Technical Programme Manager

Job description

Job title: Technical Programme Manager
Team: Digital and Technical Operations (DDIT Directorate)    
Location: Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee or Aberdeen (with home working options)
Salary: £56,506
Hours: Full time (with flexible working options considered)
Status: Permanent
Closing date: 26 May 2024
Job ref no: R00527

Be part of building Scotland's future

Join us in our Digital and Technical Operations team and help shape our organisation’s digital future. This is your opportunity to lead on the delivery of strategically important corporate applications projects and play a pivotal role in Scottish Enterprise’s digital transformation.

The role

Together with a small team of technical and subject matter experts, you’ll develop and deliver a corporate applications roadmap, programme and associated projects.

You’ll be matrix managing the team. You’ll also manage the resources and budgets helping our directorate make more of investments into corporate applications. 

You’ll be working independently, making the calls on how your projects and your team work and collaborate with others. This means you’ll be responsible for maintaining Scottish Enterprise's principles and governance across your work, as well as our relationships with suppliers, stakeholders and partner agencies. 

Your main responsibilities will include:

• Overseeing the Corporate Applications Portfolio – this includes Finance, HR, Project Management and associated record-keeping systems
• Developing a roadmap for the applications, their programme and associated projects – this will include creating business cases, managing approvals and delivering in line with Scottish Enterprise's governance and principles
• Prioritising your portfolio by managing resources including finances and your team of subject matter experts
• Managing stakeholders and updating the Portfolio Steering Board with accurate progress reports, management information and appropriate recommendations
• Developing your portfolio governance and reporting in line with the Portfolio Steering Board Terms of Reference
• Championing visibility and transparency for your portfolio at all levels of Scottish Enterprise

Who we're looking for

You’re a programme and project methodologies specialist with experience in financial and commercial management. Used to building momentum and maintaining delivery at pace, we need your problem-solving expertise and continual improvement mindset to keep our programme and our people on track.

You should also be  comfortable managing stakeholder relationships while championing our department’s work at all levels.  

Your skills, abilities and experience should include expert knowledge in:

• Programme and project methodologies
• Agile and lean practices
• Planning, communication and collaboration
• Improving processes
• Application lifecycles 

Life at Scottish Enterprise

As one of Scotland’s Top 10 Flexible Employers, we pride ourselves on empowering our colleagues to work when and where they prefer so that they deliver as best they can, in support of our corporate plan.  

Find more information on our rewards and benefits including pay progression.

What we offer

If successful, you'll gain access to the following benefits: 

• Membership of the Scottish Enterprise Pension and Life Assurance Scheme – a pension based on your final pensionable salary, flexible retirement options and generous life assurance cover
• Up to 43 annual leave days a year (including public holidays), with the opportunity to buy additional holidays
• Flexible working arrangements
• A health cash plan
• Our Employee Retail Benefits Scheme
• Our Employee Assistance Scheme

How to apply

If you're interested in this role, please follow the application process and upload your cv by 26 May 2024.

Interview dates:

• 3 to 7 June 2024

Our values

Being part of Scottish Enterprise means being open to new ideas and trying different ways of working. We support each other to reach our full potential. We celebrate shared success and learn together when things don’t go so well. And we always treat each other fairly, with respect and understanding. Together, we are the difference.

Apply now to keep building your future with us

At Scottish Enterprise, we’re proud to celebrate difference. Diversity of experience and thought is vital to the success of our vision for the future of every community across Scotland. As an equal opportunity employer, we actively encourage applications from a wide range of individuals, irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, gender identity and expression, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.

We commit to providing any reasonable adjustments required, not only during the application and assessment process, but throughout your employment with us.

We have the following networks which are open to all colleagues to help drive inclusion: Disability Positive, Gender Balanced, Multi-Cultural, Multi-Generational and Pride (LGBTQ+).