Senior Programme Manager

apartmentGovernment Recruitment Service placeCroydon calendar_month 

The Home Office works to build a safe, fair and prosperous UK. We achieve this through our work on counter-terrorism, policing, fire, crime, drugs policy, immigration and passports.

Home Office Digital, Data and Technology Home Office Digital, Data and Technology designs, builds and develops services for the rest of the department and for government. Every year our systems support up to 3 million visa applications, checks on 100 million border crossings, up to 8 million passport applications and deliver 140 million police checks on people, vehicles and property.

As a leader within the delivery community, you will provide leadership, guidance and support to others. You will also be expected to drive contributions to DDaT and cross-government communities of practice, sharing your knowledge, setting good practice and providing an example of what good looks like.

By joining Data Services and Analytics now, you can help drive forward our aim to become recognised as the leading provider of data insight services in Government.

Within DDaT, the Data Services and Analytics (DSA) team find innovative uses for Home Office data and contains one of the most advanced data analytics centres in Government. We strive to lead the way in appropriate and proportionate use of data and analytics to deliver joined-up, intelligent services that unlock the value from data and improve decision making, policy and operations.

Data Services and Analytics consist of technical and non-technical professionals from a wide variety of backgrounds, we are the hub of data expertise within the department. We support our teams with structured learning, both formal and on-the-job, mentoring and feedback.

This role will be in the Cerberus Programme is a Government Major Projects Portfolio (GMPP) programme with a complex delivery landscape across multiple products and suppliers. This Programme leadership role has responsibility for the technical delivery of outcomes in order for the Home Office and key stakeholder groups to realise the benefits as outlined in the business case.

The programme is fast paced and requires the management of suppliers, product and service teams whilst managing relationships and interdependencies with other key programmes, which includes the Future Border and Immigration System.

Main responsibilities will include:

  • Management of a complex environment of real-time risking for people and freight across multiple modes of movement. Cerberus is critical to meet the real-time border risking use cases and enable the replacement and retirement of legacy systems.
  • Managing multiple delivery teams to deliver highly complex, technical and risky products within agreed timescales, to cost and quality standards.
  • Ownership of senior stakeholder relationships, effectively translating technical concepts, influencing and negotiating when required.
  • Leading on managing relationships with commercial partners, working with colleagues in Home Office Commercial when contracts need organising and negotiating.
  • Facilitating governance meetings and mechanisms and/or selecting the right people to join these discussions.
  • Financial management of the annual budget, which is expected to be more than £30m in the next financial year.
  • Some line management responsibilities.

Working Pattern

Due to the business requirements of this role, it is only available on a full-time basis.

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