Programme Manager - Consultant/Senior/Managing

We're an award–winning innovative tech consultancy – a team of creative problem solvers. Since 1993 we've been finding better, more sustainable ways to solve complex technology problems for some of the world's leading organisations and delivered solutions that millions of people use every day.

In the last 30 years we won several awards, including a prestigious Queen's Award for Enterprise in the Innovation category for our Enterprise Agile delivery approach.

Operating from 26 locations across the world, we bring together teams of creative experts with diverse backgrounds and experiences, who enjoy working and learning in our collaborative and open culture and are committed to world–class delivery.

We want to continue to grow our team with people just like you!

At BJSS Consulting we help clients define and deliver their business strategy. We bring innovative digital thinking and have experience of the newest and most exciting technologies.

We offer consultancy services across our core propositions and specialise in advising and supporting organisations to transform; from strategy and innovation to performance improvement and operational execution. We deliver our assignments using multi–disciplinary teams who accelerate and de–risk the path from idea to value.

As part of the Programme Consulting team you will be engaging with the UK's leading companies at an operational and strategic level. You will be working with CxOs as a strategic partner to help provide structure, knowledge and insight into the best methods to deliver their corporate change agenda. This typically involves taking a business objective through programme discovery through to completion, using a mix of agile and traditional programme management techniques. You will be expected to manage large programmes of client work alongside building highly productive and effective cross functional teams.

To succeed in this role, you'll be able to evidence:

• A passion for leading programme or portfolio delivery for clients and customers
• Excellent communication, presentation and stakeholder management skills
• A natural collaborative approach to your work, able to bring consensus within challenging stakeholder groups
• An excellent understanding of the mechanisms and tools to manage the successful delivery of business objectives at CxO level
• Detailed understanding of risk and issue management
• Enthusiasm and comprehensive understanding of the business and technological landscape and an ability to translate that knowledge to solve client problems
• Demonstrated ability of managing large scale programmes or portfolios of work concurrently
• A positive attitude, strong team ethos and ability to work in a flexible environment

We offer something different from the other consultancies out there. As well as a competitive package, we offer true accountability and ownership from the get–go, ensuring you have the opportunity to develop and grow your career. Our culture is pivotal to our success – we say no to a corporate, hierarchical approach and celebrate a culture of openness and trust. We also recognise successes however big or small, understanding the unique role that everyone plays within a team.

• Flexible benefits allowance – you choose how to spend your allowance (additional pension contributions, healthcare, dental and more)
• Industry leading health and wellbeing plan – we partner with several wellbeing support functions to cater to each individual's need, including 24/7 GP services, mental health support, and other
• Life Assurance (4 x annual salary)
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Hybrid working – Our roles are not fully remote as we take pride in the tight knit communities we have created at our local offices. But we offer plenty of flexibility and you can split your time between the office, client site and WFH
• Discounts – we have preferred rates from dozens of retail, lifestyle, and utility brands
• An industry–leading referral scheme with no limits on the number of referrals
• Flexible holiday buy/sell option
• Electric vehicle scheme
• Training opportunities and incentives – we support professional certifications across engineering and non–engineering roles, including unlimited access to O'Reilly
• Giving back – the ability to get involved nationally and regionally with partnerships to get people from diverse backgrounds into tech
• You will become part of a squad with people from different areas within the business who will help you grow at BJSS
• We have a busy social calendar that you can chose to join– quarterly town halls/squad nights out/weekends away with families included/office get togethers
• GymFlex gym membership programme