Programme Director (ERP)

Are you ready tochart your own career path With our refreshed strategy were building on our rich heritage and transforming our business to be more scalable and efficient unlocking the capabilities needed for future success. This includes significantly investing in technology streamlining the way we work and creating an environment where colleagues feel engaged empowered and accountable; where they can show up speak up and perform - because we believe in the difference our work makes.

At a glance:

Location: London - Paddington

Workplace Type:Hybrid

Employment Type: 36 month Fixed-Term Contract

Seniority:Director

We are looking for an outstanding Programme Director (ERP) to guide a major business transformation at St. Jamess Place. This role will develop and implement a future-ready operating model by integrating Finance People Data and Technology with a top ERP and HCM platform.

This is not a technology implementation. It involves a fundamental shift in managing financial performance empowering people using data for decisions and delivering operational excellence. The successful candidate will transform technology processes data controls and organisational capability in a balanced and coordinated way crafting long-term value for colleagues customers shareholders and regulators.

We are seeking a proven transformation executive who has successfully led large-scale ERP and HCM-enabled transformations within complex organisations. Collaborating with Executive Committee members senior business leaders Technology teams delivery partners and external advisers the individual will offer strategic leadership foster alignment and ensure the transformation produces measurable and lasting business results.

Enterprise Transformation Leadership

• Define and lead the overall transformation strategy roadmap and delivery approach.
• Establish a clear vision that aligns business goals technology capabilities and organisational outcomes.
• Drive a coordinated transformation across Finance People Data and Technology.
• Ensure people process data and technology factors are given equal priority throughout the programme lifecycle.
• Build and maintain momentum alignment and executive sponsorship.
• Lead mobilisation activities including argument refinement programme governance partner selection and target operating model development.

• Build positive relationships with Executive Committee members senior leaders and Board partners.
• Act as a strategic adviser to executive sponsors bringing insight challenge and independent judgement.
• Align complex groups of collaborators behind a common transformation vision and strategic objectives.
• Build decision making relating to operating models capability investment priorities and organisational change.
• Navigate competing priorities and organisational complexity to maintain pace and momentum.
• Provide high-quality reporting assurance and recommendations to governance forums and Boards.
• Influence challenge and support collaborators constructively to achieve the best outcomes for the Group.
• Maintain confidence across executive collaborators ensuring clear visibility of progress risks value and outcomes.

• Provide leadership across all phases of implementation including strategy composition build testing deployment and stabilisation.
• Ensure delivery remains passionate about business outcomes rather than technology implementation achievements.
• Challenge implementation partners and vendors effectively to improve value and delivery quality.
• Drive disciplined decision making on scope build choices and prioritisation.
• Ensure programme risks dependencies and issues are proactively identified and managed.
• Maintain rigorous governance standards whilst delivering at pace.

• Develop a clear enterprise data approach to support Finance and People transformation objectives.
• Recognise data as a vital element for success and ensure decisions back future reporting analytics regulatory needs and decision making.
• Drive improvements in data quality ownership governance and accountability.
• Coordinate migration strategy and readiness activities.
• Ensure data architecture and governance choices support future reporting analytics regulatory requirements and AI-enabled capabilities.
• Build balanced ownership models that persist beyond programme completion.

• Work in close partnership with Technology leadership recognising Technology as a key collaborator and owner of long-term platform support.
• Balance business requirements with technology strategy and architectural principles.
• Ensure successful integration across the enterprise technology landscape.
• Drive decisions that optimise simplicity scalability resilience and long-term maintainability.
• Foster strong collaboration between business and technology teams throughout the transformation.

• Lead the overhaul and harmonisation of essential Finance and People processes.
• Ensure future-state processes leverage leading practices while meeting SJPs regulatory and operational requirements.
• Question traditional methods of operation and promote simplification whenever feasible.
• Establish clear accountability controls and governance within the future operating model.
• Ensure business readiness and operational sustainability following implementation.

• Define and maintain a comprehensive benefits realisation framework aligned to the approved argument.
• Set initial performance benchmarks and result indicators across Finance People and Enterprise functions.
• Guarantee that business leadership teams have explicit responsibility for benefit delivery.
• Track govern and report value delivery throughout implementation and post-go-live phases.
• Identify and address risks to benefit realisation ensuring corrective action is taken where required.
• Drive the successful transition from programme ownership to balanced business ownership.
• Ensure strategic investments translate into tangible improvements in performance efficiency controls and user experience.

• Direct and maintain relationships with principal implementation partners including Big 4 consulting firms and global system integrators.
• Build collaborative relationships whilst providing appropriate challenge and maintaining clear accountability for delivery quality and value.
• Challenge assumptions recommendations and delivery approaches where necessary.
• Leverage market expertise and industry relationships to accelerate delivery and reduce risk.
• Maintain a strong external network across ERP HCM and transformation communities peers advisers and vendors.

• Ensure organisational change is incorporated throughout each phase of the transformation programme.
• Drive lasting behavioural organisational and cultural change not simply system adoption.
• Build leadership ownership and accountability for transformation outcomes.
• Build a compelling case for change and maintain engagement across all impacted audiences.
• Ensure colleagues are equipped with the skills capability and support required to succeed in the future-state environment.
• Establish balanced adoption and reinforcement mechanisms to embed new ways of working.
• Deliver measurable improvements in user experience engagement and operational efficiency.
• Ensure benefits are achieved and sustained beyond debut.

Essential

• Extensive background managing enterprise-wide ERP and HCM transformations within large complex organisations.
• Proven experience leading successful enterprise transformation programmes.
• Demonstrable track record of delivering complex transformation programmes spanning multiple business functions.
• Significant background directing Big 4 consulting firms system integrators and prominent technology vendors.
• Solid knowledge of Finance and Human Resources operating models and processes.
• Experience leading enterprise data transformation and migration activities.
• Outstanding executive collaborator management and influencing skills.
• Deep programme governance risk management and transformation leadership experience.
• Experience operating within highly regulated environments.
• Strong commercial competence with responsibility for significant programme budgets.

• Financial Services Wealth Management Banking or Insurance sector experience.
• Experience delivering transformation within FTSE 100 organisations.
• Knowledge of modern cloud architecture and enterprise platforms.
• Experience developing target operating models and shared service capabilities.
• Previous accountability for post-go-live value realisation and benefits delivery.

A recognised transformation leader who has successfully developed and delivered major enterprise-wide business change programmes. Combines strategic vision with disciplined execution and is able to mobilise large organisations behind a common purpose.

Whats in it for you

Whatever stage of life youre in our benefits are designed to provide the support flexibility and peace of mind you need to thrive both at work and beyond.

In addition to our discretionary annual bonus scheme which reflects both individual and company performance youll benefit from a market-leading benefits package tailored to support your wellbeing financial security and family life.

Our benefits include:

• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays with the option to purchase up to 5 additional days.

• Private Medical Insurance company-funded cover for you and your immediate family
• Generous Pension Scheme a non-contributory employer contribution of 10% increasing with length of service up to 15% plus the opportunity to increase this through salary sacrifice
• Enhanced Parental Leave up to 26 weeks full pay to support growing families.
• Protection Benefits company-funded critical illness cover income protection and life assurance
• EV salary sacrifice scheme through Tusker

Reasonable Adjustments
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Whats next

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Director