Transformation Programme Manager

As our Transformation Programme Manager, you will translate the business strategy to meet the business need and design a programme of delivery projects to achieve the ambition.

Join us at Greene King the country's leading pub company and brewer, where our mission is to pour happiness into lives and become the pride of great British hospitality. We have something special, deeply rooted in our 220-year brewing and pub history, creating the business we are proudly known for today. Still today our 39,000 strong team are the guardians of what’s wholly British, the pub experience.  

We’re all about rewarding our teams hard work, that’s why… 

You’ll receive a competitive salary, pension contribution as well as: 

• The chance to further your career across our well-known brands – as one of the industry's top apprenticeship providers, we can provide training and development at each level of your career.   
• Discount of 33% for you and 15% for your loved ones on all of our brands – so you enjoy your favourite food and drink at a discount. 
• Free employee assistance program – mental health, well-being, financial, and legal support because you matter!  
• Discount of 50% for you and 25% for your loved ones at our Greene King Inns and hotels. – so you can enjoy a weekend away without breaking the bank. 

• Refer a friend – who do you know who could be interested in a new role? When they are placed, you could earn up to £1,000 for referring them! 
• Wage Stream – access your wage before payday for when life happens.  
• Retail discounts – receive up to 30% off at Superdrug, exclusive discounts with three mobile along with many more… 

In your role as Transformation Programme Manager you will….

• Have line management responsibility of a multi-disciplined team and will proactively lead the delivery of projects within a Programme, whilst setting up and running a programme governance structure for all projects with clear roles & responsibilities, defined stage gates and decision makers
• Play an active role in the Transformation senior leadership team with management responsibilities, ownership of continuous improvement and colleague mentoring & support across the team
• Clearly defining programme structure and vision with project deliverables, which are closely aligned to the business strategy ensuring all programme level risks and issues are appropriately identified, managed, and escalated
• Work, engage and influence all key stakeholders & external partners to plan and design the programme and pro-actively monitor its overall progress, resolving issues, mitigating risks and initiating corrective action
• Define and own the programme budget, monitoring expenditure and costs to ensure that the programme is delivered on time and within the agreed budget allocation
• Ensure project team members feel they are supported and listened to, contributing to the success of a cross functional team and have a positive experience of being part of the Transformation delivery

What you’ll bring… 

• You are a Programme Manager with experience across the end to end design & delivery lifecycle of Transformation programmes/projects from early concept idea to transition into BAU operations with a proven track record in delivering complex transformational business programmes, ideally in relevant hospitality industries, leading others through ambiguity
• You have a flexible and pragmatic approach to developing and delivering solutions in a commercially focused Programmes for a fast paced, high growth and complex multi-branded business
• A proven influencer and strong communicator with stakeholders at all levels with the ability to build trusted relationships with cross functional teams and senior stakeholders
• Strong leadership skills and demonstrable experience of establishing and managing cross functional programme and project teams and willing to get into detailed delivery if required with the ability to demonstrate calm and resilient leadership, motivate others with a positive
• Ability to think both strategically and analytically to solve complex business challenges
• Commercially astute and be able to produce and articulate sound business cases that demonstrate clear business benefits and return on investment for projects

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