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Programme Director - Business Operations, London

Client:

Globe Business Media Group

Location:

London, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

EU work permit required: Yes

Job Reference:

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Job Views:

3

Posted:

16.07.2025

Expiry Date:

30.08.2025

Job Description:

About the Role

We’re looking for a dynamic and hands-on Programme Director to lead and evolve our strategic transformation agenda. This is a high-impact role at the heart of a fast-moving, private equity-backed business, where you’ll work across a diverse portfolio of initiatives aimed at driving value and improving our client and employee experiences. Projects might include product launches, systems implementations, process transformation or pricing and commercial optimisation. You’ll bring structure, clarity, and momentum to our programmes while staying close to the detail and delivering real results.

Why This Role?

• Work across a wide variety of strategic initiatives with real business impact.
• Collaborate with smart, driven people in a fun and fast-paced environment.
• Play a key role in shaping the future of a growing, high-potential business.

Why LBR? An amazing market position, enviable growth, collaboration and wonderful people are just some of the reasons to further your career with Law Business Research. Our culture is shaped by our core values that promote equality, agility, and respect in everything we do.

Law Business Research has been recognized as a winner for the 4 Inspiring Workplaces Awards. We’re proud of our inclusive and inspiring culture here at LBR and remain committed to creating a positive workplace for all our employees.

We are partnered with organizations to help us on our journey to becoming a more inclusive employer and achieving Level 2 Disability Confident Accreditation. We also engage in charitable and community initiatives, including supporting Swawou School in Sierra Leone, which provides education for girls.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer, ensuring all candidates have the same opportunity to succeed regardless of sex, gender identity/expression or reassignment, sexual orientation, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion, age or disability.

Department: Business Operations

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: London

Workplace type: Hybrid

Reporting To: Director of Strategy

Key Responsibilities

1. Enhance Programme Management
   • Refine objectives, KPIs, and tracking tools across existing strategic programmes.
   • Establish a structured, reportable programme management approach with workstream leads and sponsors.
   • Manage a small team of Project Managers.
2. Prepare Robust KPI Reporting
   • Develop and implement KPI tracking systems, simplifying the process and providing scrutiny and challenge to the content.
   • Simplify complex data into clear, actionable insights.
3. Engage and Empower Teams
   • Introduce tooling (dashboards, reporting systems) to simplify KPI tracking and milestone management.
   • Build confidence within teams through empathetic engagement.
   • Build relationships with stakeholders across functions.
4. Be a Hands-On Contributor
   • Offer critical thinking and problem solving.
   • Step into projects to recover timelines or accelerate outcomes.
   • Help unblock delivery challenges and maintain momentum.
   • Facilitate workshops, remove blockers, and drive results.
   • Create scalable approaches for BAU management.
   • Support project analysis, slide development, and narrative building.

Skills, Knowledge, and Expertise

What You’ll Bring

• Proven experience leading complex programmes, ideally in private equity or high-growth environments.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• A pragmatic, delivery-focused mindset.
• Comfort with ambiguity and a proactive attitude.

Benefits

Our people are our most valuable asset. We offer benefits including:

• Eye care, Employee Assistance Programme, a day off for your birthday.
• Pension (after 3 months), Life assurance (after 4 months), Cycle to work, Season ticket loan, Wellbeing allowance, Gym access, Perks at work.
• After 1 year: Private healthcare.
• Additional perks: Company socials, Employee networks, Mentoring, Volunteering, Mortgage advice, Work from anywhere (2 weeks), Parental leave.

We are committed to an inclusive, respectful, and engaging workplace. We are part of the Disability Confident Scheme and support reasonable adjustments during the application process.

About Law Business Research

Please visit our website for more information.