Programme Director

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Are you an experienced Programme Director with a passion for driving transformation in the media landscape? Our client is looking for a dynamic individual to lead a multi-workstream retail media transformation programme. If you thrive on strategic oversight, stakeholder leadership, and delivering governance excellence, we want to hear from you!

Role: Programme Director

Duration: 16 Weeks (20-25 days engagement starting July 1st)

Location: London (on site)

Rate: 1000 - 1400 per day (Outside ir35)

Role Overview:

This is not a full-time role, 20 to 25 days engagement over a 16-week period

In this pivotal role, you will act as the senior engagement lead and primary point of contact for Adecco Outsourcing. Your mission? To steer the transformation programme for our Client with precision and enthusiasm! You will be the public face of the programme, building robust client relationships, driving stakeholder confidence, and ensuring executive alignment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Be the primary client-facing lead and executive point of contact on behalf of Adecco Outsourcing.
• Provide strategic leadership across the entire transformation programme.
• Lead executive stakeholder engagement, steering committees, and governance forums.
• Represent Adecco in all senior client interactions and programme discussions.
• Oversee delivery across multiple workstreams and consulting teams.
• Ensure alignment between business, operational, technology, and data initiatives.
• Drive stakeholder confidence and maintain strong executive relationships throughout the programme lifecycle.
• Manage programme risks, dependencies, escalations, and strategic decision points.
• Deliver against agreed milestones, outcomes, and commercial objectives.
• Support commercial governance, programme reporting, and client relationship management.
• Ensure programme outputs align with strategic business priorities and transformation objectives.

Required Experience:

• Significant experience leading enterprise transformation programmes.
• Strong consulting, client engagement, and stakeholder management background.
• Proven experience acting as the senior client-facing lead within consulting or transformation engagements.
• Experience overseeing multi-disciplinary transformation teams.
• Proven track record delivering operating model and business transformation initiatives.
• Strong governance, commercial awareness, and programme leadership capability.
• Excellent executive communication and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Experience:

• Familiarity with retail, media, retail media, martech, or customer data transformation.
• Experience within consulting-led or advisory engagements.
• Exposure to enterprise architecture and operating model transformation programmes.
• Experience working within complex enterprise stakeholder environments.

Why Join Us?

• Engage with leading experts in the media industry and make a tangible impact!
• Work in a flexible, dynamic environment that fosters collaboration and innovation.
• Be a part of an exciting transformation journey that will challenge and inspire you.

If you're ready to take on this exciting challenge and lead a transformative programme with enthusiasm and expertise, we'd love to hear from you! Apply now and be a part of something great!

Apply Today!

Please answer the Screening Questions when applying. Let's shape the future of retail media together!

Candidates will ideally show evidence of the above in their CV to be considered.

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