Technical Programme Manager – Finance – Nottingham

Technical Programme Manager – Finance – Nottingham
Day rate: £500 – £600 (inside IR35)
Duration: 6 months
Start: ASAP

Key Responsibilities:
Oversee the end-to-end delivery of large, strategic and often complex software initiatives, from initial concept through to deployment and post-launch support. Ensure that these initiatives are delivered on time, within scope, and meet the defined success criteria.

Technical Leadership:
* Work closely with the development team to understand technical challenges
* Working closely with the Product Manager, Product Owner, Head of Product, Head of Design, Engineering Managers and Senior Engineering Managers to motivate and engage the team(s) and ensure they are driving towards the product domain’s objectives and key results (OKRs).
* Ensure that technical solutions align with architecture objectives, business objectives and maintain high standards of code/technical quality.
* Facilitate meetings and events; rounding up consensus, applying processes, productive relationships and ensuring buy-in
* Work with the team(s) and the wider business ensuring an agile mindset and creating a safe, positive and collaborative environment.
* Support and drive delivery teams by owning through to completion engineering and wider organisational delivery processes
* Create and ensure approach to deliver visibility and understanding, explaining and mitigating impacts to important success metrics.

Experience:
* Minimum of 7 years of experience in project management within an Agile environment, with at least 5 years in a technical role (e.g. software development, systems architecture).
* Strong understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC), modern software development practices, and technologies. Experience with tools like Jira, Confluence, or similar Agile project management tools.
* Experience of working with Third Parties
* Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams in a fast-paced environment. Excellent problem-solving and decision-making skills.
* Strong verbal and written communication skills. Ability to convey technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders effectively.
* Comfortable working in a dynamic environment with evolving priorities. Ability to pivot quickly when project requirements change.
* A collaborative mindset with the ability to work effectively with diverse teams across multiple geographies.
* A personal style that embraces servant leadership, teamwork, cares about the work and the teams, and shares openly and honestly with all.
* Financial literacy around forecasting and managing budgets, costs, and revenue. Understanding of financial impacts of decisions.

*Rates depend on experience and client requirements