The Programme Manager will be responsible for supporting the Programme Director in delivering a two-year strategic programme of critical importance to JD Sports. Serving as a permanent anchor in a complex supplier ecosystems, the Programme Manager will ensure robust governance, consistent documentation, and the retention of corporate memory throughout all programme phases—initiation, planning, execution, and closure as well as interfacing with best practice into group technology and group transformation to enable knowledge transfer and best practice.
· Job Title – Programme Manager
· Location – BL9 8RR· Working rota – Monday Friday
· Working hours – 40
What You'll Be Doing:
Key Responsibilities
Programme Governance & Reporting
- Deputise for Programme Director as required
- Establish and maintain programme governance frameworks, including stage gates, reporting schedules, and approval processes.
- Coordinate and produce regular programme status reports and dashboards for executive stakeholders and support creation and update of key papers as and when required.
2. Planning & Coordination
- Quality assurance of the integrated ITGC transformation programme plan
- Monitor the critical path and dependencies, escalating potential risks/issues to the Programme Director in a timely manner.
- Manage a heatmap overview of transformation programme outcomes which incorporate group and fascia activity as needed to demonstrate control remediation
3. Risk & Issue Management
- Identify, log, and track risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies (RAID) from a BAU perspective that may impact on delivery
- Devise risk mitigation plans, communicate them to stakeholders, and follow through on resolution actions.
What We're Looking For:
Essential Qualifications & Experience
- 5+ years of proven success in programme/project management roles on complex, multi-year initiatives.
- Proficiency in recognised programme/project management methodologies (MSP, Prince2, Agile, etc.).
- Demonstrated ability to establish governance structures and manage large stakeholder groups in a dynamic environment.
- Governance & Oversight: Skilled in setting up and running boards, steering groups, and reporting cycles.
- Risk Management: Strong track record of identifying and mitigating risks on high-value programmes.
- Financial Acumen: Experience with budget creation, forecast management, and cost tracking.
- Communication & Stakeholder Engagement: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, able to tailor messages to diverse audiences (executives, technical teams, vendors).
- Collaboration & Team Leadership: Ability to collaborate with and coordinate multidisciplinary teams, including contractors/consultants.
- Organisational Savvy: Strong awareness of how to navigate large organisations, building relationships that support programme delivery.
The Company:
The JD Group is a leading omnichannel retailer of Sports Fashion, Street & Premium Fashion, Outdoors and Gyms with over 90,000 colleagues over 4,500 stores across several retail fascia's in over 36 countries around the world.
We are an equal opportunities employer who embraces and values differences. We recognise the importance of an inclusive workplace culture in which everyone can thrive irrespective of their background or identity.
To be a part of this successful and continuously growing company, you will have the desire to ingrain our strategic goals of being a people first, a digital leader and customer focused organisation which provides operational excellence and is continuous with identifying new areas of growth into our day-to-day.
We know our employees work tirelessly to make JD Sports the success it is today and in turn, we offer them some amazing benefits:
- Incremental Holiday Allowance
- Staff Discount on qualifying purchases across Group retail stores and online
- Exclusive Colleague Bike Discount scheme
- Discounted Gym membership
- Personal development opportunities to learn and develop at work
- Access to Apprenticeships and accredited qualifications
Interested?
If you are interested in this position, then press the Apply Now button.
Due to the high volumes of applications our opportunities attract, it takes time to review them all. If you don't hear back within two weeks of your application, please consider your application to have been unsuccessful on this occasion
Applications that meet the skills criteria will be contacted for a 1st stage meeting with the talent team. Shortlisted candidates will then be invited to interview with the hiring manager.
Thank you again for your time.
