Associate Director, Programme Management

Strategic Leadership & Direction
Align strategic plans, operating frameworks, and delivery approaches to support organizational priorities, stakeholder needs, and desired outcomes.
Advocate programme objectives and value across key stakeholders, enabling informed decision-making and collaboration across teams.
Governance, Assurance & Risk
Establish and maintain effective governance frameworks, ensuring adherence to organizational standards, policies, and quality requirements.
Oversee assurance and review activities to ensure initiatives are well-governed, deliver intended outcomes, and meet compliance expectations.
Drive consistent performance monitoring and reporting across risks, timelines, budgets, controls, and quality measures.
Programme Delivery & Execution
Establish and lead programme governance forums, ensuring accurate and concise updates, clear decision pathways and transparent escalation.
Lead end-to-end delivery of programmes, ensuring scope, milestones, budgets, benefits and risk controls are delivered to time and quality.
Maintain accurate performance tracking and reporting to support informed decision-making and effective programme oversight.
Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate risks, issues, and dependencies to minimize delivery impacts and enable successful outcomes.
Coordinate cross-functional teams and stakeholders, ensuring alignment, clear accountability, and effective management of delivery challenges.
Stakeholder Engagement & Communication
Develop trusted stakeholder relationships to drive engagement, alignment, and collaboration.
Provide high-quality reporting and actionable insights to support informed decision-making.
Facilitate cross-functional alignment and collaborative problem-solving to achieve strategic and operational goals.
Leadership & Team Management
Lead and mentor teams to achieve high performance and strong engagement.
Promote a culture of collaboration, accountability, continuous improvement, and shared success.
Process Improvement
Leverage data-driven insights to identify and implement process improvements.
Promote efficient and effective ways of working through continuous enhancement of processes and systems.
Support a culture of continuous learning, collaboration, and improvement across teams.
Degree in Business, Engineering, Technology, Architecture, or a related disciplines.
8–12+ years of experience leading complex programmes, projects, or strategic initiatives in large organizations.
Relevant programme, project, or change management certifications preferred.
Proven track record delivering large-scale transformation, operational improvement, or business change initiatives.
Experience managing multiple workstreams, cross-functional teams, and diverse stakeholder groups.
Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
Strong understanding of portfolio, programme, and project management practices.
Financial and commercial acumen preferred.
Advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills.
Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to build credibility across organizational levels.
Comfortable operating in fast-paced, complex, and evolving environments.
Proactive, resilient, adaptable, and able to navigate ambiguity.
Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.

Employment type
Full-time

Work arrangement
No