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Programme Manager Position Description At CGI, we work closely with a wide range of public and private sector clients on exciting projects with real-world purpose and impact. We're currently recruiting for a Programme Manager in Belfast to take full ownership of a portfolio of inter-related projects and workstreams to deliver the agreed business outcomes for the client(s). If you'd like to stretch your skills, and make a real difference in our communities, please read on. CGI was recognised in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work List 2024 and has been named one of the 'World's Best Employers' by Forbes magazine. We offer a competitive salary, excellent pension, private healthcare, plus a share scheme (3.5% + 3.5% matching) which makes you a member not just an employee. We are committed to inclusivity, building a genuinely diverse community of tech talent and inspiring everyone to pursue careers in our sector, including our Armed Forces, and are proud to hold a Gold Award in recognition of our support of the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant. Join us and you'll be part of an open, friendly community of experts. We'll train and support you in taking your career wherever you want it to go. Your future duties and responsibilities We are seeking an expert in Programme Management to join our team. This role is particularly suited for individuals with experience in pre-sales, specifically leading programme management within complex bids. A strong background in public sector engagements is highly desirable, as is familiarity with the Government Competitive Dialogue procurement process. As a Programme Manager, you will be responsible for leading portfolios of projects, ensuring successful delivery, and driving business growth. Your key responsibilities will include: • Programme Delivery: Ensuring programmes are delivered on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards, achieving the agreed outcomes. • Leadership & Governance: Establishing and maintaining an effective management and leadership structure. • Stakeholder Engagement: Managing relationships with senior internal stakeholders and clients at both IT and business leadership levels. • Business Development: Identifying and securing opportunities to grow the account, including contract extensions and new business engagements. • Team Management: Leading and motivating teams, clearly communicating strategy, and inspiring collaboration to achieve shared objectives. • Accountability & Financial Management: Client & Account Management • Securing opportunities to expand the account, including new business development. • Utilising senior client feedback to enhance client satisfaction and experience. Required qualifications to be successful in this role • Proven experience in at least one programme lifecycle (e.g., waterfall, agile, consultancy). • Practitioner-level qualification (e.g., MSP). • Public sector procurement experience. • Expertise in leading the Programme Management aspects of competitive tenders. • Ability to develop comprehensive proposal plans, text, and narratives to support programme delivery. • Must be based in Northern Ireland. This role presents an exciting opportunity to lead high-profile programmes, drive strategic growth, and work within a dynamic, client-focused environment. #LI-MW2 Together, as owners, let's turn meaningful insights into action. Life at CGI is rooted in ownership, teamwork, respect and belonging. Here, you'll reach your full potential because... You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. That's why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our company's strategy and direction. Your work creates value. You'll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas, embrace new opportunities, and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise. You'll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. You'll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons. Come join our team-one of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world.

Job Title: Junior Programme Manager - Emerging Technologies Location: London / Hybrid Salary : £28,000 - £33,000 per annum based upon experience plus discretionary bonus and comprehensive benefits Job Type: Permanent, Full-Time Role Purpose: This new role offers an exciting opportunity to join our fast-paced Tech and Innovation programme that leads techUK's activity around a range of emerging technologies including Quantum, Immersive, Robotics, Web3, and more. Through our emerging technologies activity, techUK plays an active role in convening the UK's technology sector, showcasing world-leading innovations, exploring the opportunities for cutting edge technology development to the UK, and identifying key challenges or barriers that need to be addressed on behalf of our membership. The Junior Programme Manager for Emerging Technologies will support the delivery of techUK's regular 'sprint campaigns' around specific technologies or industries, requiring ownership, creativity, a clear narrative, and varied outputs adding value for members and stakeholders. They will also aid in horizon scanning, future gazing, and the annual Tech & Innovation Summit, working closely with the Senior Programme Manager. This role is an opportunity to develop close relationships with leading industry figures, techUK members, decision makers, civil society, and other key stakeholders, plus much of their activity will feed directly into the wider Tech and Innovation programme's work around current technologies such as Cloud and AI. A central focus for this role is to work with the Senior Programme Manager to ensure that techUK's Emerging Technologies content, activity, policy asks, strategy, and other outputs remain relevant and credible, in particular through its recommendations for key audiences, such as Government, to ensure the UK has an ecosystem and environment in which innovation and R&D can be not just supported by supercharged. Key Responsibilities Ensuring techUKs Emerging Technologies content, activity, policy asks, and strategy are relevant, credible and influential by becoming an active and trusted participant in the UKs emerging technologies communities, cultivating excellent relationships with key stakeholders, and ensuring key web pages and spreadsheets are accurate and current Supporting sprint campaigns on specific technologies, ensuring they have a clear narrative and deliver impactful outputs like reports and policy recommendations that benefit industry and Government Effectively leveraging techUKs networks, reach, and expertise to