders across geographies.
- Exceptional communication skills – able to operate confidently at all levels of the organization and drive change with impact.
- Deep understanding of the change lifecycle and experience in embedding organizational change at scale.
- Experience working within large corporate environments and navigating matrixed organizational structures.
- Strategic thinker with a pragmatic, delivery-focused mindset.
- Experience with Salesforce implementations or CRM transformations is a strong advantage.
- Strong financial, resource, and risk management capabilities.
Location & Travel Requirements:
- The role is Hybrid, with 2–3 days per week in the office in Manchester
- Occasional international travel may be required.
Program Director (Digital Transformation)
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Program Director (Digital Transformation)
Job Title: Program Director – International Digital Transformation
Type: Full-Time
Reporting to: Country Heads (International)
Overview:
We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Program Director to lead and oversee a complex, multi-year international digital transformation initiative. This role demands a strategic thinker with deep experience in delivering large-scale change across diverse workstreams, driving alignment, and achieving measurable impact across multiple geographies and functions.
The successful candidate will play a critical leadership role in shaping and executing transformative programs across the business, ensuring delivery excellence, stakeholder alignment, and organisational adoption.
Key Responsibilities:
- Program Leadership:
- Own the end-to-end delivery of a major international digital transformation program, including planning, resourcing, execution, governance, and continuous improvement.
- Change Management:
- Lead change management strategies that drive adoption, engagement, and cultural alignment across international teams. Proactively identify resistance and develop mitigation strategies.
- Stakeholder Engagement:
- Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders across multiple countries. Act as a trusted advisor, ensuring clear communication and alignment of objectives. Regularly brief Country Heads and other executive leaders on program status, risks, and outcomes.
- Workstream Oversight:
- Oversee and integrate multiple workstreams across functions such as IT, operations, customer experience, and commercial. Ensure coordination, risk management, and delivery across interdependent initiatives.
- Governance & Reporting:
- Establish robust program governance, reporting frameworks, and decision-making protocols. Ensure transparency and accountability across the transformation program.
- Digital Delivery:
- Drive the successful execution of digital change initiatives, ensuring solutions deliver business value and are aligned to the wider digital strategy.
- (Salesforce project experience is advantageous.)
- Corporate Navigation:
- Effectively navigate the complexities of a global, matrixed organization. Influence without authority, challenge the status quo constructively, and clear roadblocks to progress.
- Team Leadership:
- Build and lead high-performing program teams, ensuring clarity of purpose, strong collaboration, and delivery accountability.
Required Experience & Skills:
- Proven track record of leading large, complex, and cross-functional digital transformation programs across international environments.
- Strong experience managing significant change initiatives with multiple, concurrent workstreams.
- Demonstrated success in engaging, influencing, and managing senior stakeholders across geographies.
- Exceptional communication skills – able to operate confidently at all levels of the organization and drive change with impact.
- Deep understanding of the change lifecycle and experience in embedding organizational change at scale.
- Experience working within large corporate environments and navigating matrixed organizational structures.
- Strategic thinker with a pragmatic, delivery-focused mindset.
- Experience with Salesforce implementations or CRM transformations is a strong advantage.
- Strong financial, resource, and risk management capabilities.
Location & Travel Requirements:
- The role is Hybrid, with 2–3 days per week in the office in Manchester
- Occasional international travel may be required.
Risk - FIG Strategy Program Director

Posted 15 days ago
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By Joining Citi, you will become part of a global organisation whose mission is to serve as a trusted partner to our clients by responsibly providing financial services that enable growth and economic progress.
**Team / Role Overview:**
This 2LoD Credit Risk role is responsible for the management of strategy in Credit Risk Management of FIG and oversight of the Credit Monitored Program (CMP) for counterparties that transact in eligible Cash products. This covers a broad assessment of current policies, processes and frameworks utilised for Credit Risk management of FIG clients; benchmarking to regulatory expectations and industry best practice; and design and implementation of any desired changes. This will include the management of a broad range of projects in risk measurement, process enhancements, policy changes, and implementation.
**What you'll do:**
+ Build working knowledge of existing policies, processes and frameworks utilised for Credit Risk management of FIG clients
+ Benchmark these to evolving regulatory expectations and industry best practice
+ Propose and design desired uplift, coordinate implementation with stakeholders in the Business, Prod Dev and 1, 2 and 3 LoD and drive to ultimate completion
+ Take on overall responsibility for the CMP program's control environment
+ This includes annual and ongoing review and challenge of the CMP Framework including the review of eligible products, and risk profiles of the eligible products and establishing the corresponding product limits, governance, oversight and approval
+ Working with the various 2LoD Risk industry groups to establish and reassess CMP client eligibility criteria on an annual basis. Review and challenge client specific industry exceptions to the client eligibility criteria during the new onboarding and annual renewal process
+ Work collaboratively with the 1LoD risk team during crisis events for industries and/or specific counterparties events to ensure actions are taken to promptly mitigate risk, including restricting trading.
