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We do this by disrupting traditional employment barriers - connecting ambitious talent to flexible opportunities with trusted brands.\n Anticipated Contract End Date/Length: February 2027 250 hours from start date\nWork set up: Hybrid (occasional office attendance and travel to London as required; primarily remote)\nOur client in the global professional services industry is looking for an experienced Senior Programme Manager to support a high-profile Asset and Wealth Management industry event taking place in the first week of February 2027.\nThe event is a flagship industry activation delivered in collaboration with four sponsors. It aims to strengthen market positioning, engage senior clients and create valuable business development opportunities.\nThe Senior Programme Manager will take ownership of programme coordination, driving timelines, managing dependencies and ensuring stakeholders remain aligned and accountable throughout the process. Working closely with internal stakeholders and external partners, this role will provide dedicated programme management support to ensure the event is planned, coordinated and delivered successfully.\nThis opportunity is suited to a confident, commercially aware programme management professional who can bring structure to complex projects, influence senior stakeholders and proactively drive delivery with minimal supervision.\nResponsibilities\nProgramme and Project Management\nOwn and maintain the overall programme plan, including project milestones, timelines, dependencies and deliverables.\nEstablish clear processes for tracking progress, managing risks and addressing potential delays.\nProactively identify issues and coordinate solutions to keep the programme on track.\nMonitor workload and upcoming deadlines, ensuring activity is planned effectively and delivered efficiently.\nCoordinate multiple workstreams and competing priorities to maintain programme momentum.\nEnsure stakeholders understand their responsibilities, deliverables and deadlines throughout the programme.\nStakeholder Management and Coordination\nCoordinate stakeholders across the UK, Luxembourg, Ireland and the Channel Islands.\nManage communication and collaboration between internal teams, three external event sponsors and the appointed events agency.\nBuild strong working relationships with senior stakeholders and ensure clear ownership of actions and deliverables.\nProactively follow up with stakeholders, challenge delays where appropriate and drive accountability.\nMaintain alignment across internal teams, sponsors and external partners on programme requirements and milestones.\nAnticipate stakeholder needs and proactively address gaps, dependencies and outstanding decisions.\nMeetings and Progress Reporting\nOrganise and facilitate programme meetings, workshops and planning sessions.\nPrepare agendas, document key decisions, maintain action logs and follow up on outstanding deliverables.\nMaintain project trackers, Gantt charts and progress reports to provide visibility of programme status.\nCommunicate risks, dependencies and progress updates clearly to relevant stakeholders.\nTrack decisions and actions to ensure responsibilities are understood and commitments are met.\nIndependently drive discussions, clarify next steps and maintain programme momentum without requiring close supervision.\nAgenda and Content Coordination\nSupport the development and coordination of the event agenda.\nTrack speaker participation, content contributions, deadlines and approvals.\nEnsure all relevant stakeholders are aligned on programme content and key milestones.\nFollow up on outstanding speaker inputs, content requirements and approvals.\nCoordinate dependencies between agenda development, content production and the overall event timeline.\nBranding and Creative Asset Management\nCoordinate branding requirements, creative assets and approval processes across the organisation and its sponsors.\nTrack the development, review and approval of event materials.\nLiaise with relevant internal teams and external agencies to ensure deliverables meet agreed requirements and deadlines.\nMonitor creative asset dependencies and proactively follow up on outstanding approvals.\nMaintain visibility of branding deliverables and communicate potential delays or issues to relevant stakeholders.\nExternal Agency Coordination\nWork collaboratively with the appointed events agency, which is responsible for direct event logistics and delivery.\nEnsure the agency and internal stakeholders remain aligned on requirements, deadlines and dependencies.\nSupport the resolution of programme-related queries and ensure key deliverables are completed on time.\nMonitor agency deliverables against agreed milestones and communicate emerging risks.\nCoordinate information and decisions between the agency, sponsors and internal teams to support successful event delivery.\nPost-Event Review\nSupport the post-event review, including lessons learned, feedback and retrospective discussions.\nHelp identify opportunities to improve processes and inform future event planning.\nCoordinate the collection of feedback and relevant programme insights.\nDocument lessons learned and follow-up actions to support continuous improvement.\n Essential Skills and Experience\nSignificant experience in programme management, project management or complex event programme delivery, ideally with 10+ years of relevant experience.\nProven ability to manage multiple workstreams, competing priorities, timelines and dependencies.\nStrong experience coordinating senior stakeholders across multiple teams, organisations or geographical territories.\nExcellent communication, organisational and relationship management skills.\nA proactive, solutions-oriented approach, with the confidence to challenge stakeholders and follow up on outstanding actions.\nAbility to independently lead meetings, drive decisions and maintain momentum without requiring close supervision.\nStrong attention to detail and experience maintaining project plans, trackers, Gantt charts and progress reports.\nExcellent time management skills and the ability to work flexibly within a part-time engagement.\nA commercially aware mindset, with the ability to understand business objectives and align programme activity accordingly.\nConfidence managing complex coordination activities and maintaining accountability across multiple stakeholders.\nAbility to anticipate issues, resolve challenges and work independently while collaborating effectively with an established team.\nDesirable Experience\nBackground managing large-scale corporate events, flagship industry activations or complex multi-stakeholder programmes.\nExperience within professional services, consulting or large corporate environments.\nFamiliarity with financial services, Asset and Wealth Management or senior client engagement programmes.\nExperience 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Sector expertise and business context will be provided by the client's team.\nIdeal Candidate Profile\nThe ideal candidate is a confident, self-sufficient and commercially minded programme management professional who can take ownership of a complex coordination workstream and drive it forward independently.\nThey will be comfortable engaging with senior stakeholders, managing competing priorities and diplomatically challenging individuals when actions or decisions are delayed. They will be highly organised, solutions-focused and able to anticipate what needs to happen next rather than simply responding to requests.\nThis role requires someone who can bring structure, clarity and accountability to a busy programme while working collaboratively with an established internal team. The successful candidate will exercise sound judgement, communicate clearly and maintain momentum across multiple workstreams with minimal supervision.\nWhy This Opportunity?\nThis is an opportunity to contribute to a high-profile industry event within the professional services and financial services sectors, working alongside senior stakeholders and external partners.\nYou will play a key role in ensuring a complex, multi-party programme runs smoothly, helping the team stay aligned, manage competing priorities and deliver a successful flagship event.\nIf you are an experienced Programme Manager who thrives on coordination, stakeholder engagement and driving complex projects to successful delivery, this opportunity offers the chance to make a meaningful contribution to a prominent industry event.\n Candidates must be legally authorized to live and work in the country where the position is based, without requiring employer sponsorship.\nHelloKindred is committed to fair, transparent, and inclusive hiring practices. We assess candidates based on skills, experience, and role-related requirements.\nWe appreciate your interest in this opportunity. While we review every application carefully, only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.\nHelloKindred is an equal opportunity employer. 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