Programme Management Office Director

Programme Management Office Director

Glanbia Enterprise Solutions

Join this dynamic team focused on delivering better nutrition for every step of life’s journey

 The Opportunity

The Programme Management Office Director oversees the effective funding and delivery of complex IT initiatives, ensuring their successful execution by providing leadership across project planning, delivery oversight, and value realisation. They are a senior IT leader and responsible for driving strategic alignment between business priorities and IT delivery through robust governance and resource management.

This is a 12 month contract. This role can be hired on a daily-rate contractor basis and can be based in our Citywest, Dublin 24 office with hybrid working in place

Primary responsibilities for this role will include:

• Oversees and operates the IT investment funding requests process, coordinating with the business unit Portfolio Leads to secure investment for prioritised strategic business initiatives at the relevant funding committee(s).
• Maintains a central view of delivery status for funded IT initiatives, collaborating with senior IT leaders and Project Managers to understand project statuses and their associated impacts.
• Provides overall leadership, guidance, and management of IT projects / programmes to ensure they are appropriately resourced to complete on time and budget.
• Collaborates with key Business and IT stakeholders to track and report on benefits realisation following project / programme completion and wind-down.
• Oversees Project and Programme Managers to identify, monitor, and mitigate risks and interdependencies.
• Oversees change management capabilities, ensuring IT has the capability to coordinate business change activities related to major system changes.
• Oversees the implementation and maintenance of the PPM methodology, including tools such as Jira, to drive standardised delivery practices.
• Assists the VP, Digital Operations & Delivery and VP, Digital Transformation Front Office in the management and operation of the IT function, including:
• Partners with the Group Finance Department to compile, analyse and calculate Business Unit IT recharge costs; leads initiatives to simplify and streamline the IT recharge model.
• Partners with the Group Finance Department to manage and maintain the IT budget, capturing and articulating IT spend.

The skills you will bring to the team

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in a relevant field (e.g., Business, Project Management, Information Technology), or equivalent experience.
• Professional certifications in project and programme management are preferred
• Significant experience and track record in leading large-scale IT projects and programmes across multiple business units and geographies, successfully delivering complex IT initiatives on time, within budget, and aligned with strategic goals.
• Strong background in IT investment governance, including managing funding requests and engaging with executive-level stakeholders or funding committees.
• Experience managing cross-functional delivery teams and collaborating closely with senior IT leaders, programme / project managers, and business stakeholders.
• Experience identifying, assessing, and mitigating risks and interdependencies across a portfolio of IT projects.
• Demonstrated ability to oversee and guide benefit realisation activities post-project delivery.
• Working knowledge of IT financial management practices (e.g., IT cost allocations, recharge models, budget tracking).
• Experience leading the adoption of change management and delivery methodologies within IT or enterprise project environments.
• Familiarity with establishing and maintaining enterprise-level project and programme delivery standards preferred.
• Proficiency in establishing and managing project and programme management tools (e.g., Jira) preferred.

About Glanbia  

Glanbia is a better nutrition company with three divisions: Performance Nutrition, Health & Nutrition and Dairy Nutrition. Collectively and with our partners we offer an incredible breadth of expertise in nutrition. We employ a team of 5800 people, work with global food and beverage companies, and sell our award-winning and market-leading brands and ingredients in more than 100 countries worldwide

At Glanbia, we celebrate diversity, because we know that our individual strengths make us stronger together. We welcome and encourage interest from a variety of candidates, we will give your application consideration, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status.

At Glanbia, our culture celebrates individuality, knowing that together we are more.