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Digital Programme Manager

Job description

Digital Programme Manager - Interim to Perm - Immediate Start

Location:London - Flexible / Hybrid

Competitive Market Rate on offer

Paritas is working with a leading Advisory client who are undertaking a large internal transformation project.

We are seeking an experienced Digital Programme Manager to lead the delivery of a Digital Programme, coordinating multiple complex workstreams across business and technology. The role will be responsible for end-to-end programme delivery, ensuring strong governance, effective stakeholder engagement, and high-quality outcomes delivered on time and within budget.

This role requires a confident delivery leader with the ability to manage ambiguity, balance competing priorities, and maintain momentum across a large, multi-stream digital programme.

Key Responsibilities

Programme Delivery & Execution

  • Manage end-to-end delivery of the C1 Digital Programme, ensuring alignment and coordination across multiple workstreams

  • Own and maintain integrated programme plans, schedules, and milestones to ensure delivery against agreed timelines

  • Coordinate interdependencies across workstreams to avoid delivery risks and bottlenecks

Planning, Resources & Budget

  • Coordinate programme-level planning, resource allocation, and capacity across delivery teams

  • Track programme budgets, forecasts, and spend, ensuring financial controls are maintained

  • Support prioritisation decisions to balance scope, cost, and timelines

Governance, Reporting & Risk

  • Implement and maintain programme governance and reporting frameworks to provide clear visibility of progress, risks, and issues

  • Produce high-quality programme reporting for senior stakeholders and governance forums

  • Proactively identify, manage, and escalate risks and issues to maintain delivery momentum

Stakeholder Engagement

  • Engage stakeholders across business and technology to drive timely decisions and resolve delivery issues

  • Act as a central point of coordination between delivery teams, vendors, and senior sponsors

  • Facilitate programme forums, steering groups, and key decision-making sessions

Quality & Standards

  • Ensure delivery quality by enforcing agreed standards, controls, and best practices across all programme streams

  • Work with delivery leads to ensure outcomes meet business objectives and agreed success criteria

  • Promote continuous improvement in programme delivery practices

Experience & Capabilities

Essential

  • Proven experience leading complex digital programmes with multiple concurrent workstreams

  • Strong background in programme planning, dependency management, and integrated delivery

  • Demonstrated experience implementing governance, reporting, and risk management frameworks

  • Strong stakeholder management skills across both business and technology functions

  • Track record of delivering programmes to time, budget, and quality expectations

Desirable

  • Experience delivering large-scale transformation or enterprise digital programmes

  • Background in regulated or complex enterprise environments

  • Familiarity with hybrid delivery models involving internal teams and third-party vendors

Key Attributes

  • Confident, structured delivery leader with strong attention to detail

  • Calm under pressure with the ability to manage competing priorities

  • Clear communicator able to influence at senior levels

  • Proactive, outcome-focused, and resilient in fast-paced environments