support team objectives and goals by convening the UKs emerging technologies sector through panel discussions, workshops, roundtables, and more to advance the development, application, and commercialisation of emerging technologies or industries Serving as an ambassador for the Tech and Innovation programme, techUK, and the organisations emerging technologies activity by writing articles, speaking at events, and networking Contributing to the planning and delivery of Tech and Innovation initiatives that have an emerging technologies focus, including but not limited to events, reports, policy formulation, insight or interview series, Councils or Working Groups, and annual campaign weeks or Summits. In particular, support the development and delivery of techUKs annual Tech & Innovation Summit by liaising with sponsors, partners, and members Collaborating with other techUK teams, to ensure the organisations emerging technologies content, activity, policy asks, and strategy are coherent, consistent, and effectively promoted Proactively maintaining and growing techUKs membership base in emerging technologies, including by playing an active role in the identification and recruitment of new techUK members and by supporting colleagues by suggesting and exploring new business ideas or processes About you: Core Competencies: Effective communication and presentation skills, including producing clear written communications and creating compelling narratives for events, reports, and campaigns that resonate with stakeholders Strong capability in researching, collating, and presenting information The ability to take ownership of the regular sprint campaigns and other aspects of the wider Emerging Technologies programme, including proactively identifying and addressing potential challenges and opportunities while ensuring timelines are monitored, deadlines are met, and key stakeholders are briefed The ability to deliver a broad programme of activity while maintaining strong attention to detail in areas such as policy formulation or analysis and proofreading Motivated and organised, eager to learn and stay updated with emerging technology developments, and contribute innovative ideas to a constantly evolving programme Essential Knowledge and Experience: Experience of planning and hosting webinars or events Experience of developing a programme of work or conducting product / programme management Experience in stakeholder and membership engagement including recruitment Additional Information The successful candidate must have permission to work in the UK prior to the commencement of employment. To apply for this role, please click below on the 'Apply Now' button. Candidates with experience of; Junior Programme Management, Policy Manager, Junior Programme Manager may also be considered for this role.

Programme Manager (DV Security Clearance) Position Description The Space, Defence and Intelligence business unit in CGI is a true IT Systems Integrator. We work, build, and operate bespoke, technically complex, mission-critical systems which help our clients keep us all safe and secure. We bring innovation to our clients using proven and emerging technologies, agile delivery processes and our deep expertise across the breadth of space, defence, intelligence, aerospace and maritime, all underpinned by our end-to-end cyber capability. We work collaboratively with global technology companies, cutting edge SMEs and academia to deliver the optimal solution for each client. CGI was recognised in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work List 2024 and has been named one of the 'World's Best Employers' by Forbes magazine. We offer a competitive salary, excellent pension, private healthcare, plus a share scheme (3.5% + 3.5% matching) which makes you a CGI Partner not just an employee. We are committed to inclusivity, building a genuinely diverse community of tech talent and inspiring everyone to pursue careers in our sector, including our Armed Forces, and are proud to hold a Gold Award in recognition of our support of the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant. Join us and you'll be part of an open, friendly community of experts. We'll train and support you in taking your career wherever you want it to go. Due to the secure nature of the programme, you will need to hold UK Security Clearance or be eligible to go through this clearance. This position will be a working out of our office in Reading. Your future duties and responsibilities CGI is preparing a major bid for our Defence client, and we are looking to build a high-calibre team, including a Delivery Project Manager and/or Service Delivery Manager. The successful candidate will have experience working on large delivery and service programmes, ideally with bid experience, and will be responsible for shaping our Service Solution and complex change model. DV clearance is required; candidates may be granted time to secure this before the ITN stage. Key Responsibilities: • Define and impact service requirements in detail • Own the service charges model • Develop transition and implementation plans • Collaborate across workstreams to ensure cohesive delivery • Estimate and cost service models and delivery plans Required qualifications to be successful in this role • Experience with Defence and Enterprise Business Systems • Proven project and service delivery expertise • Strong technical understanding of CGI's scope • Contract and commercial management skills • Excellent client and supplier relationship management Desired Competencies: • Experience with large infrastructure services programmes • Knowledge of applications integration, desktop, and hosting infrastructure services • Tier 3 or Tier 2 security level experience • Experience with hybrid delivery programmes (including Agile) • Previous experience on major bids The bid will be based at or near CGI's Reading Office, with some client site engagement anticipated. #LI-UKA Together, as owners, let's turn meaningful insights into action. Life at CGI is rooted in ownership, teamwork, respect and belonging. Here, you'll reach your full potential because... You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. That's why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our company's strategy and direction. Your work creates value. You'll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas, embrace new opportunities, and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise. You'll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. You'll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons. Come join our team-one of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world.

