Programme Integration Lead

Programmes of this size rarely fail inside a workstream. They fail in the gaps between them. This role owns the gaps.

You will hold the single integrated view of a complex multi-supplier transformation programme in central government, so that workstreams, dependencies and decisions resolve into one deliverable plan rather than several competing ones.

• Maintain one integrated plan that every workstream and supplier recognises as theirs, not as something imposed on them
• Surface dependencies before they become issues, and drive each to a named owner and a date
• Keep commercial, service design, operational and transition activity aligned, so a decision in one place does not quietly break another
• Broker resolution where workstreams disagree on sequencing or priority, escalating only what genuinely needs a senior decision
• Give senior leaders a programme-wide read they can act on: what is on track, what is not, and what needs deciding this month
• Protect the critical path, and make sure everyone else knows where it runs
• Re-plan when funding, policy or supplier circumstances shift, which on a programme this length they will
• Build the integration rhythm and artefacts so the client can sustain them after we leave

Reporting to the engagement lead and working alongside the client's Programme Director. You will sit above the individual workstreams without owning any of them, which makes influence rather than authority the operating mode. You will work closely with the PMO Analyst, who supplies the underlying data, and with the Transition Lead where supplier-facing dependencies bite.

Someone who has owned delivery, not just reported on it. A track record integrating or leading workstreams on complex programmes, with genuine dependency and milestone management across multiple suppliers and internal delivery partners.

You will need to be able to scope a plan from an ambiguous starting point rather than waiting for one to arrive, the analytical ability to interrogate a plan someone else built, the credibility to challenge a workstream lead more senior than you, and the willingness to keep the plan honest when there is pressure to show green.

Public sector transformation or outsourcing background expected. Supplier-side experience is a real advantage, because knowing how the other side plans, reports and hedges changes how you read what they tell you.

Useful but not essential: GMPP or NISTA assurance exposure, MSP, PRINCE2 or APM, planning tool fluency, Agile at scale where delivery methods are mixed.

Live SC clearance is required at the point of application. Clearance sponsored by a large central government department shortens mobilisation considerably. We cannot sponsor new clearance for this engagement.

We have not fixed a rate. Tell us what you work to and we will have that conversation early rather than at offer stage. As a guide, we are benchmarking this role in the region of £550 to £675 per day.

To apply, send your CV with your clearance level, sponsoring department, expiry date, availability and day rate expectation.