Program Manager

Job title: Programme Manager – IT

Location: West Yorkshire (Hybrid)

Salary: £80,000 – £90,000 benefits

Type: Permanent, full-time

About the company

E1 Partners is working with a fast-growing UK commercial energy supplier.

Its technology function is maturing quickly. The next step is a strong Programme Manager to deliver the IT roadmap.

The role

You’ll own delivery of the IT & BI change portfolio end to end, from single projects to coordinated programmes. You’ll sit across every initiative and turn strategic priorities into delivered outcomes with measurable benefits.

The headline programme is a CRM replacement and migration, followed by work to bring AI capabilities into the business.

Key responsibilities

• Run programme and project governance, including stage gates, decision forums and reporting to senior sponsors
• Own integrated planning across the portfolio: milestones, dependencies, critical path and resourcing
• Deliver across in-house builds (Azure DevOps), vendor and SaaS change, and configuration of off-the-shelf software
• Run RAID and change control, escalating anything that puts scope, cost or timelines at risk
• Own budgets, forecasting and cost control across concurrent workstreams
• Shape business cases, and track how benefits are realised
• Manage senior stakeholders, third-party suppliers, contracts and SLAs
• Line-manage a Project Coordinator and lead matrixed delivery teams

What you’ll bring

• A track record of running multi-workstream programmes or portfolios
• Strong governance, planning and budget control
• Confidence with senior stakeholders and suppliers
• Experience managing vendor-delivered change
• Experience of line management and leading matrixed teams
• Fluency in MSP, PRINCE2 or Agile, and the judgement to adapt them to context

Desirable

• Energy supply experience, including knowledge of core supplier processes and industry processes
• Experience of benefits management
• APM qualification (PMQ or PPQ), working towards ChPP, or MSP, PRINCE2 or Agile certification

What’s on offer

• £80,000 – £90,000 base salary
• Hybrid working, with at least 2 days a week in the office
• 25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to buy up to 5 more days
• Health and wellbeing cashback scheme, and cycle to work scheme
• Clear career progression in a fast-growing business

Next steps

• The client is interviewing now and the process is moving quickly. To apply, use the button on this advert or message Ed Jacob directly at ejacob@e1partners.co.uk. All applications are handled in confidence.