1 month ago

Program Implementation Manager

Amsterdam, NetherlandsFull-timeMid · 5-10 yearsImplementation Consultant

What you'll do

Own and drive the full implementation lifecycle from planning through to go-live and pathway into business as usual
Build and maintain detailed program plan, milestone schedule and critical path analysis across all workstreams
Co-ordinate delivery across all Ohpen and 3rd party teams and workstreams, actively managing interdependencies and resolving blockers.
Manage external dependencies across other programs and organizational change activity ensuring these are visible and tracked at program level
Own and operate a formal change control process, ensuring scope changes are assessed, approved and reflected in plans and budgets
Ensure program objectives remain aligned to business goals as the program evolves, flagging and managing drift proactively
Own the program risk framework, including risk appetite, mitigation strategies and escalation thresholds
Maintain a live RAID log, ensuring risks and issues are actively managed, mitigated and escalated appropriately
Own program quality gates and milestone reviews, ensuring delivery meets agreed standards and assurance requirements throughout the lifecycle
Own the program budget, tracking spends against forecast and reporting on financial position regularly
Ensure the right skills and capacity are in place across workstreams, managing resource conflicts and working with third parties to address gaps
Maintain program business case integrity and support benefits realisation planning and tracking

You have proven experience delivering major transformation or implementation programs, ideally within the Dutch Financial Services industry.
You are experienced in planning and coordinating complex, multi-workstream projects, involving multiple teams and stakeholders.
You bring strong program management experience and are comfortable taking ownership of delivery from planning through execution.
You have experience managing program budgets, including tracking and reporting on financial performance.
You are confident in resource planning across complex, multi-party delivery environments, balancing priorities, and dependencies.
You have experience owning change control processes and ensuring delivery remains aligned with the agreed business case.
You have a strong track record of managing third-party delivery partners, setting clear expectations, and holding them accountable for delivery.
You are comfortable preparing and presenting program updates to senior stakeholders and steering committees.
You are fluent in both Dutch and English (essential).

You have experience with technology implementations within Dutch Financial Services.
You are comfortable working across both agile and waterfall delivery environments.
You have experience working on multi-vendor or systems integration programs.
You have experience supporting or owning benefits of realization frameworks and tracking whether programs deliver their intended outcomes.

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Ohpen

Amsterdam, Netherlands

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