Job Description
Overview
We’re Kingfisher, a team made up of over 74,000 passionate people who bring Kingfisher - and all our other brands: B&Q, Screwfix, Brico Depot, Castorama and Koctas to life. Guided by our purpose Better Homes. Better Lives. For Everyone. We believe a better world starts with better homes, and we work every day to make that a reality. Join us and help shape the future of home improvement.
Within Group Technology & Digital, our Platform function is central to enabling scalable, secure, and high-performing digital capabilities across all banners. We are looking for a Lead Programme Manager - Platform to provide strategic leadership across complex, multi-workstream programmes that underpin our technology transformation agenda. You will provide end-to-end leadership and oversight across critical platform programmes, ensuring successful delivery of complex initiatives, optimise resource utilisation, strengthen governance, and drive measurable business value across the portfolio.
What's the job?
- Lead end-to-end delivery of complex, multi-country platform programmes, aligning technology, digital and business teams
- Own integrated plans and drive delivery of measurable business outcomes across interdependent workstreams
- Manage risks, dependencies and sequencing across a fast-paced retail portfolio to keep programmes on track
- Build and lead high-performing programme teams, coaching PMs and strengthening delivery capability
- Shape and oversee delivery pipelines aligned to strategic priorities and evolving customer needs
- Act as a trusted partner to senior stakeholders, providing clear insight to support decisions and investment trade-offs
- Drive strong governance, financial control and continuous improvement to deliver consistent, scalable programme outcomes
What you'll bring
- Proven experience leading large-scale, complex programme or portfolio delivery in enterprise environments, with a deep understanding of programme governance, financial control and delivery assurance
- Ability to manage and develop programme/project management teams
- Experience operating across multiple stakeholders, including senior executive leadership
- Strong capability in strategic planning, prioritisation, and portfolio delivery management
- Demonstrated ability to manage risk, dependencies, and delivery uncertainty at scale
- Experience building standards, frameworks, and delivery maturity within organisations
How We Work
We believe in flexibility and balance. Our hybrid model blends home working for focus with time spent connecting and collaborating - whether in our offices or at offsite locations. On average, around 60% of your time will involve in-person collaboration.
We value the perspectives new team members bring and encourage you to apply - even if you don’t meet 100% of the requirements.
What We Offer
An inclusive environment where your potential is limited only by your imagination. We encourage new ideas, support experimentation, and strive to create a workplace where everyone can be their best self. Find out more about Diversity & Inclusion at Kingfisher here.
We also offer a competitive benefits package and plenty of opportunities to stretch and grow your career. Scroll down below to find out more about our benefits.
Diversity & Inclusion
Our customers come from all walks of life - and so do we. We’re committed to ensuring all colleagues, future colleagues, and applicants are treated equally, regardless of age, gender, marital or civil partnership status, ethnicity, culture, religion, belief, political opinion, disability, gender identity, gender expression, or sexual orientation.
Interested? Great, apply now and help us to Power the Possible.
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