Programme Director - Active SC, NPPV3

Programme Director - Active SC, NPPV3 Up to £920 per day London / Primarily Remote 3 months initially My client is an instantly recognisable consultancy who require a Programme Director to lead complex supplier exit and service transition programmes, ensuring continuity, effective knowledge transfer and rapid stabilisation for an end client within the Public Sector. Key Requirements: • Programme Director-level experience delivering complex insourcing, supplier exit, service mobilisation and transition programmes within large, regulated or mission-critical environments. • Active SC & ideally NPPV3 Clearance. • Proven experience being a trusted advisor who builds strong, credible relationships with senior stakeholders; able to influence, challenge constructively and guide decision-making in sensitive, high-risk engagements. • Deep capability across transition readiness, supplier handover, knowledge transfer, operational readiness, service management and post-transition stabilisation. • The ability to identify and mitigates risks relating to service continuity, knowledge loss, operational capability and governance, ensuring stable transfer of service ownership. • Able to identify, shape and articulate practical, fundable work packages (e.g. readiness assessments, exit assurance, stabilisation plans) aligned to validated client needs. • Strong experience working seamlessly across programme teams, service operations, architecture, commercial and suppliers, acting as a unifying bridge across stakeholders. • Can bring structure to ambiguity, focuses on outcomes over process, and avoids unnecessary complexity while maintaining governance discipline. • Ensures effective capture and transfer of explicit and tacit knowledge, supporting rapid service stabilisation and enabling long-term operational improvement. Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk