Programme Senior Manager - Glasgow
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Workforce and Organisation is a core Capgemini Invent capability unit that puts people at the heart of everything we do. We combine strategy, process, people, technology, and data working across all sectors to transform technology, organisations, and society.W&O are made up of three capability teams, including Programme & Change Acceleration (‘P&CA’) which is the focus of this specific role. P&CA houses Capgemini Invent’s transformation programme delivery and change experts.
YOUR ROLE
As a Senior Manager with extensive expertise in Programme and Portfolio Management, you will establish and deliver complex client business transformation initiatives across a variety of sectors and drive the enhancement of our service offerings, with a focus on automation and tooling.
As a Senior Manager you will play a key role in:
- Leading the shaping, planning, and delivery of medium and large scale, complex client business transformation initiatives.
- Being responsible for the management of all aspects of client engagements, including managing budgets, resource profile, billing and contracts.
- Developing delivery strategies and new offerings through the combination of existing assets or adopting new insights to enhance our programme leadership and P3O services through automation, advanced tooling, and tailored methodologies.
- Playing a pivotal role in the Programme and Change Practice, enacting and delivering on the 2025 strategy.
- Contributing to the development of internal training pathways to upskill consultants in areas such as automation, tooling, and P3M methodologies.
- Structuring and leading teams on client delivery, and being a mentor/coach to junior team members; enabling capability development and growth of our team
As part of your role, you will have the opportunity to contribute to the business and your own personal growth, through activities that form part of the following categories:
- Business Development – Leading/contributing to proposals, RFPs, bids, proposition development, client pitch contribution, client hosting at events.
- Internal contribution – Campaign development, internal think-tanks, whitepapers, practice development (operations, recruitment, team events & activities), offering development.
- Learning & development – Training to support your career development and the skills demand within the company, certifications etc.
- Proven track record of leading and delivering complex, multi-supplier transformation initiatives across various industries. Significant expertise in programme governance, stakeholder management and risk management. Currently working in a major Consulting firm, and/or in industry with previous Consulting experience.
- Commercial acumen to determine the best way to structure a deal for mutual benefit to clients and Capgemini. Ability to identify opportunities to enhance our programme leadership and P3O services through automation, advanced tooling, and tailored methodologies. Proven ability to foster and grow client relationships.
- Experience and expertise of multiple delivery approaches and methodologies. Particularly, the adoption of hybrid delivery models that combine traditional PMO approaches with Agile frameworks.
- Experience with automation solutions, including workflow automation, AI resource augmentation, AI-driven reporting, or Robotic Process Automation (RPA). Ability to assess and implement tools that drive efficiency in P3M and P3O processes.
Desirable skills and/or experience:
- Hold relevant P3M qualifications
- MSP, MoP, and/or P3O from Axelos
- PMQ, PPQ and/or ChPP from APM
- PMP and/or PgMP from PMI
- PROSCI or APMG qualifications
- PRINCE2 Practitioner or agile equivalents
- Proven ability to be successful in a matrixed organisation, and to enlist support and commitment from peers in selling and delivering consulting solutions.
- Experience of proposition building and leading the transition from sales into delivery.
- Business development: utilising a combination of the organisation’s broader pre-existing relationships, company relationships and your own network, you’ll be required to generate c.£1m of consulting revenues.
- Hold UK security vetting status of Security Check (SC)
WHAT YOU’LL LOVE ABOUT WORKING HERE?
The Programme and Change Acceleration team is at the heart of the transformational consultancy services Capgemini Invent deliver for our clients. We act as Capgemini Invent's programme and change management center of excellence, focused on the design and delivery of business transformations.Our Change Management offering helps organisations to navigate and mitigate the people-related challenges that come with complex transformations. Whilst our Programme Management offering equips organisations with the tools necessary to ensure successful delivery execution.
We are delighted to have received the “Glassdoor Best Places to work UK’ accolade for 4 consecutive years, to see what it’s like to work at Capgemini Invent, visit our Glassdoor page.
NEED TO KNOW
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We aim to build an environment where employees can enjoy a positive work-life balance. We embed hybrid working in all that we do and make flexible working arrangements the day-to-day reality for our people. All UK employees are eligible to request flexible working arrangements.
Employee wellbeing is vitally important to us as an organisation. We see a healthy and happy workforce a critical component for us to achieve our organisational ambitions. To help support wellbeing we have trained ‘Mental Health Champions’ across each of our business areas.We have also invested in wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy.
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We’re also focused on using tech to have a positive social impact. So, we’re working to reduce our own carbon footprint and improve everyone’s access to a digital world. It’s something we’re really serious about. In fact, we were even named as one of the world’s most ethical companies by the Ethisphere Institute for the 10th year.When you join Capgemini, you’ll join a team that does the right thing.
Whilst you will have London, Manchester or Glasgow as an office base location, you must be fully flexible in terms of assignment location, as these roles may involve periods of time away from home at short notice.
We offer a remuneration package which includes flexible benefits options for you to choose to suit your own personal circumstances and a variable element dependent grade and on company and personal performance.
ABOUT CAPGEMINI
Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organizations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries.With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fueled by its market leading capabilities in AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem.
The Group reported 2023 global revenues of €22.5 billion.