99 Program Manager jobs in London

Programme Manager

Up to £110k

Central London - 2-3x per week onsite

18-Month FTC

We are representing a global retailer who are on the lookout for a Programme Manager to lead on a large, business-critical project.

As the Programme Manager, you will lead and manage an end-to-end business-facing transformation project, overseeing the setup and integration of core business functions, and developing and delivering a detailed programme plan.

We are looking for:

• Proven Programme Manager/Senior Project Manager with significant market transition and new entity setup experience
• Track record of leading complex, international business transactions - across finance, legal, sales, marketing, and distribution
• Strong stakeholder management skills

It would be beneficial if you came from a business-facing background with experience in consumer or retail sectors.

If this sounds of interest, please apply today!

Data Programme Manager - Pharma - £800 Per Day - Outside IR35

A leading pharmaceutical business is seeking a highly motivated Data Programme Manager to drive complex, cross-functional data initiatives with a strong emphasis on AI and enterprise data platforms. This role offers the opportunity to shape how the organisation leverages advanced technologies - including Oracle solutions - to accelerate drug discovery, improve clinical outcomes, and enhance patient experiences.

Key Responsibilities

• Programme Leadership: Leads the planning, governance, and delivery of data-driven programmes across R&D, clinical, regulatory, and commercial functions.
• AI & Advanced Analytics: Drives the design and implementation of AI/ML solutions to enable predictive modelling, real-world evidence generation, clinical trial optimisation, and personalised medicine strategies.
• Oracle Platform Expertise: Oversees the implementation, integration, and optimisation of Oracle-based data platforms to ensure scalability, security, and compliance across the enterprise.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborates with senior leaders, scientists, and technology partners to align business needs with data, AI, and Oracle platform opportunities.
• Data Strategy & Architecture: Ensures adherence to data governance frameworks, FAIR principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable), and pharma regulatory standards (e.g., GxP).
• Change Management: Champions a culture of data and AI adoption across the business, ensuring teams are empowered to use new tools and insights effectively.
• Vendor & Partner Management: Manages relationships with technology vendors, including Oracle and AI partners, as well as academic collaborators.
• Compliance & Ethics: Ensures responsible and ethical use of AI, with attention to patient privacy, data security, and industry regulations.

Skills & Experience

• Proven track record in programme or project management within pharma, biotech, or life sciences.
• Strong expertise with Oracle databases, data warehouses, and cloud platforms , with experience in large-scale data integration and optimisation.
• Experience delivering AI/ML initiatives from concept to implementation.
• Solid understanding of data management, data platforms, and governance frameworks in a regulated industry.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to bridge technical and non-technical audiences.
• Familiarity with regulatory and compliance requirements in healthcare and pharma.

We are seeking an experienced Senior Programme Manager to lead a major global transformation programme for a leading international financial services group. This is a high-profile interim opportunity, with potential to convert into a permanent role.

The Opportunity

You will be responsible for delivering a multi-year, £multi-million programme to replace and consolidate core back-office systems across the UK and US operations. The programme is critical to aligning operating models across regions, driving efficiency, and enabling global growth.

This role goes beyond IT delivery – it requires someone with the vision, leadership, and influence to manage complex business change and bring together diverse stakeholders across geographies.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of a £M transformation programme over 3 years.
• Drive the replacement of multiple legacy back-office systems with a single global platform.
• Develop and implement a robust programme plan that captures both business and IT responsibilities.
• Engage, align, and influence senior stakeholders including divisional COOs, CFOs, and CIOs.
• Provide inspirational leadership to project teams, energising and aligning resources across regions.
• Ensure successful delivery of programme milestones (first US go-live targeted in 12 months).
• Balance IT implementation with business change, process alignment, and operating model improvements .
• Chair steering committees and provide clear, trusted updates to executive sponsors.

What We’re Looking For

• Proven track record of leading complex transformation programmes (c. £5 0M+).
• Strong experience in business change as well as IT delivery.
• Knowledge of the reinsurance or broader insurance sector (enough to hold informed conversations with senior stakeholders).
• Gravitas, credibility, and maturity to engage with C-level stakeholders.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and people skills – able to articulate a compelling vision.
• Experience with data migration projects (desirable).
• Prior exposure to Open Twins implementation would be a bonus, but not essential.

