Programme Director

Job Description:

Programme Director
Hybrid
London/Brighton – need to be able to commit to regular office time
Permanent
Full-time
 

Closing date: Monday 24th March 2025

We Make Health Happen

At Bupa, our purpose is to help people live longer, healthier, happier lives and make a better world. As a Programme Director, you will play a crucial role in driving large-scale business transformations that align with our mission. This role involves overseeing complex changes across various domains, including technology, business processes, and customer platforms. You will be instrumental in ensuring that these transformations deliver early business value and meet our strategic objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Programme Delivery: Own the planning and execution of programme workstreams, developing high-level plans and refining them with stakeholders to deliver early business value.
• Business Case Development: Contribute to or own the creation of business cases to justify project initiation, ensuring all costs are covered and signed off by stakeholders.
• Strategic Ownership: Ensure the planned business transformation and technology work aligns with functional and technology strategies and roadmaps.
• Third Party and Vendor Management: Engage and manage vendors and third parties, negotiating clear statements of work and ensuring delivery against plans.
• Control and Monitor Finances: Accountable for the financial forecast, managing risks, and implementing corrective actions to ensure effective delivery within financial tolerance.
• Programme Reporting and Governance: Establish governance structures, prepare and deliver reports, and ensure consolidated reporting across delivery teams.
• Continuous Improvement: Embed a culture of continuous improvement, using metrics and retrospectives to drive agility and manage change risks.

What We’re Looking For

• Experience:
  • Implementing portfolio management processes.
  • Successful delivery of large complex programmes.
  • Vendor management and remediating issues.
  • Delivering in a DevOps environment.
• Behaviours:
  • Leadership with integrity, tact, and collaboration.
  • Motivation of teams and individuals.
  • Ability to make difficult decisions and highlight deficiencies.
  • Creating an inclusive team environment.
• Personal Attributes:
  • Strong ability to influence at all levels.
  • Logical approach to problem solving.
  • Resilient under pressure.
  • Recognise the importance of operating model design and technology in meeting sustainability targets.
• Qualifications:
  • 10 years in equivalent programme management/director roles.
  • Significant subject matter experience in transformation, technology, and finance.
  • Project, Programme & Portfolio Management qualifications.

Benefits

Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social, and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family-friendly benefits. Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:

• 25 days holiday, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell.
• Bupa medical insurance for you and your family as a benefit in kind.
• An enhanced pension plan and life insurance.
• Free health assessment for you and your spouse.
• Target bonus of 25% based on individual and company performance.
• Company car allowance.
• Onsite gyms or local discounts where no onsite gym available.
• Various other benefits and online discounts.
   

Why Bupa

We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring, and responsible in everything we do.

We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

If you require information regarding this role in an alternative format, please email: [email protected]

Time Type:

Full time

Job Area:

Locations:

Victory House, Brighton