Job Title: Programme Manager - Centre for AI Fundamentals Location: Oxford Road, Manchester Salary: £46,735 - £57,422 per annum, dependent on relevant experience Job type: Full Time, Permanent - 1.0 FTE Closing date: 10/04/2025 The University of Manchester is part of the prestigious Russell Group of universities and highly respected across the globe as a centre of teaching excellence and research innovation and discovery. With 25 Nobel Prize winners among our current and former staff and students, we have a history of world firsts, with our impact ranging from splitting the atom to giving the world graphene. The University of Manchester is seeking to appoint an individual with a strategic mindset and a track record of building and leading collaborative relationships and professional networks, expertise in a domain ideally related to artificial intelligence, excellent communication and interpersonal skills, experience in managing high-performing teams, and demonstrable ability to support the preparation of large, complex grant proposals to take up the role of Programme Manager for the Centre for AI Fundamentals. The recently established Centre for AI Fundamentals is a cross-Faculty initiative that builds on the award of a Turing AI World-Leading Researcher Fellowship together with significant internal investment, and forms part of an ambitious plan to establish Manchester as an internationally-leading centre for AI research and innovation. This is an excellent opportunity to be involved with a high-profile research Centre and the Faculty of Science and Engineering's strategically focussed Research Development and Innovation team. The successful candidate will play a major role in developing and shaping the Centre, working closely with its Director to grow the Centre and plan and deliver an exciting programme of activities, including leading key science translational activity and development of use cases in the Centre's key domains, partnership development, bid writing, resource management, impact and public engagement strategies. The role will involve working synergistically with existing University functions and activities to maximise benefits to the University, including working closely with the Business Engagement and Knowledge Exchange functions on activities involving industry. We are looking for a highly skilled and experienced Programme Manager, we want a candidate that is: A strategic thinker, able to help shape the Centre for AI Fundamentals to deliver real value to participants, partners, stakeholders and the Greater Manchester and UK AI ecosystemAbility and willingness to work across organisational boundaries and proactively identify opportunities for collaborative, joined up working and information sharingExcellent communication, interpersonal and relationship-building skills, with the confidence and professionalism to project and maintain credibility at all levels internally and with external organisationsExperience of data analysis and contributing on to the development of strategy, business cases and policy documentsExperience of playing a substantive role in the preparation of large, complex grant proposals and an increase in research fundingExperience of managing programmes with multiple partners in an academic or business environmentAbility to adapt at pace and work under pressure and meet challenging deadlinesA basic understanding of AI and its potential, and willingness to develop a deeper understandingAbility to solve complex problems, using initiative, innovation and negotiation As an ideal candidate you will have: Degree in AI/Computer ScienceExperience in the higher education sectorFormal PM qualification or significant demonstrable experience.Experience of AI research and/or development, or of supporting itTrack record of working within international project teamsKnowledge and understanding of the interface between higher education and research funders (e.g. Research Councils, Government, Charities, EU, Industry) and awareness of funding trends, policies, priorities and processesRelevant experience and understanding of academia and of business needs and drivers, ideally in a deep tech context As one of the leading Universities our employees enjoy exclusive access to excellent benefits and schemes including: Generous annual leave allowance, including Christmas/New Year closurePension scheme membership to provide benefits for you and your familyWell-being programme with counselling, fitness and leading sports facilitiesLearning and development opportunitiesSeason ticket loans for public transportCycle to Work SchemeWorkplace nursery schemeStaff recognition schemesStaff discounts on a range of products and services including travel and high street savings As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status. All appointments will be made on merit. Any CV's submitted by recruitment agencies will be treated as a gift. Please click APPLY to be redirected to our website to complete an application form. Candidates with experience of: IT Programme Manager, Tech Programme Manager, AI Programme Manager will also be considered for this role.

