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Programme Manager
Remote First Working – Quarterly Workshops
Financial Services
Lorien's leading banking client is looking for an accomplished Programme Manager to lead a large-scale enterprise migration programme involving the migration of Microsoft 365 and Citrix user identities, alongside structured and unstructured data, between complex technology estates.
This is a senior delivery role requiring someone who has successfully managed enterprise-scale migration programmes, can take ownership of challenging deliveries, drive third-party suppliers, and confidently engage senior business and technical stakeholders.
The Ideal candidate is a hands-on Technical Programme Manager who combines strong migration experience with excellent leadership, commercial awareness and stakeholder management. You'll be resilient, delivery-focused and capable of leading complex programmes through challenging environments while maintaining momentum and ensuring successful outcomes.
This role is based in UK Wide, with occasional travel quarterly to Edinburgh or Midlands.
This role will be Via Umbrella.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end delivery of large-scale identity and data migration programmes.
- Manage migrations of Microsoft 365/Citrix user identities, applications, file shares, SharePoint sites and other business data.
- Lead and manage a Business Analysis team responsible for capturing, prioritising and planning migration activity.
- Develop phased migration plans using business-specific cohorts, including overnight and weekend migration windows where required.
- Analyse complex migration scenarios, agree treatment plans and manage exceptions where migrations are not technically feasible.
- Own Statements of Work (SoWs) and manage third-party supplier performance to agreed delivery outcomes.
- Lead a blended delivery team and coordinate dependencies across technical teams, business stakeholders, suppliers and programme workstreams.
- Provide programme governance, RAID management and executive reporting through the Programme Director.
Required Experience
- 5+ years' experience as a Senior Technical Programme Manager or Senior Project Manager.
- Proven experience delivering large-scale identity and data migration programmes.
- Strong technical understanding of Microsoft 365, Citrix and enterprise migration delivery.
- Experience managing third-party suppliers and owning Statements of Work.
- Strong stakeholder, dependency and risk management skills.
- Ability to lead programmes under pressure, resolve complex issues and drive recovery where required.
- Comfortable challenging suppliers and technical teams to ensure successful delivery.
Desirable
- Experience within Life & Pensions or Financial Services.
- Experience delivering complex enterprise transformation programmes.
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Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG – The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
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