+ Review instances where exceptions warrant the consideration of onboarding existing CMP clients onto credit risk managed limited to address higher, and possibly more riskier profiles
+ Attend ongoing governance meetings including weekly portfolio meetings, weekly settlement meetings, and monthly governance forums
+ Liaise with internal and external quality assurance groups e.g. fundamental credit review, internal audit, and external examiners to represent the 2LoD Risk management process
+ Ensure high degree of oversight and escalation of issues especially with respect to settlement fails
+ Collaborate with Technology teams to enhance risk management reporting.
**What we'll need from you:**
+ Solid experience in Credit Risk Management of Financial Institutions in Tier 1 institutions
+ Deep understanding of markets, traded products and risk measurement
+ Strong quantitative skills with deep expertise in both market and credit risk
+ Practical experience in assessment of fundamental credit quality of financial institutions
+ Excellent communication skills and stakeholder management experience in negotiating with and influencing senior internal and external stakeholders
+ Good presentation skills - adept at effectively presenting complex risk issues to audiences of various sizes and seniorities
+ Ability to work comfortably on multiple different projects, effectively prioritizing time
+ Solid understanding of financial regulatory frameworks.
**What we can offer you:**
We work hard to have a positive financial and social impact on the communities we serve. In turn, we put our employees first and provide the best-in-class benefits they need to be well, live well and save well.
By joining Citi London, you will not only be part of a business casual workplace with a hybrid working model (up to 2 days working at home per week), but also receive a competitive base salary (which is annually reviewed), and enjoy a whole host of additional benefits such as:
+ Generous holiday allowance starting at 27 days plus bank holidays; increasing with tenure
+ A discretional annual performance related bonus
+ Private medical insurance packages to suit your personal circumstances
+ Employee Assistance Program
+ Pension Plan
+ Paid Parental Leave
+ Special discounts for employees, family, and friends
+ Access to an array of learning and development resources.
Alongside these benefits Citi is committed to ensuring our workplace is where everyone feels comfortable coming to work as their whole self every day. We want the best talent around the world to be energized to join us, motivated to stay, and empowered to thrive.
**Sounds like Citi has everything you need? Then apply to discover the true extent of your capabilities.**
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Director Global Program Management - Imp AI

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**Overview**
The Director of Global Transformation Implementation & AI will be a core member of the ESI DOTS leadership team, responsible for leading and orchestrating transformation and AI-driven initiatives across the global payroll implementation lifecycle for multinational clients.
This role combines strategic leadership in AI transformation, program management, and implementation delivery, focusing on enhancing efficiency, innovation, and client experience within ADP's GlobalView business - supporting some of the world's largest organizations in delivering compliant, scalable, and integrated global payroll solutions.
You will lead complex change programs across diverse geographies, integrating AI opportunities into delivery models and aligning with business priorities. Your deep experience in global transformation, program oversight, and applied AI will be critical to driving impactful change and operational excellence.
Key Responsibilities:
? Global Implementation Strategy, AI & Transformation
Lead end-to-end transformation across global payroll implementation and AI-enabled workflows.
Integrate AI strategy and use cases into the implementation lifecycle to drive automation, consistency, and client value.
Develop and execute strategic roadmaps that enhance scalability, time-to-value, and onboarding quality through innovative technology adoption.
? Cross-Functional & Program Leadership
Partner with Implementation, Product, Service Delivery, PMO, Digital, and AI teams to embed best practices across programs.
Act as a thought leader and delivery partner in global AI initiatives, including piloting and scaling solutions across regions.
? AI & Change Management Enablement
Lead structured change programs to support the adoption of AI tools and digital transformation across global delivery teams.
Develop communication and enablement plans to drive engagement, training, and successful rollout of new models.
? Project & Program Management
Direct large-scale, strategic AI and implementation programs with global visibility.
Establish governance, KPIs, and reporting mechanisms to ensure progress, impact, and transparency across client portfolios.
? Client-Centric Innovation
Drive a client-first approach in all transformation efforts, focusing on compliance, localization, experience, and innovation.
Serve as a transformation partner to global clients, identifying pain points and introducing AI-enabled enhancements.