A Programme Manager with extensive experience of working in the Banking Sector is required for an initial 9 month contract. This is a hybrid role requiring 3 days per week on site in London and is inside IR35 so you will need to work via an FCSA accredited umbrella company. Key skills and experience Role Description: • Extensive experience delivering complex programmes in the Banking or Financial Sectors • CXO Management • Leadership across complex, global, matrix organisations working with a wide array of individual business lines • Highly effective communicator • Ensure effective coordination between workstreams, maintaining seamless integration. • Agile delivery experience: The emphasis is on hands • on delivery rather than purely serving as an Agile evangelist. • Experience in Financial Services / Banking and know when to escalate issues and when to dive into specific workstreams. • Comfortable wearing multiple hats and adapting to the programme's changing needs. LA International is a HMG approved ICT Recruitment and Project Solutions Consultancy, operating globally from the largest single site in the UK as an IT Consultancy or as an Employment Business & Agency depending upon the precise nature of the work, for security cleared jobs or non-clearance vacancies, LA International welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people with diverse experience and backgrounds. Award Winning LA International, winner of the Recruiter Awards for Excellence, Best IT Recruitment Company, Best Public Sector Recruitment Company and overall Gold Award winner, has now secured the most prestigious business award that any business can receive, The Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade, for the second consecutive period.

Location(s): UK, Europe & Africa : UK : Leeds || UK, Europe & Africa : UK : London || UK, Europe & Africa : UK : Manchester BAE Systems Digital Intelligence is home to 4,500 digital, cyber and intelligence experts. We work collaboratively across 10 countries to collect, connect and understand complex data, so that governments, nation states, armed forces and commercial businesses can unlock digital advantage in the most demanding environments. Job Title:PMO Analyst Requisition ID: 121684 Location: London, Manchester or Leeds - We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role. Grade: GG08 Referral Bonus: £5,000 Role Purpose The purpose of the Planning, Monitoring and Control (PM&C) Professional is to set up, operate and assure the processes directly associated with: Budgeting and Cost Management Managerial Analysis Time scheduling and phasing The PM&C Professional may also set up, operate and assure aspects of Project Management Integration such as Risk & Opportunity Management The role will also provide direct support to Portfolio, Programme and Project Managers, and Service Delivery Managers, as required within the framework of the local Programme Management Office Common Role Accountabilities Contribute to a culture of delivery excellence across the delivery community Act as a source of best practice guidance on project management processes relating to project set up, overall and specific control during execution and close down activities Undertake the common administrative and management support activities for projects, programmes and portfolios Produce management information, including scenario modelling, in direct support of analysis of a project, programme or portfolios health Support delivery governance and reporting requirements The responsibilities and accountabilities of work associated with this role are: A PM&C Professional is expected to have an awareness of the project management lifecycle and associated support duties and work independently in the application of these activities across portfolios, programmes and projects. PMO duties & responsibilities Comprehensive support to portfolios, programmes and projects as set by local PMO conditions Management of monthly project finance activities Facilitation of monthly governance processes Complete project set up and close down tasks Production of MI Life at BAE Systems Digital Intelligence We are embracing Hybrid Working. This means you and your colleagues may be working in different locations, such as from home, another BAE Systems office or client site, some or all of the time, and work might be going on at different times of the day. By embracing technology, we can interact, collaborate and create together, even when we're working remotely from one another. Hybrid Working allows for increased flexibility in when and where we work, helping us to balance our work and personal life more effectively, and enhance well-being. Diversity and inclusion are integral to the success of BAE Systems Digital Intelligence. We are proud to have an organisational culture where employees with varying perspectives, skills, life experiences and backgrounds - the best and brightest minds - can work together to achieve excellence and realise individual and organisational potential.