Contract Details

• Duration: Interim assignment (potential for permanent conversion).
• Day Rate: £8 - ,000/day (flexible depending on experience).
• Location: London with some international travel required.
• Start Date: ASAP (within 4–6 weeks ideally).

** NB candidates must hold full UK Right to Work

Programme Manager

Not for Profit Member Led Body – Financial Services

Hybrid Working – 2.5 Days City of London Office / 2.5 Days Home

Basic Salary £57,584 Pro Rata

12-Month Fixed Term Contract

Our client, a highly regarded not for profit member led body at the heart of the UK financial services sector, is seeking a Programme Manager for a 12-month fixed term contract. This exciting opportunity will see you lead and deliver a strategic project shaping the future of skills within the industry.

If you have experience in projects and managing stakeholders working in a similar environment within a membership organisation or similar organisation that works closely on projects related to government, Whitehall, treasury, parliament. Lobbying, influencing, DWP, DFE, Levy, financial services, regulatory we would love to hear from you

Key Responsibilities

Lead the planning and delivery of a major strategic project, ensuring stakeholder engagement and timely delivery.

Build and maintain relationships with members, partners, and government stakeholders.

Develop high-quality policy and programme content to ensure impactful outputs.

Monitor developments in skills and talent to inform project direction.

Represent the organisation externally at events and meetings.

Person Specification

Proven experience delivering complex projects with multiple stakeholders.

Strong understanding of policy, skills, or talent development agendas.

Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.

Organised, proactive, and confident working at pace.

Strong IT literacy (Microsoft Office).

To apply to this role please send your CV

Due to the volume of applications, we are only able to contact successful applicants. Therefore, if you have not heard from us within 10 working days please deem your application as unsuccessful on this occasion.

Membership Bespoke is acting as a recruitment business in relation to this role. Membership Bespoke positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

Membership Bespoke is the most experienced membership-focused recruitment firm in the UK, with 10+ years of experience delivering tailored permanent, temporary, interim, and Executive Search recruitment solutions to Trade Associations, Regulatory Bodies, Political Parties, and Professional Bodies.

We are seeking an experienced Senior Programme Manager to lead a major global transformation programme for a leading international financial services group. This is a high-profile interim opportunity, with potential to convert into a permanent role.

The Opportunity

You will be responsible for delivering a multi-year, £multi-million programme to replace and consolidate core back-office systems across the UK and US operations. The programme is critical to aligning operating models across regions, driving efficiency, and enabling global growth.

This role goes beyond IT delivery – it requires someone with the vision, leadership, and influence to manage complex business change and bring together diverse stakeholders across geographies.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of a £M transformation programme over 3 years.
• Drive the replacement of multiple legacy back-office systems with a single global platform.
• Develop and implement a robust programme plan that captures both business and IT responsibilities.
• Engage, align, and influence senior stakeholders including divisional COOs, CFOs, and CIOs.
• Provide inspirational leadership to project teams, energising and aligning resources across regions.
• Ensure successful delivery of programme milestones (first US go-live targeted in 12 months).
• Balance IT implementation with business change, process alignment, and operating model improvements .
• Chair steering committees and provide clear, trusted updates to executive sponsors.

What We’re Looking For

• Proven track record of leading complex transformation programmes (c. £5 0M+).
• Strong experience in business change as well as IT delivery.
• Knowledge of the reinsurance or broader insurance sector (enough to hold informed conversations with senior stakeholders).
• Gravitas, credibility, and maturity to engage with C-level stakeholders.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and people skills – able to articulate a compelling vision.
• Experience with data migration projects (desirable).
• Prior exposure to Open Twins implementation would be a bonus, but not essential.

Contract Details

• Duration: Interim assignment (potential for permanent conversion).
• Day Rate: £8 - ,000/day (flexible depending on experience).
• Location: London with some international travel required.
• Start Date: ASAP (within 4–6 weeks ideally).

** NB candidates must hold full UK Right to Work

Data Programme Manager - Pharma - £800 Per Day - Outside IR35

A leading pharmaceutical business is seeking a highly motivated Data Programme Manager to drive complex, cross-functional data initiatives with a strong emphasis on AI and enterprise data platforms. This role offers the opportunity to shape how the organisation leverages advanced technologies - including Oracle solutions - to accelerate drug discovery, improve clinical outcomes, and enhance patient experiences.