? Stakeholder Engagement
Serve as a trusted advisor to executive stakeholders, presenting progress updates, risks, and strategic recommendations.
Align cross-functional leaders around program goals and ensure adoption of new tools and approaches.
Critical Success Factors
Expertise in global transformation and large-scale program delivery
Strong understanding of AI use cases in enterprise services or implementation
Skilled at leading across matrixed, multinational teams
Confident communicator and stakeholder manager
Agile, innovative, and outcome-oriented mindset
**Required Qualifications & Experience:**
Education:
- Degree or equivalent in Business, Operations, or related field
- Lean Six Sigma certification (preferred)
Experience:
- Minimum 5 years' experience in transformation leadership and good understanding of Implementation
- Proven track record leading transformation in a multi-country, multinational environment
- Experience in the payroll, HR, or enterprise technology sector
- Strong understanding of process improvement, change management, and digital enablement
Languages:
- Fluent in English (mandatory); additional languages an advantage
Reporting Relationships:
- Reports to: Senior Director -ESI Transformation & Program Delivery
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Director, Biosimilars Global Program Leader

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Date: Jul 19, 2025
Location:
Runcorn, United Kingdom, WA7 3FA
Company: Teva Pharmaceuticals
Job Id: 62097
**Who We Are**
Together, we're on a mission to make good health more affordable and accessible, to help millions around the world enjoy healthier lives. It's a mission that bonds our people across nearly 60 countries and a rich, diverse variety of nationalities and backgrounds. Working here means working with the world's leading manufacturer of generic medicines, and the proud producer of many of the products on the World Health Organization's Essential Medicines List. Today, at least 200 million people around the world take one of our medicines every single day. An amazing number, but we're always looking for new ways to continue making a difference, and new people to make a difference with.
**The Opportunity**
As the Biosimilars Global Program Leader (Director), you will play a pivotal role in the development of biosimilars, in an alliance partner business model. This position involves leading the global development of assigned programs, ensuring alignment with Teva Biosimilars' strategy and priorities.
**Key Responsibilities:**
+ **Program Leadership-** You will have overall responsibility for leading the global Program Team responsible for the development of your programs. You will be representing the best interests of the program and as such, will be the main point of contact within the business.
+ **Program Reporting-** You will ensure adequate and continuous senior management appraisal of program developments , as well as maintaining high-quality risk management plan to manage and escalate to the relevant governance bodiesas necessary.
+ **Alliance Partnerships-** You will be the primary development representative of Teva in partnerships, having global strategic oversight on the entire development process until launch. This includes aligning with partners and leading joint cross-functional program teams.
+ **Due Diligence-** You will lead due diligence efforts for new biosimilar opportunities, engaging with relevant organisational stakeholders and leveraging your extensive expertise to evaluate development prospects.
**Location**
This role can be based in Poland (Warsaw), Netherlands (Haarlem), Croatia (Zagreb) or United Kingdom.
**Key Attributes We Are Looking For**
**Strategic Direction:**
+ Set a clear strategic direction for the program, ensuring alignment among team members, line functions, and executive management.
+ Ability to effectively influence development partners to ensure partner deliverables are aligned with Teva Biosimilars' strategy and priorities.
**Leadership and Team Management:**
+ Matrix Environment- Operate in a balanced matrix environment, leading cross-functional program teams to define and execute the most rapid and cost-effective development plans.
+ Empowerment- Foster a sense of psychological safety and empowerment within cross-functional teams to encourage innovation and collaboration.
+ Interpersonal Connections- Build strong interpersonal connections to create a cohesive and motivated/ high performing team environment.
+ Resource Allocation- Ensure team resources are appropriately assigned to deliver program objectives effectively.
**Collaboration and Partnership Management:**
+ Alignment- Work closely with internal and external partners to ensure alignment on development strategies and objectives.
+ Joint Leadership- Lead joint cross-functional program teams with the alliance partner, ensuring effective cooperation and coordination.
**Diplomatic Communication:**
+ Clear and Concise- Ability to communicate clearly and concisely withall levelsof the organisation (team members, peers,all the way to executive management)
+ Conflict Resolution- Skilled in facilitating discussions and resolving conflicts diplomatically to maintain a positive working relationship.
+ Influential Presentations- Capable of delivering influential presentations that align partners with the program's vision and goals.
**Adaptability and Problem-Solving:**
+ Enterprise Mindset- Adopt an enterprise mindset to navigate the complexities of a balanced matrix environment.
+ Embrace change- Tackle complex challenges with enthusiasm and a high work ethic, cultivating a positive and adaptable mindset,finding innovative solutions to drive program success.
