Programme Manager

Company Description

Version 1 has celebrated 30 years in business and continues to be trusted by global brands to deliver technology and transformation solutions that drive customer success. Our deep expertise enables our customers to navigate the rapidly evolving technology landscape. We foster strong partnerships with global technology leaders including Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, Red Hat, OutSystems, Snowflake, ensuring that our customers are provided with the highest quality solutions and services. 

 We’re an award-winning employer reflecting how our employees are at the very heart of  what we do: 

• UK & Ireland's premier AWS, Microsoft & Oracle partner 
• 3300+ strong, €350/£300m revenue business 
• 10+ years as a Great Place to Work in Ireland & UK 
• Best Workplace for Women in the UK & Ireland by GPTW 
• Best Workplace for Wellbeing in the UK by GPTW 

We’re a core values driven company, we hire people who share our values, and we reward those who display and foster them, it’s deeply embedded within our DNA. Invest in us and we’ll invest in you!. 

Job Description

The Programme Manager is responsible for the successful planning, governance, delivery, and business outcomes of large-scale ERP transformation programmes and integrated SaaS platforms, including solutions such as Oracle ERP Cloud, ADP, Concur, ServiceNow, and other enterprise applications. The role provides strategic leadership across multiple projects and workstreams, ensuring alignment with business objectives while delivering programmes on time, within budget, and to agreed quality standards.

The Programme Manager works closely with executive sponsors, business stakeholders, implementation partners, technical teams, testing teams, change management functions, and third-party vendors to drive transformational change, manage programme risks, and achieve sustainable business value.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of large-scale ERP and enterprise transformation programmes across multiple workstreams and geographies.
• Define programme vision, objectives, scope, governance structures, and measurable business outcomes.
• Establish and maintain integrated programme plans, ensuring alignment across business, technology, data, testing, and change management teams.
• Provide leadership and direction to programme teams, project managers, solution architects, and delivery partners.
• Manage executive stakeholder relationships, acting as the primary point of contact for programme governance and strategic decision-making.
• Drive programme governance, steering committee reporting, status management, and executive communications.
• Oversee programme budgets, forecasts, commercial performance, and financial controls to ensure successful delivery within approved funding.
• Proactively manage programme risks, issues, dependencies, assumptions, and change requests across all programme workstreams.
• Coordinate implementation and deployment activities, including cutover planning, business readiness, and go-live governance.
• Ensure effective collaboration between business teams, system integrators, vendors, and internal technology functions.
• Drive quality assurance, testing oversight, and operational readiness to ensure successful programme outcomes.
• Support organisational change management, user adoption, training, and business transition activities.
• Promote continuous improvement, delivery excellence, and adherence to programme management standards and methodologies.
• Support business development, programme mobilization, and pre-sales activities where required.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications & Experience

• 12–15 years of progressive experience in Programme Management, ERP Transformation Delivery, Portfolio Management, or Enterprise Change Programmes within complex enterprise environments.
• Proven experience leading large-scale ERP transformation programmes involving any leading ERP platforms such as Oracle, SAP, Workday, or Microsoft Dynamics.
• Strong experience delivering integrated business transformation initiatives involving cloud and SaaS applications such as ADP, Concur, ServiceNow, or similar enterprise platforms.
• Demonstrated success managing multi-million-dollar programmes with multiple workstreams, suppliers, and stakeholders.
• Deep understanding of programme governance, strategic planning, risk management, financial management, and organisational change.
• Experience overseeing programme lifecycle activities including planning, design, implementation, testing, deployment, cutover, and post-go-live stabilization.
• Strong knowledge of delivery methodologies including Waterfall, Agile, Hybrid, and enterprise transformation frameworks.
• Proven ability to influence and engage senior executives, steering committees, and cross-functional leadership teams.
• Exceptional leadership, communication, negotiation, stakeholder management, and decision-making skills.
• Experience working within multi-vendor and global delivery environments.
• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business Management, or a related discipline (Master's degree preferred).
• Professional certifications such as PMP, MSP, PRINCE2, SAFe, Agile, or ITIL are highly desirable.

Additional Information

Why Version 1? 

 At Version 1, we believe in providing our employees with a comprehensive benefits package that prioritises their wellbeing, professional growth, and financial stability. 

• Share in our success with our Quarterly Performance-Related Profit Share Scheme, where employees collectively benefit from a share of our company's profits 
• Strong Career Progression & mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance & Leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development programme 
• Flexible/remote working, Version 1 is tremendously understanding of life events and people’s individual circumstances and offer flexibility to help achieve a healthy work life balance 
• Financial Wellbeing initiatives including; Pension, Private Healthcare Cover, Life Assurance, Financial advice and an Employee Discount scheme 
• Employee Wellbeing schemes including Gym Discounts, Bike to Work, Fitness classes, Mindfulness Workshops, Employee Assistance Programme and much more. Generous holiday allowance, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, marriage/civil partnership leave and special leave policies 
• Educational assistance, incentivised certifications, and accreditations, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat 
• Reward schemes including Version 1’s Annual Excellence Awards & ‘Call-Out’ platform. 
• Environment, Social and Community First initiatives allow you to get involved in local fundraising and development opportunities as part of fostering our diversity, inclusion and belonging schemes. 

And many more exciting benefits… drop us a note to find out more.    

Version 1 is an equal opportunities employer. 

We are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace where everyone feels valued and able to thrive. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and lived experiences, and we value the different perspectives people bring including those shaped by disability and neurodiversity. 

We want every candidate to have a positive and accessible recruitment experience. If you need reasonable adjustments at any stage of the process, please contact your recruiter at Version 1. We will consider all requests carefully, respectfully and confidentially. 

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