The Programme Manager oversees the delivery of core programmes, ensuring execution aligns with strategic goals, manages risks, and provides leadership and governance across multiple projects.
Job purpose
To hold day to day accountability for the end-to-end delivery of one of The UK Agri-Tech Centre’s core programme & associated CR&D & Commercial activities, ensuring strategic intent is translated into effective execution, governance and measurable outcomes.
Acting on behalf of the Senior Responsible Owner (SRO), the role leads delivery, manages interdependencies and ensures delivery to agreed scope, time, cost, quality and impact. It is delivery assertive and future focused, helping embed a programme led operating model and disciplined, consistent delivery aligned to funder and company expectations.
Team Purpose
To ensure effective, integrated delivery of The UK Agri-Tech Centre’s programme portfolio through strong governance, coordinated planning, and oversight of risks, dependencies, outcomes and impact. The team provides structure, assurance and delivery leadership across all company's programmes.
To hold day to day accountability for the end-to-end delivery of one of The UK Agri-Tech Centre’s core programme & associated CR&D & Commercial activities, ensuring strategic intent is translated into effective execution, governance and measurable outcomes.
Acting on behalf of the Senior Responsible Owner (SRO), the role leads delivery, manages interdependencies and ensures delivery to agreed scope, time, cost, quality and impact. It is delivery assertive and future focused, helping embed a programme led operating model and disciplined, consistent delivery aligned to funder and company expectations.
Team Purpose
To ensure effective, integrated delivery of The UK Agri-Tech Centre’s programme portfolio through strong governance, coordinated planning, and oversight of risks, dependencies, outcomes and impact. The team provides structure, assurance and delivery leadership across all company's programmes.
Key Responsibilities
• Holds day to day accountability for successful delivery of an assigned UKATC programme on behalf of the SRO.
• Translating strategic objectives, funding commitments and business priorities into a clear programme vision, roadmap and delivery plan.
• Establishing and operate programme governance, controls and reporting aligned to UKATC’s target operating model and company & funder requirements.
• Overseeing programme level scope schedule, budget & interdependencies, assuring project level delivery owned by project managers.
• Ensuring coherent integration of multiple projects through governance & escalation, rather than day to day management.
• Providing leadership and assurance; delegating day to day task management to project managers.
• Acting as primary escalation point for programme level risks and issues.
• Ensuring compliance with lifecycle governance, assurance requirements and funder conditions.
• Owning programme level reporting/MI and work with Impact Lead to ensure expected programme level impact.
• Overseeing third party supplier delivery; conduct postimplementation reviews and embed learning.
Strategic Responsibilities:
• Shape the programme vision, roadmap and plan to deliver strategic and funder commitments.
• Embed robust governance and a disciplined, outcomes focused delivery culture.
• Align programme outcomes and impacts with UKATC priorities and funding expectations.
Operational Responsibilities:
• Lead a programme from mobilisation to closure, defining, tracking and realising metrics, outcomes, and impact.
• Oversee programme controls to ensure consistent application by project managers.
• Resolve cross-project conflicts; ensure Project Managers co-ordinate day-to-day delivery.
• Maintain compliance with governance, assurance and procurement processes.
• Produce accurate, timely programme reporting and management information; lead PIRs/lessons learned.
Leadership / People Responsibilities (if applicable):
• Provide clear direction and delivery leadership to matrix teams; set pace and standards.
• Engage and influence senior stakeholders (SRO, Exec, boards) with clear, evidence based communication.
• Coach delivery contributors in best practice methods and The UK Agri-Tech Centre's ways of working.
• Translating strategic objectives, funding commitments and business priorities into a clear programme vision, roadmap and delivery plan.
• Establishing and operate programme governance, controls and reporting aligned to UKATC’s target operating model and company & funder requirements.
• Overseeing programme level scope schedule, budget & interdependencies, assuring project level delivery owned by project managers.
• Ensuring coherent integration of multiple projects through governance & escalation, rather than day to day management.
• Providing leadership and assurance; delegating day to day task management to project managers.
• Acting as primary escalation point for programme level risks and issues.
• Ensuring compliance with lifecycle governance, assurance requirements and funder conditions.
• Owning programme level reporting/MI and work with Impact Lead to ensure expected programme level impact.
• Overseeing third party supplier delivery; conduct postimplementation reviews and embed learning.
