SC Cleared - NI Programme Lead

Job Title: SC Cleared Programme Lead

Location: Belfast/Customer site

Duration: Six months initial, with potential for extension

Rate: Up to £950 per day via an approved umbrella company

Must hold active SC clearance or previously held

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Programme Lead to join a major public sector transformation programme within Land & Property Services (LPS)

The programme is a significant multi year transformation initiative designed to modernise land registration services, improve operational efficiency, enhance customer experience and deliver a digital first operating model. Comprising multiple interdependent workstreams and delivery partners, this programme requires exceptional leadership, governance and delivery expertise to ensure successful outcomes.

This role will suit a proven programme leader with extensive experience delivering large scale business and technology transformations within complex stakeholder environments, particularly across the public sector.

Key Responsibilities:

Programme Leadership

• Lead the overall transformation programme.
• Develop and maintain the integrated programme delivery strategy.
• Establish programme vision, objectives and success criteria.
• Ensure delivery aligns with contractual and business requirements.
• Drive a culture of accountability, collaboration and continuous improvement.

Governance & Assurance

• Establish and operate Programme Board governance.
• Chair delivery governance forums as required.
• Ensure compliance with programme assurance and governance requirements.
• Provide independent assessment of programme health, risks and readiness.
• Manage escalations and executive decision-making processes.

Planning, Controls & Delivery

• Develop and maintain the Integrated Master Schedule.
• Manage critical path activities and dependencies.
• Ensure effective resource planning and forecasting.
• Monitor delivery progress against baseline plans.
• Drive corrective action where required.

Financial & Commercial Management

• Maintain financial oversight of programme delivery.
• Monitor budgets, forecasts, actual costs and contingencies.
• Assess financial impacts of scope changes.
• Support commercial governance and contractual reporting.

Risk & Issue Management

• Own programme RAID management.
• Ensure proactive management of programme risks and dependencies.
• Escalate strategic issues appropriately.
• Drive mitigation and resolution activities.

Stakeholder & Supplier Engagement

Build effective relationships with:

• LPS Executive Team
• Department of Finance stakeholders
• Programme Board members
• Delivery Partners
• External Suppliers

You will manage stakeholder expectations, facilitate collaboration across organisations and ensure successful programme delivery through effective engagement and communication.

Benefits Realisation & Operational Readiness

• Define and track programme success measures.
• Ensure outcomes remain aligned to business case objectives.
• Coordinate readiness assessments.
• Support business change and adoption activities.
• Oversee successful transition into live service.

Essential Experience:

• Minimum 10 years' programme leadership experience.
• Delivery of complex transformation programmes exceeding £20m.
• Public Sector delivery experience.
• Multi-supplier delivery management.
• Experience leading programmes across both business and technology domains.
• Strong governance and assurance expertise.
• Experience managing senior executive stakeholders.
• Budget and commercial management experience.
• Proven delivery of large-scale business transformation programmes.

Desirable Experience:

• Land Registry or Property Services experience.
• Northern Ireland Public Sector experience.
• Government transformation programmes.
• Data migration and digital modernisation programmes.
• Cloud and SaaS implementation programmes.

Qualifications:

Ideally, candidates will hold:

• MSP Practitioner
• PRINCE2 Practitioner
• Agile Practitioner (preferred)
• P3M3 Awareness (preferred)
• Management of Risk (MoR) (desirable)

This is a rare opportunity to play a pivotal leadership role in a high profile public sector transformation programme that will have a lasting impact on the future of land and property services across Northern Ireland.

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