As a Programme Manager at Infinite Lambda, you'll be a pivotal force behind the successful delivery of large scale complex programmes for our most important clients. You will be at the forefront of business transformation, holding ultimate accountability for programme execution and owning the entire programme lifecycle.
You will ensure all projects and streams deliver tangible, measurable business value, on time and within budget, helping clients innovate and compete. You will also be a key partner in our client relationships, working with our Account Managers to nurture long-term partnerships and spot new opportunities, contributing to the growth of our client accounts.
The role also performs business analysis activities including stakeholder engagement, occasionally requirements definition, and translating business needs into data solutions.
In this role, you're more than just a manager: you're an inspiring leader and a mentor. You will use your positive and collaborative attitude to foster a collaborative culture of excellence, self-organisation, and high accountability across multiple delivery streams, where professional growth and happiness are the norm. Your empathy and problem-solving skills will be essential as you guide your team to become more self-organised and accountable, celebrating successes along the way.
Anticipated start date: ASAPResponsibilitiesLead the end to end delivery of multi year programmes using Agile or Waterfall methodologies (depending on the best fit with the client), expertly tailoring your approach to the specific needs of each client account.
You will develop and maintain clear scope, timelines, budgets, and resource allocation plans, ensuring you can protect programmes against scope creep and provide alternative solutions to recover as needed.
Proactively develop and champion creative, non-standard solutions to execution challenges, ensuring optimal recovery and continuous improvement in delivery standards.
Establish and uphold stringent programme standards, governance models, and KPIs - both standard and programme-specific - to ensure predictable, high-quality execution across all workstreams.
Engage, align, and influence senior stakeholders including C-level executives.
Chair steering committees and provide clear, trusted updates to executive sponsors.
You will work with teams from both Infinite Lambda and the client to deliver projects and programmes, earning their trust and getting 360-degree feedback on feasibility and plans.
You will leverage your technical understanding to constructively challenge assumptions, guide recovery plans, and facilitate trade-off decisions between engineering quality and delivery speed, ensuring alignment with overall programme goals.
You will create and maintain essential documentation (such as RAID Logs, RACI matrices, and Gantt charts) and lead ceremonies like standups, retrospectives, and client presentations.
You will proactively identify risks and remove roadblocks, helping the team find the pathway to excellence that earns the admiration and respect of your clients.
You will track progress and communicate updates to stakeholders regularly through reports and presentations.This requires you to tailor your communication style to best suit each client's environment.
You will be responsible for maintaining a safe and congenial working environment for your team.
You are a natural entrepreneur, which drives you to see opportunities that empower your clients’ business strategies through data and bring in more business through close interaction with Account Managers.
You will provide active coaching and mentorship to delivery teams, helping them to adopt best practices, adhere to programme standards, and elevate their own delivery capabilities.
Experience:
10+ years of experience leading complex programmes, with a focus on data warehouse migration and/or AI.
Business analysis background - Support data product to data source mapping activities and maintain alignment with the data catalogue; Create and review target-to-source field mappings for individual data products; Manage and prioritise the backlog.
Consulting background.
Proven background in leading and managing projects and programmes from start to finish, including a minimum of 5 years as a consultant or delivering bespoke projects for external clients.
Extensive experience with agile methodologies and continuous improvement.
Strong conceptual understanding of software engineering and data delivery principles (e.g., architectural patterns, tools, modern development practices) to effectively challenge, guide, and support technical leadership.
Strong experience in business change as well as IT delivery.
Gravitas, credibility, and maturity to engage with C-level stakeholders.
Excellent leadership, communication, and people skills – able to articulate a compelling vision.
Experience working with fixed cost programmes as well as T&M.
Travel requirements for this role are mandated by the need of the client and depending on the client some travel is required.
Skills:
Proficiency in a variety of programme management tools (e.g., Jira, Asana, Trello).
Exceptional problem-solving, conflict resolution, and change management skills.
Ability to break down complex programmes into manageable tasks and create work breakdown structures.
Experience in managing multiple projects simultaneously.
Familiarity and practical experience with modern methodologies and the ability to choose and adapt the most suitable ones for the project or programme.
Design, iterate, and roll out a bespoke scaling framework that manages delivery across multiple teams without introducing unnecessary bureaucracy.
Strong conceptual understanding of software engineering and data delivery principles (e.g., architectural patterns, tools, modern development practices) to effectively challenge, guide, and support technical leadership.
Mindset:
Demonstrated ability to orchestrate the big picture while also managing the details.
A collaborative and positive approach to people and projects.
Willingness to take new directions and adapt to changing priorities.
Working knowledge of SQL and data warehousing concepts;
Familiarity with data visualisation tools (e.g. Omni, Sigma, Tableau, PowerBI)
Proven experience leading data warehousing and analytics projects, preferably migrations.
Servant leadership mindset with the ability to manage, motivate, inspire and support others;
Outstanding communication skills;
A considerate, curious, positive, naturally collaborative and supportive approach to people;
Proactivity regarding risk, issues and planning;
Ability to present complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences;
Natural problem-solving attitude, facilitation skills, and creative thinking;
Proficiency in English.
Introductory call with TABP: 45 minutes
Technical interview with Account Manager: 60 minutes
Cultural chat with CSO and Hiring Manager: 45 minutes
We support your growth with dedicated learning time, access to top-notch resources and a knowledge-sharing culture;
You work autonomously here in a wholesome environment and get as much paid holiday as you need;
The projects are diverse and give you plenty of opportunity to experiment with new tech;
The benefits are plenty, with private health insurance, work-from-home budget, a company MacBook and more on the list.
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Infinite Lambda is an equal opportunity employer. Our inclusive culture celebrates diversity and treats everyone with dignity and respect. Accordingly, our selection process will never discriminate against applicants on the grounds of any characteristics, such as disability, age, gender, sexual orientation, family status, race, faith or other.