Key Responsibilities

• Programme Leadership: Leads the planning, governance, and delivery of data-driven programmes across R&D, clinical, regulatory, and commercial functions.
• AI & Advanced Analytics: Drives the design and implementation of AI/ML solutions to enable predictive modelling, real-world evidence generation, clinical trial optimisation, and personalised medicine strategies.
• Oracle Platform Expertise: Oversees the implementation, integration, and optimisation of Oracle-based data platforms to ensure scalability, security, and compliance across the enterprise.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborates with senior leaders, scientists, and technology partners to align business needs with data, AI, and Oracle platform opportunities.
• Data Strategy & Architecture: Ensures adherence to data governance frameworks, FAIR principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable), and pharma regulatory standards (e.g., GxP).
• Change Management: Champions a culture of data and AI adoption across the business, ensuring teams are empowered to use new tools and insights effectively.
• Vendor & Partner Management: Manages relationships with technology vendors, including Oracle and AI partners, as well as academic collaborators.
• Compliance & Ethics: Ensures responsible and ethical use of AI, with attention to patient privacy, data security, and industry regulations.

Skills & Experience

• Proven track record in programme or project management within pharma, biotech, or life sciences.
• Strong expertise with Oracle databases, data warehouses, and cloud platforms , with experience in large-scale data integration and optimisation.
• Experience delivering AI/ML initiatives from concept to implementation.
• Solid understanding of data management, data platforms, and governance frameworks in a regulated industry.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to bridge technical and non-technical audiences.
• Familiarity with regulatory and compliance requirements in healthcare and pharma.

Programme Manager

Up to £110k

Central London - 2-3x per week onsite

18-Month FTC

We are representing a global retailer who are on the lookout for a Programme Manager to lead on a large, business-critical project.

As the Programme Manager, you will lead and manage an end-to-end business-facing transformation project, overseeing the setup and integration of core business functions, and developing and delivering a detailed programme plan.

We are looking for:

• Proven Programme Manager/Senior Project Manager with significant market transition and new entity setup experience
• Track record of leading complex, international business transactions - across finance, legal, sales, marketing, and distribution
• Strong stakeholder management skills

It would be beneficial if you came from a business-facing background with experience in consumer or retail sectors.

If this sounds of interest, please apply today!

Jones Knowles Ritchie (JKR) is a branding business, founded in 1990 and proudly independent ever since.

We started out in the world of packaging, but now we’re worldwide—from three founders, to more than 350 of us across the UK, USA and China. Together, we build and deliver brands across the entire consumer experience.But even more important than what we do, is why we do it. We’re here to inspire brands and people to be their true selves. To be brave. Be tenacious. And above all, be yourself. Because we believe that’s the only way to truly be distinctive, everywhere.

JKR is looking for a Program Manager,  reporting into our Operations Director and Senior Program management team, joining the busy team that support Client Services and Creative Design on large, complex consumer brand and packaging projects.

If you are a program or project manager in a fast paced creative environment looking for a role that focusses on best in class delivery we'd love to hear from you.

Program Manager Purpose:

Deliver greater value to clients through leveraging internal and external talent and expertise to orchestrate the best creative outcomes to client opportunities. 

In this role you will work as part of a client services team that spans both Account direction and Program management, whilst still client facing your role will be detail led on the delivery including but exclusive to:

Internally: Champion and demonstrate collaboration between internal teams to get to the best creative solutions through meticulous planning and organisation. Ensuring all workstreams are well coordinated. 

Externally:  Develop client trust and advocacy through effective planning and delivery across all briefs, while partnering client services to provide a consistent and excellent experience for our clients. 

