Fixed Term Contract until February 2028

Farringdonor Sittingbourne with the flexibility to work in a hybrid way

Drive transformation at scale: Lead complex programmes that reshape our future

Join our Transformation team as a Programme Manager and play a critical role in delivering our multi-year transformation programme that will turn our ambitious plans into measurable outcomes for our residents.

Reporting to the Delivery & Resource Manager, you’ll lead complex, cross-cutting programmes end-to-end with strategic oversight, robust governance, and stakeholder engagement at every level. You’ll be responsible for coordinating multiple interconnected projects, managing dependencies, mitigating risks, and ensuring our transformation initiatives deliver real impact as we work toward becoming the best large landlord for repairs by 2027, achieving a C1 regulatory rating by 2028, and meeting the efficiency targets in our long-term financial plan.

You’ll manage a programme of works, providing direction and support to Project Managers, ensuring consistent governance, and maintaining clear visibility of progress, risks, and dependencies. You’ll be comfortable working in an agile, adaptive environment where priorities can shift, and you’ll use your strategic thinking to keep the programme on track even when circumstances change.

What You’ll Need

• Solid experience within a digital programme and project management environment,with proven ability to deliver complex transformation programmes end-to-end
• Experience in the delivery of Agile, Waterfall and hybrid methodsof programme and project delivery, with ability to flex approach based on project needs
• Experience in user-centred service designand its application to product delivery, understanding how to embed resident and user needs into transformation work
• Ability to organise and deliver complex programmes and projectsusing various methods and tools (e.g. MS Project, DevOps, Monday. com, Miro or other collaboration platforms)
• Excellent logical and analytical problem-solving approach, with ability to navigate complexity, identify root causes, and develop strategic solutions
• Financial control and management skills,including budget management, cost-benefit analysis, and resource planning
• Strong leadership and relationship building skills, with demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders, build consensus across diverse groups, and manage resistance to change

Qualifications

• Industry project management qualification such as Agile Practitioner, Scrum Master, Certified Product Owner, Prince2 Practitioner or Managing Successful Programmes (Essential)

Benefits: As well as this extremely rewarding job, you will also have 27 days annual leave, an extra day leave to celebrate your birthday, company pension, access to private medical and continued development and career opportunities throughout your employment with Southern Housing.

Closing Date:28th January 2026

Interviews:W/B2nd February 2026

Please note, we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.

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About us

At Southern Housing, our residents are at the heartof everything we do. As one of the largest housing providers in the UK with over 77,000 homes across London, the Southeast, the Isle of Wight, and the Midlands, we give over 167,000 people somewhere affordable to call their own!We also understand the difference that safe, secure, and affordable homes can make to peoples lives.

A career at Southern Housing will allow you to make a difference every day you come to work. Working in the housing sector with us will bring fresh challenges and give you the opportunity to grow and develop, too.

What’s in it for you

• Pension
• Life assurance
• Healthcare cash plan
• Eyecare & dental
• Birthday leave
• Retailersdiscounts
• Cycle to work
• Buy & sell annual leave
• Season ticket loan
• In-house academy & career development
• Flexible working

Inclusion and Diversity
We work hard to create a diverse and inclusive culture and environment where people are respected for who they are. Encouraging inclusion is not just about protected characteristics, its about celebrating differences of thought, opinion, experienceand perspective of each individual. Were all different in our own way and we want our colleagues to feel comfortable, that they belong, and are safe to be themselves at work, without fear of being judged or excluded, but valued for their contribution to our One Team approach.