Programme Manager

Location: Sheffield UK | Salary: Up To £80,000.00 | Contract Type: 18 Months Fixed Term| Working pattern: Full Time, Flexible Hybrid with expectation to be on site and travel when required.

For over 100 years, Westfield Health has been on a mission to make a healthy difference to our customers, our colleagues and the communities we work in. What began in Sheffield as a way to help people access affordable healthcare has grown into an international health and wellbeing company, trusted by more than 8,000 businesses and 400,000 people across the UK and Europe. We're proud of our not-for-profit roots: with no shareholders, the more successful we are, the more we can give back. We believe healthy people are happier and more productive, so we bring together evidence, insight and genuine care to help people and businesses be at their healthy, productive best, approaching every challenge with curiosity, taking ownership of the outcome, and always putting people first. If that sounds like the kind of place you want to build a career, we'd love to hear from you.

About the role

The Programme Manager is responsible for leading the successful delivery of a complex programme made up of multiple workstreams across the Group. The role provides hands-on delivery leadership, robust planning, budget governance, stakeholder engagement, clear executive reporting, coordination of Project Managers and close alignment with the central Programme Management Office to ensure programme outcomes are delivered to agreed scope, time, cost, quality and benefit expectations.

The post holder will operate with a high level of autonomy, working closely with senior sponsors, C-level stakeholders, territory leads, suppliers and internal delivery teams to maintain pace, remove blockers, manage dependencies and ensure all workstreams remain aligned to the overall programme objectives.

Your responsibilities

Delivery and outcomes

• Own an integrated programme plan and deliver to agreed scope, time, cost and quality

• Agree success measures upfront and track whether the programme delivers its intended benefits

• Make sure every territory is ready to adopt change – people, process, training and comms

• Manage budgets, forecasts and spend, escalating variances with clear options

• Build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders and sponsors across territories

• Turn complex delivery detail into clear, evidence-based reporting for C-level audiences

• Resolve conflicts between workstreams or territories through clear priorities and senior engagement

• Coordinate and support Project Managers to keep pace, accountability and delivery discipline

• Step in to unblock issues, recover slippage and keep delivery momentum

• Make sure actions, owners and deadlines are clear, followed up and escalated

What you’ll bring

• Proven experience managing complex programmes with multiple workstreams and delivery teams

• Ability to deliver across multiple regions, cultures and teams.

• A strong background in programme planning, governance, risk and change control

• Hands-on budget management, including forecasting, cost tracking and financial reporting

• Experience producing reporting and recommendations for C-level and senior governance audiences

• Knowledge of Agile, waterfall or hybrid delivery approaches

• Strong stakeholder management, influencing and negotiation skills to align competing priorities

• A hands-on, pragmatic problem-solver who's comfortable moving between strategy and detail

Perks & Benefits

• Health Cash plan Private Health Insurance, Pension Scheme, Retail discounts scheme, Annual leave (25 days + bank holidays + Westfield Day), Corporate Bonus Scheme, Electric Car Scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme, Flexible & Hybrid working options, Annual Pay Review, On site gym.

Next steps and support

• Your application will be reviewed by our hiring team

• We’ll conduct a screening call to get to know you a little bit better.

• Formal Interviews will follow.

• The successful candidate will receive an offer and, due to the nature of the business, DBS and financial checks.

Please note, while we welcome global talent, we're currently unable to sponsor work visas.

We are a proud member of inclusive employers and a Disability Confident Committed employer. We value inclusivity and want to make sure our application process is open and accessible to all candidates. Please let us know if you require reasonable adjustments to ensure the recruitment process is as comfortable as possible.

Westfield Health Group is home to Westfield Health, Rova Health and UK Health and Wellbeing; proudly providing holistic health and wellbeing services, and active spaces, to clients across 11 countries. We live by our values - we care, we're in it together, we are explorers, we own it - and are proud to hold Investors in People Gold accreditation.