Programme Manager

Location: Geneva · Contract: Permanent · Assignment: long term · Rate: 100% · Start: January 2027

For one of our clients based in Geneva, we are looking for an experienced Programme Manager.

Context

Within the department responsible for performance and project management of the IT department, you will be responsible for IT programmes and projects. You will ensure the quality of project management and oversee operational and financial monitoring. You will provide quality management and ensure the proper development of project team members. You will implement operational and administrative procedures in accordance with the project management standards of the department, and provide advisory services to the business units within your scope.

The areas of intervention are as follows:

• Programmes and projects arising from the IT strategy

• Programmes and projects for the evolution of business solutions

• Programmes and projects for managing the obsolescence of business IT systems

• Strategic programmes and projects of the IT department

• Programmes and projects related to regulatory changes

The position is subject to a clearance procedure.

Your missions

• Structure and manage a programme

• Monitor costs, deadlines and quality of projects, prepare reports according to directives and apply necessary measures

• Identify and monitor risks and verify the effectiveness of measures taken

• Ensure programme and project management based on achieving the objectives of signed and validated project mandates

• Manage programmes and projects relying on the project management methodology supported by the PMO

• Ensure the needs expressed by internal clients are taken into account

• Have decisions related to solution choice, configuration, development and implementation validated by the relevant stakeholders, steering committees and, if necessary, governance committees

• Apply the project quality assurance plan

• Implement risk management in compliance with internal control, information security and internal audit requirements: identify risks, assess them, monitor their evolution and propose corrective actions

• Organise successive validations by stakeholders for each phase of projects and programmes

• Define the human resources necessary for the smooth running of projects under your responsibility

• Establish and implement communication and support plans according to stakeholders and the organisation in place

• Control the execution of the training plan within the general project planning

Education

• University Master’s degree in computer science or EPF engineering diploma

Essential skills

• Proven experience of 7 years or more in programme management

• Proven experience of 10 years or more in IT project management

Desirable skills

• Experience as a programme manager in managing programmes with business solution components and organisational projects

• Experience in managing IT component projects (vendor solutions, internal and external developments)

• Mastery of all management disciplines across all phases of a project, supported by a recognised methodological framework (PMI, IPMA, Agile...)

• Mastery of human resource management and communication, including in an organisation based on remote work

• Ability to manage multidisciplinary resources, delegate and set objectives

• Strong capacity to interact with expert engineers, project stakeholders and management

• Good understanding of the challenges of a large organisation and its governance

An advantage

• Experience in oral presentations before high-level management bodies

• Ability to assist management during presentations

Languages

• Fluent French

• German appreciated, otherwise English

Personal qualities

• Excellent written and oral communication

• Leadership, autonomy, initiative, ethics, anticipation and negotiation skills

• Ability to manage multidisciplinary expert teams working in a network, notably remotely

• Excellent listening and understanding of the strategic challenges of programmes