Senior Programme Manager

Role: Senior Programme Manager
Expected duration: 9 Months
Pay rate: £350 to £400 per day + Holiday pay (PAYE inside IR35)
Start: Immediate
Location: London (Hybrid working with 3 days in the office and 2 days from home)

Our client is a global tech and logistics business. They are looking for a Senior Programme Manager to join their global fleet and products division to lead financial, programmatic improvement, and vendor management initiatives in their van Marketing channel.
As Senior Programme Manager, fleet Marketing, you will be responsible for the innovation, development, and implementation of programmes to scale a measurable van marketing channel in the UK and EU. This includes ownership of 3P vendor business relationships, improvement of operational processes, managing key performance indicators, and effectively managing ambiguity to execute key deadlines. You will work cross-functionally with teams across Europe and North America including Operations, Legal, Finance, Marketing and product teams, and Executive Leadership to manage the lifecycle of van marketing operations.

Responsibilities:

• Lead, direct, supervise, and control the execution of business, fiscal, and administrative functions of the assigned programme in the UK and EU.
• Develop capabilities to execute and improve van marketing initiatives worldwide.
• Manage complex marketing installation activities in partnership with internal and external stakeholders
• Use your analytical skills to identify and act on trends that impact a diverse set of stakeholders and the programme in the short and long term
• Use data to improve, streamline, and/or eliminate excess processes to drive efficiencies in your programme and promote scalability in size, speed, and geographic distribution
• Using high judgement, negotiate operational and financial goals/requirements across internal/external stakeholders. Show the ability to influence and lead across those same stakeholders.
• Drive planning, resolution, and execution with their team
• Define and measure internal and external performance standards
• Deliver features and services to drive continuous value to customers
• Monitor and report on the progress of all activity within the programme area
• Work with internal and external stakeholders in Marketing, Product Management, Programme Management, and Operations

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• 5+ years of programme or project management experience
• Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements
• Experience owning programme strategy, end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership
• Expert in Excel’s analysis tools. You should also have mastery over analysis functions and lookup functions like VLOOKUP, INDEX, and MATCH.
• Bachelor’s degree
• UK Driver’s license: Some travel will be required around the UK to Delivery Stations on occasion

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 2+ years of driving process improvements experience
• Capable of creating advanced charts and use forecast & trend tools in excel
• Master’s degree, or MBA in business, operations and supply chain management, strategic management, logistics, and organisational development