Other responsibilities, include, but not limited to:

Creative Delivery 

• Inspire client confidence through effective project delivery, harnessing the creative intent, across a variety of channels 
• Effectively manage multiple project timelines across multiple clients within a hub ensuring all deadlines are met and tangibles delivered 
• Partner the Creative team, to ensure creative intent is preserved across mediums 
• Be a key partner to the client service team, proactively driving the project through the studio internally enabling client services team to effectively manage client expectations 

Communication 

• Collaborate closely with Creative Services team to determine most suitable internal and external expertise required for the Client opportunity  and support in articulating the design intent in order for them to source talent for specialisms 
• Effectively and proactively manage internal and external communications
• Constantly push for outstanding collaboration, internally and externally, to get to great creative output 
• Build strong relationships with partners, experts and collaborators, in order to develop advocacy and attract the best talent 
• Adapt communication style to audience and situation, whilst always delivering a consistent message 
• Listen actively and openly 

Creativity and Brand centricity  

• Work with Design Director and Creative Services to determine the right talent for projects, based on in depth knowledge of capabilities, efficiency, costing and desired outcomes 
• Proactively offer creative ideas and solutions to client challenges, considering different ways to approach the brief with an understanding of the client’s brand and business  
• Anticipate client needs and expectations, striving to deliver the best solutions, and exceed expectations wherever possible, ultimately translating into future opportunities 
• Act as a source of expertise to teams, sharing knowledge and experience 
• Demonstrate flexibility and adaptability to client needs 

Commercial Awareness 

• Use knowledge of how the business charges and resources projects to drive efficiency and profitability of projects, while ensuring the highest level of creative output 
• Work in tandem with client services to ensure project quotes accurately reflects project, acting in an advisory capacity based on previous projects and experience, providing information to assist negotiations. 
  Work closely with Creative Services to ensure quote is reflected in resourcing requirements. 
• Recognise, raises and resolves individual project issues resulting in overburn with the Hub team and Finance as necessary 

Leadership & Relationships 

• Motivate, support and inspire the JKR internal teams effectively and responsibly to manage situations to positive outcomes 
• Provide tools, techniques and mentoring to inspire others to take responsibility for their own work and personal development 
• Display integrity, honesty, reliability, responsiveness, openness, to instill trust by clients and internal teams 
• Manage conflict, leaning into issues as they arise. 
• Quickly & proactively react to change instilling calm across internal and external stakeholders 

Requirements

In order to be will suited to this role you will be able to demonstrate:

• Experience working in program or project management
• Your knowledge of Brand and/or end to end creative design processes
• Excellent ability to partner with colleagues
• A proactive, 'get the job done' attitude
• Top notch communication and interpersonal skills

Benefits

• Pension Plan
• Training & Development

This role is offered as a permanent role.

Location: Shoreditch

Hybrid working: min 2 days pw in the studio (or as required by the team)

Job Title: Program Manager

Location: London, United Kingdom (Hybrid-1 day/week)

Job Type: Contract Inside IR35

Client: Mphasis

Years of experience needed – 10+ years

The Program Communication, Community Management & Change Adoption Specialist will be responsible for crafting and implementing strategies that enhance program visibility, stakeholder engagement, and smooth adoption of organizational changes. The role involves managing communications, building and nurturing communities, and driving change management initiatives to ensure the success of the program.

Technical Skills:

1. Program Communication:

• Develop and execute a comprehensive communication plan for the program to ensure alignment with organizational goals.

• Create and disseminate engaging, informative, and consistent program updates through newsletters, presentations, emails, and other channels.

• Collaborate with key stakeholders to tailor messaging for different audiences and ensure clear communication of program objectives, progress, and benefits.

• Monitor communication effectiveness and adapt strategies as needed.

2. Community Management:

• Establish and manage online/offline communities to foster collaboration and engagement among stakeholders.

• Act as the primary point of contact for the community, addressing queries, facilitating discussions, and maintaining a positive environment.

• Plan and execute community engagement events such as webinars, workshops, and networking sessions to promote program awareness.

• Gather feedback from the community and provide insights to inform program decisions.

3. Change Adoption:

• Design and implement change management strategies and plans that maximize employee adoption and usage of the program.

• Partner with stakeholders to identify change impacts, develop mitigation strategies, and ensure readiness for transitions.

• Create and deliver training materials, resources, and workshops to prepare employees for upcoming changes.

• Measure and report on adoption rates, identifying areas for improvement.

4. Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement:

• Build strong relationships with cross-functional teams, program leads, and external vendors.

• Actively listen to stakeholder concerns and integrate their feedback into program improvements.

• Work closely with HR, IT, and leadership teams to ensure alignment with organizational priorities.