Programme Planning Lead - Project Planner - IT

Programme Panning Lead - IT

A top global organization is looking for a Programme Planning Lead to join their London team being part of a large IT deployment.

The role will look after numerous workstreams and deployments.

Accountabilities:

• Drive the creation of workstream plans
• Create and maintain an overall Programme plan
• Highlight and manage dependencies and risks within the Programme and other Programmes
• Share plans in multiple governance forums
• Chair meetings as required
• Drive the Change request process ensuring Impact assessments are completed on time
• Complete programme highlight reports

Skills Required:

• Extensive project planning experience in large IT/Business transformation programmes
• Ability to engage with all workstream leads to produce detailed project plans
• Able to produce dependency log of key cross-workstreams dependencies
• Able to produce change control for main programme level plan changes
• Able to summarise and communicate programme plan for project team and stakeholders
• Able to focus on key milestones and understand impact if moves
• Able to lead key governance meetings where required
• Understanding of key project risks and issues arising from the plan (and track, report)
• Ability to interpret workstream plans and integrate into summary programme plan
• Interpersonal skills
• Ability to meet stretching timelines
• Experience with Track and Trace highly desirable