Programme Director

The Zellis group; Watford; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading HR & Payroll provider in Watford seeks an Implementation Programme Director to lead complex projects aimed at transformative change. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in managing large-scale implementations, particularly in the HR & Payroll software industry. This role involves collaborative project management, KPI monitoring, and customer engagement. Competitive benefits include a base salary, private medical insurance, and generous annual leave.

Benefits

Competitive base salary

25 days annual leave plus birthday off

Private medical insurance

Life assurance 4x salary

Enhanced pension scheme

Flexible benefits package

Qualifications

• Minimum of three years experience at Programme Director level.
• Experience managing large scale implementations with £1m+ budgets.
• Resilient, adaptable, and positive in customer engagements.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain programme/project plans with customers.
• Manage change activities and monitor KPIs.
• Act as a point of escalation for any issues.

Skills

Programme Director experience

HR & Payroll software industry experience

Client engagement with FTSE100 companies

Project management qualifications

Job description

About the role

As an Implementation Programme Director, you’re adept at leading one or more large (strategic or enterprise) projects or programmes with complex multi-workstream delivery, overcoming any challenges along the way to deliver transformative change that makes a real difference to our customers and their employees. You enjoy the freedom and autonomy to make a real impact, developing your skills as an exceptional Programme Director, and you love seeing the end result of successful project delivery.

To you it’s about working collaboratively, building effective relationships, and finding creative solutions to any hurdles you may face. You’re passionate about your personal development and value the opportunity to take on a range of implementation projects and programmes, learning and evolving from each experience.

At Zellis we power exceptional employee experiences so our customers and their people do better. We create and deliver market-leading HR & Payroll solutions, with an enviable customer base across every sector. Our multi award-winning products pay over five million employees a year, with almost half (42%) of the FTSE100, 50% of the top retailers and a third of the top universities in the UK & Ireland as customers, making us the largest provider of Payroll and HR software and managed services.

Our people are critical to our ongoing success; we’re proud of our inclusive culture that gives you the platform to grow and challenge the status quo, with you playing a crucial role in further enhancing our market position as we look to double our revenues and underlying profits in the next five years. With Zellis you’ll have the chance to stretch and challenge yourself in an environment that’s varied, flexible and hugely supportive, and one that recognises and rewards your success.

Your day-to-day will include developing and maintaining agreed programme/project plans with customers, managing all change activities, and monitoring KPIs, status reporting, commercial margin and P&L for £1m+ programmes. You’ll coordinate all resources in executing their activities and act as the point of escalation for any issues, ensuring delivery on time, on budget and at the highest level of quality. You'll also interface with customer and internal executive colleagues to present the ongoing status, risks and any issues on programmes, supporting our continuous improvement initiatives to take lessons learned back into our programme and project methodology.

Skills & Experience

• A minimum of three years previous Programme Director level experience, working on large scale and highly complex implementation and transition delivery (employee volumes 50,000+ and managing £1m+ budgets)
• Experience working in the HR & Payroll software industry
• Experience of engaging with FTSE100 and FTSE 250 companies
• Professional project management qualifications (e.g. PRINCE2, PMI, Six Sigma)

You’ll be resilient, adaptable, positive and customer‑centric in everything you do. You’ll have great commercial awareness, coupled with a thorough understanding of risk, governance and reporting mechanisms. You’ll be passionate, driven and a strong communicator, using these attributes to create a successful “one team” approach to each programme or project.

Benefits & Culture

At Zellis we create market-leading HR & Payroll products and services, to power exceptional employee experiences so that you and your people do better. Our multi‑award‑winning products pay over five million employees a year, with almost half (42%) of the FTSE 100, 50% of the top retailers and 30% of the top universities in the UK & Ireland as customers, making us the largest provider of Payroll and HR software and managed services.

Our vision is to be the clear leader in pay, reward, analytics, and people experiences. We’re passionate about creating an environment where people want to join, belong to, and be part of a progressive organisation. Our values, which were defined with input from all of our 2,000 colleagues, we live and breathe every day:

• Unstoppable together.
• Always learning.
• Make it count.
• Think scale.

Our people are critical to our ongoing success; we’re proud of our inclusive culture that gives you the platform to grow, challenge the status quo and play a crucial role in further enhancing our market position as the leading provider of HR & Payroll software and services. With Zellis you’ll have the chance to stretch and challenge yourself in an environment that’s varied, flexible and hugely supportive.

We also love to reward and recognise our brilliant colleagues. As part of your benefits package, you’ll receive:

• A competitive base salary.
• 25 days annual leave, plus your birthday off and the opportunity to buy additional holiday.
• Private medical insurance.
• Life assurance 4x salary.
• Enhanced pension scheme with company contributions up to 8.5%.
• A huge range of additional flexible benefits across financial & personal wellbeing, lifestyle & leisure.