Programme Manager - Transition and Transformation

Computacenter (UK) Ltd • Hatfield, London, Milton Keynes, Salford

Hatfield, London, Milton Keynes, Salford

217061-en_GB

Life on the team

This role sits within the Transition and Transformation (T&T) team, a core part of Computacenter’s Group Managed Services (GMS) organisation. Reporting into the Programme Practice, the Programme Manager is responsible for leading the successful delivery of Managed Services transitions and transformations, ensuring outcomes are achieved to agreed quality, time, and budget. The role involves close collaboration with senior customer stakeholders on large or complex engagements to ensure delivery objectives and business outcomes are met.

What you’ll do

You will be accountable for the successful delivery of large and complex projects or programmes, as defined by the relevant project control documentation and terms of reference. This includes achieving agreed financial outcomes and maintaining a strong understanding of Computacenter’s services, offerings, and underlying technologies. You will also deliver assignments in line with the Group Service Take-On/Receive process from Deal Acceptance.

  • Lead the handover from Sales into delivery, working with Solution and Service Designers.
  • Run client and internal kick‑off meetings to confirm scope, roles, and approach.
  • Manage Post‑Contract Verification and establish effective governance, including Transition Boards.
  • Own end‑to‑end delivery of transition services, proactively managing dependencies across internal Service Providers.
  • Engage clients and stakeholders to ensure responsibilities and dependencies are agreed and delivered.
  • Manage risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies throughout the transition lifecycle.
  • Deliver transitions in line with the Group Service Take‑On Framework.
  • Control the transition budget, forecasts, and reporting, addressing variances proactively.
  • Produce clear weekly project reports and ensure all deliverables are signed off.
  • Manage service readiness, cutover, and formal service handover with Service Management.
  • Share lessons learned to support continuous improvement across the GST team.

What you’ll need

  • PRINCE2 certified to Foundation level, with progression towards Practitioner (or equivalent).
  • Proven experience delivering successful projects end to end.
  • Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to build effective relationships, manage conflict, and lead when required.
  • High emotional intelligence, with the flexibility to adapt communication and approach to different customer needs.
  • Clear understanding of required business outcomes and the ability to align delivery accordingly.
  • Strong literacy and numeracy skills.

Access all areas

Join us and you’ll follow a structured programme that gives you access to all parts of Computacenter including our senior leaders.

Freedom & trust

You’ll have the support on hand when you need it and the autonomy when you don’t. Feel right at home in an environment where you’re able to work with freedom and flexibility, and trusted to manage your own work.

Showing appreciation & having fun

Great performance is recognised, so too is the willingness to help others. Our Bravo! awards and Long Service Awards Scheme are just a taste of how we say thank you for a job well done. And when it comes to recognising success, we love to celebrate. Our company and team events are legendary!

Working with the best

Over 1,300 technology consultants, 900 project managers and 3,200 systems engineers come together to form our highly regarded professional services community. You’ll find they’re a close-knit team, where mutual trust and collaboration is the norm.

Sharing knowledge

We organise several events and initiatives, such our UK Professional Services Conference and ‘Lunch and Learn’ sessions, that bring together the brightest minds in the business. Here you can learn new things, network, and celebrate success together.

Exciting digital technology

Challenging and rewarding projects: The range of technologies and industries that we are so diverse, that no two projects are alike. The result? A role for you that’s varied and provides the opportunity to expand your expertise and develop your career further.

Health & wellbeing

Our people are our greatest asset and we’re passionate about supporting you in feeling good and staying healthy. We offer a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme, Wellbeing Champions, Mental Health First Aiders, Access to Work scheme, and more.

Personal development

We like to invest in our people. We offer training and technology certifications, mentoring and coaching, specialist or management careers, access to our on-the-go immersive learning platform, Percipio, and much more.

Inclusive workplace

People work best when they bring their whole selves to work, that’s why we see and value you as the amazing individual you truly are. We take a genuine interest you that extends beyond skills, knowledge, and experience. Our Employee Impact Groups champion best practice, celebrate diversity and promote inclusion within our industry.

Pension and financial security

Thinking ahead, planning for life’s uncertainties, or simply saving for a rainy day? We offer auto-enrolment onto our pension scheme, a Sharesave/SAYE scheme and more besides.

Flexible benefits

Do you fancy a new bicycle? Want to work-out at the gym? Or do you prefer to get-away from it all? With our voluntary flexible benefits platform, ‘My Benefits’, you can. Achieve savings with our Cycle2Work, GymFlex, Travel Insurance benefits and loads more.

You belong

You belong

At Computacenter, we celebrate difference and it’s important to us that we have a working culture where you can be free to be yourself; in an environment where you feel valued, respected, and supported to reach your full potential and experience a sense of belonging. Because we know when you thrive, we thrive.

As a proud equal opportunities employer, we’re committed to ensuring that there is fair and equal access to opportunities for everyone. Your application is considered on its merits regardless of your age, disability, ethnicity, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by law. All that matters to us is that you share our vision and values, and you bring the experience and skills we need.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a government scheme that helps employers attract, recruit, and retain disabled staff. We welcome applications from disabled people and accept applications in alternative formats – and guarantee to interview applicants who have a disability.

Winning Together

At Computacenter, we have been writing success stories for more than 40 years! Today, we’re driving digital transformation with over 20,000 employees worldwide. We develop IT strategies, implement new technologies and manage complex infrastructures.

As a proud, independent partner to some of the world’s leading technology providers, our portfolio covers workplace, applications & data, cloud & data center, security, and networking. What’s the secret of our success? Quite simply, it’s our people.

The people who bring their unique skills and perspectives to a diverse and inclusive environment that enables them to reach their full potential.

Winning Together

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