Strategic Responsibilities:
• Shape the programme vision, roadmap and plan to deliver strategic and funder commitments.
• Embed robust governance and a disciplined, outcomes focused delivery culture.
• Align programme outcomes and impacts with UKATC priorities and funding expectations.
Operational Responsibilities:
• Lead a programme from mobilisation to closure, defining, tracking and realising metrics, outcomes, and impact.
• Oversee programme controls to ensure consistent application by project managers.
• Resolve cross-project conflicts; ensure Project Managers co-ordinate day-to-day delivery.
• Maintain compliance with governance, assurance and procurement processes.
• Produce accurate, timely programme reporting and management information; lead PIRs/lessons learned.
Leadership / People Responsibilities (if applicable):
• Provide clear direction and delivery leadership to matrix teams; set pace and standards.
• Engage and influence senior stakeholders (SRO, Exec, boards) with clear, evidence based communication.
• Coach delivery contributors in best practice methods and The UK Agri-Tech Centre's ways of working.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
Essential:
• Proven programme management experience across complex, multi work stream delivery.
• Formal programme/project accreditation (e.g., MSP/PRINCE2/APM).
• Strong stakeholder management and executive level communication.
• Governance and reporting framework experience; rigorous RAID/dependency management.
• Financial oversight/budgetary control experience.
• Understanding of using Logic Models to plan programmes and delivery outputs and outcomes.
• Outcomes and Impact focused mindset; resilience and adaptability.
• Supplier oversight experience, including contracts and statements of work.
• Proven Line Management Experience
Desirable:
• Experience in public sector or government funded environments.
• Experience in the Agriculture, R&D and Innovation sectors.
Additional information
Core technical / professional competencies:
• Proven programme management experience delivering complex initiatives.
• Formal programme/project accreditation (e.g., MSP/PRINCE2/APM).
• Strong understanding of structured programme management techniques.
• Governance and reporting framework design and operation.
• Financial oversight and budgetary control, including an understanding of how logic models are used to plan programmes and delivery outputs and impact.
• Outcomes and Impact focused delivery.
• Supplier oversight, contracts and statements of work.
• Proven programme management experience across complex, multi work stream delivery.
• Formal programme/project accreditation (e.g., MSP/PRINCE2/APM).
• Strong stakeholder management and executive level communication.
• Governance and reporting framework experience; rigorous RAID/dependency management.
• Financial oversight/budgetary control experience.
• Understanding of using Logic Models to plan programmes and delivery outputs and outcomes.
• Outcomes and Impact focused mindset; resilience and adaptability.
• Supplier oversight experience, including contracts and statements of work.
• Proven Line Management Experience
Desirable:
• Experience in public sector or government funded environments.
• Experience in the Agriculture, R&D and Innovation sectors.
Additional information
Core technical / professional competencies:
• Proven programme management experience delivering complex initiatives.
• Formal programme/project accreditation (e.g., MSP/PRINCE2/APM).
• Strong understanding of structured programme management techniques.
• Governance and reporting framework design and operation.
• Financial oversight and budgetary control, including an understanding of how logic models are used to plan programmes and delivery outputs and impact.
• Outcomes and Impact focused delivery.
• Supplier oversight, contracts and statements of work.
Benefits
You will be part of a pioneering organisation driving innovation in agri-tech, whilst working in a collaborative and forward-thinking environment. There is opportunity to grow and develop within a newly established organisation, plus a range of benefits including:
- 33 days of annual leave with flexible public holidays allocation
- Flexible working hours
- 4x salary life assurance
- EAP with 24/7 helpline and expert advice service (legal, finance, health)
- Pension salary sacrifice scheme availability
- Fees for professional memberships
- Ongoing training and development
If you are ready for a role that truly makes an impact - join us and be part of something meaningful. We’d love to hear from you!
About
Our Strategy and valuesThe UK Agri-Tech Centre is on a clear mission: to accelerate the commercial success of UK agri-tech at scale. We are customer-focused, commercially minded and connect with purpose - helping innovative businesses test and validate their technologies, navigate their commercial journey, and access the markets and supply chains that enable meaningful impact. Everything we do is underpinned by our organisational values: we do the right thing with integrity, accountability and respect for others; we inspire and innovate through curiosity and proactive thinking; we make a difference by focusing on meaningful future impact; and we build and connect through collaboration, trust and strong relationships.
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