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Our track record includes collaborations with leading organisations such as Barclays, Lloyds Banking Group, Sainsbury’s, Google, and the UK Government.\nAt Foundervine, you’ll be joining a small but dynamic team at a pivotal moment in our mission, creating a collaborative and results-driven culture where every team member plays a meaningful role. Our mission to transform society by making innovation accessible to anyone, anywhere, is what fuels us to deliver our best work every day.\nBehind the scenes, we operate with the energy, agility, and expertise of a much larger organisation, despite our lean team size. With a strategic presence in the UK, Ghana and soon in the US, we are deeply connected to our core values: action, impact, inclusion, innovation, courage, and integrity.\nA Culture of Support and Development\nAt Foundervine, we are more than just colleagues, we are a team that genuinely cares about one another. We prioritise well-being, collaboration, and continuous learning ensuring that our team feels valued and empowered. Through regular check-ins, cross-team collaboration, and knowledge-sharing sessions, we create an environment where ideas thrive.\nWe understand that life happens beyond work, which is why we strive to provide flexibility, especially where it's most needed, ensuring that no one has to choose between professional success and personal well-being. At Foundervine, we don’t just focus on what we’re building, we focus on how we build it and who we build it with. You’re not just an employee, you’re part of something bigger! \nJob Overview\nThis is a newly created senior role based in Ghana, the first of its kind at this level within our Ghana operations. This hire is designed to strengthen senior leadership within the Programmes function.\nWe are looking for someone who can lead from the ground up - setting the standard, building a culture of ownership and proactivity, thinking strategically about how programmes serve founders and clients, and operating with credibility both internally and externally.\nThis role sits within a well-established Programmes team and reports to the Programmes Operational Lead. These roles form the senior programme leadership layer that holds delivery quality, client relationships, and team development across the function.\nWhat You Will Own\nProgramme delivery and quality\nYou own the end-to-end delivery of your assigned programmes - from design through execution to impact reporting. You are accountable for delivery quality, client satisfaction, risk management, and compliance with contractual obligations. Problems are surfaced and solved at your level. You escalate only what genuinely requires a decision above your authority.\nLead programme design using design thinking and project management best practice\nOwn scope, timelines, budgets, and risk for all assigned programmes\nEnsure Central Projects Office (CPO) governance processes are followed and challenge where they are not\nMaintain programme documentation, Asana discipline, and reporting cadences without prompting\nIdentify and resolve delivery risks before they become client issues\nClient and stakeholder management\nYou are the senior face of Foundervine on your programmes. You build and maintain client relationships with confidence, manage expectations proactively, and understand the commercial context of each engagement.\nOwn day-to-day client relationships for assigned programmes\nLead handover processes from BD to delivery and ensure programme briefs are clear and complete\nManage communications with external partners, sponsors, facilitators, and experts\nFlag relationship risks early and resolve them at your level where possible\nContribute to BD conversations and proposal development where relevant\nPeople leadership\nYou line manage Programme Associates and Programme Managers on your programmes. You set the standard for what good looks like and hold the team to it.\nProvide regular 1:1s, clear feedback, and structured development for direct reports\nFoster ownership and accountability in junior team members - coach rather than rescue\nIdentify development needs and escalate to Programmes Operational Lead where support is needed\nContribute to performance reviews, onboarding, and team culture\nStrategic contribution\nYou are not just a delivery manager. You bring insight about what is working, what is not, and what needs to change - at programme level and function level.\nFeed structured learning from programmes back into programme design and ways of working\nContribute to the redesign of the programmes function by bringing a practitioner's view\nIdentify opportunities for programme improvement, process innovation, and operational efficiency\nSupport CPO with data and insights for reporting and strategic decision-making\nRequirements\nProficiency with Asana or equivalent project management tool (non-negotiable)\nComfortable with Notion, Slack, Gmail, Zoom\nExperience with CRM tools such as HubSpot or Salesforce (desirable)\n3+ years of programme or project management experience at a senior level\n2+ years of people management experience\n2+ years of client or account management experience\nWhat We Are Looking For\nYou will have:\nA proven track record of managing programmes end-to-end with full accountability for delivery, risk, and client outcomes\nStrong client and stakeholder management experience -- you know how to build trust and manage expectations at a senior level\nPeople management experience -- you have line managed before and know how to develop junior talent without creating dependency\nCommercial awareness and a clear understanding of what it means to deliver against a contract\nProactivity as a default -- you identify and act on risks before they are flagged to you\nOperational rigour -- Asana, documentation, reporting cadences are non-negotiable for you, not a burden\nStrong written and verbal communication across internal and external audiences\nDesirable:\nExperience delivering accelerator, cohort, or impact programmes\nFamiliarity with the UK or international social enterprise funding landscape\nPMP or equivalent project management certification\nExperience working within a distributed or multi-geography team\nWhat to Expect\nA direct reporting line to the Programmes Operational Lead with clear escalation routes\nA well-established delivery team that needs stronger in-country senior leadership\nA function undergoing deliberate redesign - your input will shape how it develops\nA role that is genuinely senior, not a PM with an upgraded title\nReal authority, real accountability, and real opportunity to build something\nBenefits\nAt Foundervine, we are committed to creating an inclusive and equitable environment where every team member feels valued and supported. 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