Programme Manager – Remote

Job title:

Programme Manager – Remote

Company:

Mary’s Meals

Job description

Salary (UK Based): £43,898 plus benefits (Our pay philosophy ensures consistency across locations and salaries. The starting salary for this opportunity plus benefits depends on location of the candidate).The role: As Programme Manager, you will be responsible for the Project Management Office function (PMO), coordinating and governing our projects focussed on delivering Mary’s Meals International’s (MMI) strategic objectives. You will govern all our projects to success within the programme, and manage key stakeholders, providing regular updates on the programme.As a Project Management expert with good experience of Agile methodologies, you will have the opportunity to support and guide project managers and stakeholders in best practice and ensure a strong focus on stewardship, service and simplicity.Responsibilities:

• Personal responsibility for managing and delivering key programmes, projects and products.
• Develop consistent standards, procedures, templates and guidance for successful project delivery.
• Work alongside others to coach, define and implement the governance framework for projects.
• Work with functional owners and project & team managers to create strategies for effective project planning, monitoring and delivery.
• Ensure that MMI’s Agile delivery methodology is embedded and deployed across the programme.
• Run Steering Committee Meetings or support Project Managers to run these meetings.
• Meet regularly with stakeholders to understand and review organisational objectives and project requirements, developing strong relationships and demonstrate great stakeholder management.
• Inform projects when strategy changes and help them re-baseline.
• Seek continual improvement of the PMO and organisational approach to project and product delivery.
• Effective management of PMO staff.
• Strive to identify areas for process and organisational improvement and make recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Contribute to organisational growth through the creation and sharing of knowledge, lessons learned, and best practices from previous project experience.

About you:You take personal responsibility, through a hands-on approach, for the successful delivery of projects. With significant project management experience of leading large, complex projects, you will bring strong stakeholder management experience. With proven people leadership experience, you will bring robust experience of resourcing projects, developing, and managing relationships and coaching those around you, to share your knowledge and build capacity across the Mary’s Meals family.A relevant qualification in Project Management and/or Agile methodology would be of interest, and it would be great if you also have experience of working with CRM solutions and digital/business transformation projects.You will be inspired by our work and will strive to maximise all resources and drive efficiencies and process improvements to ensure fantastic return on investment and to challenge the status quo, to ensure we deliver on time and on budget.About us:We are happy for you to work remotely and flexibly, in a way that best supports your work life balance. We also have an office near Glasgow city centre for those who live nearby and would like to work from here occasionally or on a regular basis.Mary’s Meals is a global movement supported by people from all walks of life and we are focused on one goal – that every child receives a nutritious daily meal in a place of education. We continue to change the lives of over 2.4 million children who today will receive Mary’s Meals.We believe in the innate goodness of people, respect the dignity of every human being and family life and believe in good stewardship of the resources entrusted to us. In line with our values, Mary’s Meals is fully committed to a culture of safeguarding. Mary’s Meals is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work and we expect all the Mary’s Meals family to share this commitment and work in the best interest of the communities we serve. Our safe recruitment practices ensure that only those that are committed to our high standards join our movement.Salary advertised is for UK based candidates, our salary philosophy ensures consistency across locations where Mary’s Meals operates, please reach out to for more information about salaries in other locations.This is a fantastic role where your daily work has real impact. Please click Apply to send your CV and a short covering note, highlighting your suitability and motivations in considering this role.

Expected salary

£43898 per year

Location

Glasgow

Job date

Thu, 09 Jan 2025 23:36:11 GMT

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