About The Role
Role: Programme Director REF 107572
Contract Length: 12 months – potential to extend
Location: Hybrid/Corsham - 3 days per week on site
IR35: Inside
Pay Rate to Intermediary: £1211 per day
Security Clearance: SC and Sole UK National requested
About the Role
Spinwell is recruiting for a Programme Director an excellent opportunity within the public sector.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership
Provide visible leadership across the Programme, establishing clear direction, priorities and delivery outcomes.
Develop and maintain the programme delivery strategy, ensuring alignment with Defence Digital, Fixed Connectivity and wider Defence transformation objectives.
Maintain oversight of the landscape, ensuring delivery activity remains coherent, integrated and aligned to strategic outcomes.
Act as a senior representative and champion for client, promoting programme objectives across Defence and industry stakeholders.
Programme Governance and Delivery
Design, implement and maintain effective programme governance, controls and assurance arrangements.
Establish decision-making frameworks, stage gates and stop/go decision points to support effective programme oversight.
Scope, initiate and oversee projects and workstreams within the client portfolio, ensuring clear delivery accountability.
Manage transition between programme phases and support the movement of mature capabilities into business-as-usual governance and service management arrangements.
Ensure robust programme reporting is established, providing timely and accurate information to senior leadership forums.
Business Case and Benefits Management
Lead the development and maintenance of programme business cases, ensuring continued alignment with strategic objectives.
Support the Senior Responsible Owner (SRO) in delivering approved business outcomes and programme benefits.
Ensure benefits realisation frameworks are established and monitored throughout the programme lifecycle.
Identify issues affecting programme viability and provide recommendations to senior stakeholders.
Commercial Leadership
Support development of the programme's commercial strategy and associated procurement activities.
Work closely with Commercial and Finance teams to ensure procurement activity supports programme outcomes and represents value for money.
Oversee requirements management and supplier engagement activities to ensure contractual outcomes remain aligned to Defence needs.
Manage commercial dependencies and support resolution of delivery, performance and contractual issues.
Technical and Service Transformation
Provide strategic oversight of programme technical delivery, working closely with technical authorities, architects and service owners.
Ensure programme solutions align with Defence architecture, interoperability, cyber security and service management requirements.
Support the development of future communications and connectivity capabilities to meet operational and business needs.
Oversee the integration of programme deliverables into enduring service environments.
Risk and Assurance
Lead management of programme Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies and Opportunities (RAIDO).
Ensure appropriate mitigations, controls and assurance activities are implemented.
Escalate significant risks and issues where required and drive timely resolution through stakeholder engagement and governance routes.
Ensure compliance with Defence governance, security and assurance requirements.
Stakeholder Leadership
Develop and maintain strong relationships with senior Defence stakeholders, programme boards, project teams, users and industry partners.
Lead engagement and communications activity across programme stakeholders.
Build alignment across technical, commercial, operational and delivery communities.
Provide authoritative advice and briefing material to senior decision-makers.
People Leadership
Provide leadership, direction and support to programme and project teams.
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