Senior ERP Programme Manager - Day Rate (Inside IR35) or Fixed Term Contract

Integral to the programme and part of its leadership team is the role of Programme Manager. wThis role will join an established programme team, working in close collaboration with the Programme Director and the programme's evolving leadership team. The role will also work closely with other project, business analysis, technical, and change management professionals, as well as domain experts and a wide range of stakeholder groups. As a strategic programme, Clifford Chance has appointed an external advisory firm to guide the overall approach and support the delivery. This role will be a key interface to the strategic advisor. You will bring together, organise, and manage the overall team that will deliver the programme, from Business Case to execution. This will include suitable governance and establishing a network of experts to support the programme where needed., Your primary responsibility will be the delivery of all initiatives within scope, in line with the programme plan and within budget, recognising that these may adjust in line with a changing landscape (as many programmes do). You will ensure that the programme delivers in line with the Business Case and that benefits are aligned to the firm's strategy, tracked, and delivered. You will manage all major programme risks and issues, and ensure ownership is established and escalations are managed appropriately across all levels of the firm. You will also deliver the programme in line with the firm's recently refreshed Transformation Framework, applying proven change management theory and industry best practices to optimise the programme's delivery. As the person responsible for the programme's delivery, you will:

• Inherit existing plans to develop and maintain a single programme plan that incorporates all initiatives within scope.
• Establish a suitably sized and skilled team to guide and deliver each programme stage, through to overall delivery (and retirement of current systems and processes), in line with an agreed overall programme plan.
• Manage aspects of the programme budget in close collaboration with the Programme Director, and ensure timely and accurate financial reporting to the Programme Management Office, Programme Board, and sponsors.
• Manage governance groups and escalation paths, ensuring any blockers or major risks and issues are mitigated swiftly through effective governance processes.
• Ensure the programme is being delivered in line with the Business Case and manage any deviations through change control.
• Develop and maintain the necessary controls for the programme, including but not limited to risk and issues management, dependency mapping, and decision matrices.
• Manage relationships with vendors, advisors, sponsors, and senior stakeholders, ensuring they are informed and able to act on the programme when needed.
• Represent the programme to the wider firm, including the delivery of programme communications, reports, and presentations.
• Establish a network to assist with the delivery of the programme globally and ensure collaboration across the firm's network of offices and departments.
• Manage the programme team, including direct and matrix management of team responsibilities and objectives.
• Support the Change Director in the delivery of the Change Strategy and Benefit Realisation Plans, ensuring change management is at the core of the programme's delivery approach and embedded throughout the programme.
• In collaboration with the Procurement team, lead and deliver vendor evaluations, commercial, functional and contract reviews, and Business Case updates.
• Work closely with the programme's strategic advisors to deliver the programme and facilitate their input across the various levels of the programme., At Clifford Chance, we believe in bringing the client - both internal and external - to the centre of everything we do. To do this we need to understand, anticipate, and fulfil the unique needs and expectations of each client. We call this "Client Focus" and to help deliver this core part of our business strategy, we want to recruit people who not only excel in their field but who are also client focused.
We are looking for people who:
• Can demonstrate a keen interest and enthusiasm to understand their clients' priorities;
• Are self-starters but also team players ready to help others and contribute to the overall success;
• Listen, question and deliver; and
• Are reliable and responsive, who can put the needs of the client first.
In short, we are looking for people who are motivated by client satisfaction and who strive to exceed the expectations of their clients. Additional Information Equal opportunities statement At Clifford Chance, we understand that our true asset is our people. Inclusion is good for our team and their families, our firm and society. We are committed to treating all employees and applicants fairly and equally regardless of their gender, gender identity and expression, marital or civil partnership status, race, colour, national or ethnic origin, social or economic background, disability, religious belief, sexual orientation, or age. This applies to recruitment and selection, terms and conditions of employment including pay, promotion, training, transfer and every other aspect of employment. We have a variety of flourishing employee networks. These networks are a place for colleagues to share experiences and advocate for change wherever they see an opportunity for improvement. Our goal is to deliver an equality of opportunity, an equality of aspiration and an equality of experience to everyone who works in our firm. Find out more about our inclusive culture .


• Experience of leading large finance systems and process transformation initiatives.
• Demonstrable ability to successfully deliver large, global, complex programmes in a professional services environment.
• Experience of ERP and/or Practice Management implementations.
• Strong presentation, verbal, and written communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex ideas in easy-to-understand business terms to all levels of the firm, often including senior leaders.
• Ability to effectively manage multiple competing priorities with high attention to detail, and negotiate the delivery of key programme tasks with other senior leaders, where their teams have competing priorities.
• Effective analytical skills, exceptional listening skills with the ability to effectively coach and mentor others.
• Exceptional team skills and ability to lead by influence to foster a collaborative and delivery-focused mindset across the team.
• Demonstrable experience in scaling programme teams quickly and effectively, including internal team members, external hires, and third parties.
• Experience applying change management approaches, tools, and methodologies, both at a practical level and as an advocate for change initiatives.
• An industry recognised Project and/or Programme Management certification and be able to evidence how you have effectively applied this knowledge and expertise to programme delivery in a complex, fast-paced environment.
  
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Our firm, work, and people span jurisdictions, cultures, and languages. We offer our clients a truly international perspective. We believe every career should be rewarding and stimulating - full of opportunities to learn, thrive, and grow. That's why we're so proud of our inclusive, friendly, and team-based approach to work. Our one firm global strategy is focused on targeted growth led by the needs of our core clients, those who we can best support with the breadth and depth of Clifford Chance expertise, across the sectors and geographies which matter most to them. You'll find our clients in commercial and industrial sectors, the financial investor community, governments, regulators, trade bodies, and not-for-profit organisations. But no matter who they are or why they've reached out to us, we provide a world-class service every step of the way. And that's possible thanks to the entrepreneurial spirit and conscientious approach to work that you'll find across all of our teams. Whichever area of the business you join, you'll become an integral part of an innovative, diverse, and ambitious team of people. Clifford Chance is a place where the brightest minds and the best of colleagues meet. Hybrid Working This role follows our 'balanced' hybrid working approach and as long as business needs allow, you will be supported to work in a hybrid way with the expectation of working from the office for a minimum of 50% of your time., Clifford Chance is a leading global and integrated law firm, delivering services to clients across the globe. As part of our broader finance vision and transformation, we are looking at our ERP and Global Practice Management System (GMPS), which is core to finance and our business strategy. In replacing and transforming our core finance systems, we will create a platform for the firm's finance operations into the future. This is a major programme continuing our broader strategy and movement to the cloud, our drive to bring technology advancement, standardisation and efficiency, while advancing and elevating the use of data and analytics to bring insight and growth to our business, and at the same time tightening controls and reducing risks.