**Qualifications:**
+ Educational Background- At least a bachelor's degree in a scientific field (MD, MBA, Pharm D, PhD preferred).
+ Industry Experience- Minimum of 15 years in the pharmaceutical industry, with at least 10 years in biosimilar development.
+ Program Leadership- At least 5 years as a global program leader in biosimilars.
**Reports To**
Philippe Begat
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Director, Technical Program Management, Scrum Master Team Coach
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_Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we're helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential._
**Title and Summary**
Director, Technical Program Management, Scrum Master Team Coach
Who is Mastercard?
Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart, and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments, and businesses realize their greatest potential?
Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all?
Overview?
Vocalink, a Mastercard company technologies power the UK's real-time payments, settlements and direct debit systems, as well as a network of nearly 55,000 UK ATMs. We process over 90 percent of salaries, more than 70 percent of household bills and almost all state benefits?
Role of the Director, Technical Program Manager (Scrum Master/Team Coach)
Vocalink are looking for an experienced Scrum Master/Team Coach to take on a leadership role within an Agile environment, specifically in the context of a SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) to lead a group of Scrum Masters who are supporting teams within an Agile Release Train or independent Agile Teams.
The responsibility focuses on providing guidance, support and development for the Scrum Master/Team Coaches to enable them to assist the team in meeting their delivery goals as well as being a key member of one or more Agile Teams to assist in meeting their delivery goals and is responsible to facilitate and ensure that the Lean and Agile principles and values are being followed within the team for improved speed and quality delivery.
Key Responsibilities:
Embody a Lean-Agile mindset
Guide the Scrum Masters/Team Coaches to mature in their Lean-Agile practices by modelling the values and principles of Lean thinking and the Agile Manifesto in their daily interactions.
Personally demonstrate the SAFe?Core Values and inspire others to adopt these beliefs.
Internalise and be able to demonstrate to Scrum Masters/Team Coaches how they can be guided by the SAFe Principles.
Champion Continuous Improvement
Maintain the momentum of continuous improvement.
Maintain the Enterprise level improvement backlog to support continuous best practice.
Lead the Scrum Master's Community of Practice to enable the Scrum Masters/Team Coaches to strengthen their skills and learn from each other.
Lead the Scrum Masters to complete Competency Assessments and guide them in maturity the proficiency of their Agile Teams.
Connect with VMO and APMO governance practices to identify training and coaching needs or opportunities for Scrum Masters/Team Coaches
Influencing senior stakeholders and coaching them on the behaviours Lean-Agile leadership
Coaching Flow
Guide the Scrum Masters/Team Coaches to use the tools to analyse data to visualise and identify opportunities to improve the flow of value across the teams and ART.
Identify opportunities across the organisation to introduce systems to make work visible. Provide guidance on managing Work in Process to improve Flow.
Support the Scrum Masters/Team Coaches to introduce appropriate Flow metrics and accelerators. Help the organization use data to validate flow improvements and inform further steps.
Lead discussion across the organisation about improving the flow of value. visualising value streams and removing impediments. Nurture a flow-oriented mindset through one-on-one conversations and group discussions.
Experiences?
Communication skills to be able to convey ideas, expectations and feedback.
Be an active listener to understand individuals concerns and stakeholders needs?
Coaching and mentoring to support through influence (rather than command and control) to empower the team rather than dictating tasks.
Empathy to understand the Scrum Master/Team Coaches' challenges and have genuine concern for their beliefs and feelings by creating a psychologically safe environment for open discussions.
Conflict navigation?to mediate and resolve interpersonal conflicts, problem-solving, and decision-making to foster healthy team dynamics. Moving from conflict to constructive disagreements.
Mentoring?to help individuals develop a continuous learning mindset by guiding them to find solutions independently.
Coaching to educate the Scrum Master/Team Coach on methods beyond Scrum, such as SAFe, Kanban, flow, XP and built-in quality.
Facilitation to guide events and ensure discussions stay on track and are productive?
Analytical problem solving to identify obstacles and creative thinking to find effective solutions.
Adaptability to adjust to changes in requirements, team dynamics, priorities and continuous improvement.
People management including but not limited to coaching and mentoring to support through influence (rather than command and control) to empower the team rather than dictating tasks?
Corporate Security Responsibility?
Every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security. All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and therefore, it is expected that the successful candidate for this position must:?
Abide by Mastercard's security policies and practices?
Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed?
Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and?
Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard's guidelines?
**Corporate Security Responsibility**
All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:
+ Abide by Mastercard's security policies and practices;
+ Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;
+ Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and
+ Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard's guidelines.