Sword Group
Energy, Public and Finance Sectors
ProgrammeProjectGovernanceLead
“Programme Project Governance Lead at Sword Group. Skills: Governance Framework Design & Implementation, Governance Integration with Operating & Decision Models, Business Process Modelling & Optimisation, Proportionate Governance Design, Governance Operation & Continuous Improvement, Stakeholder Engagement & Enablement. Design, implementation, and optimisation of governance frameworks. Ensuring governance is integrated with business operating models and decision-making structures”
What You'll Achieve.
Enable effective, efficient, and proportionate oversight of programme delivery; Achieving their goals; Establishing delivery confidence; Enabling timely decision-making; Ensuring alignment between strategic objectives and execution; Ensure frameworks are scalable, repeatable, aligned to industry best practices; Ensure governance is fully aligned to the organisation’s business operating model and decision-making hierarchy and authority structures; Enable effective flow of information from delivery teams to executive stakeholders; Ensure governance processes are clearly documented, understood by stakeholders, and consistently applied across the programme; Avoid excessive bureaucracy; Focusing on decision-enabling artefacts; Monitor effectiveness of governance and implement continuous improvements; Ensure buy-in and adherence to governance; Facilitate governance forums and decision-making sessions
Industry & Context.
Using technology to solve business problems; Identify inefficiencies and drive process simplification and optimisation; Ability to simplify complex concepts into clear governance models; Pragmatic, outcome-focused approach
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Proven experience designing and implementing governance frameworks for complex programmes, Deep understanding of Portfolio, Programme, and Project governance models, Deep understanding of Stage gate methodologies, Deep understanding of Hybrid delivery approaches, Business process modelling capability (e.g. BPMN), Experience integrating governance into Business operating models, Experience integrating governance into Decision-making structures, Demonstrated ability to design lean, proportionate governance, Facilitation and stakeholder management skills at senior / executive level
Nice to Have
Experience in Energy, Infrastructure, Utilities, or large transformation programmes within highly regulated environments, Knowledge of ISO standards (e.g. ISO 21502, ISO 9001), Familiarity with governance, planning, and reporting tools
What You'll Do.
and optimisation of governance frameworks
Ensuring governance is integrated with business operating models and decision-making structures
Providing the right level of control
Establishing delivery confidence
Enabling timely decision-making
Ensuring alignment between strategic objectives and execution
Design and implement end-to-end governance frameworks tailored to programme scale and complexity
Define governance structures
including decision forums
and escalation pathways
Ensure frameworks are scalable
and aligned to industry best practices
Ensure governance is fully aligned to the organisation’s business operating model and decision-making hierarchy and authority structures
Define clear decision rights
and approval mechanisms
Enable effective flow of information from delivery teams to executive stakeholders
Align governance with financial controls
commercial structures
and risk and compliance frameworks
Develop process models (BPMN or equivalent) to define and communicate governance workflows
Identify inefficiencies and drive process simplification and optimisation
Design governance that is fit-for-purpose and proportionate to programme size and complexity
and delivery maturity
Avoid excessive bureaucracy by streamlining approval processes
reducing duplication of reporting
and focusing on decision-enabling artefacts
Tailor governance approaches for Agile vs Waterfall workstreams and early discovery vs delivery phases
Establish and run governance cadence and reporting cycles
Provide oversight and quality assurance of governance artefacts
and programme reporting
Monitor effectiveness of governance and implement continuous improvements
Introduce and maintain standard templates
and ways of working guidance
Engage senior stakeholders to ensure buy-in and adherence to governance
Act as a trusted advisor to Programme Director and leadership teams
Facilitate governance forums and decision-making sessions
Provide guidance and coaching to Project Managers
and Business stakeholders
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross-functional coordination; Stakeholder engagement; Engage senior stakeholders to ensure buy-in and adherence to governance; Act as a trusted advisor to Programme Director and leadership teams; Facilitate governance forums and decision-making sessions; Provide guidance and coaching to Project Managers, PMO teams, and Business stakeholders
Communication Scope
Ability to simplify complex concepts into clear governance models; Facilitate governance forums and decision-making sessions; Provide guidance and coaching
Process & Methodology
Portfolio, Programme, and Project governance models, Stage gate methodologies, Hybrid delivery approaches (Waterfall / Agile integration)
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