Technical Program Manager
Posted 2 days ago by IPC International
Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
High Wycombe, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Technical Program Manager role at IPC International involves managing complex technical delivery within a structured system development lifecycle on a 6-month contract basis. The position requires a people-centric approach, excellent stakeholder management skills, and proficiency in SDLC methodologies such as Prince2 and Agile. The successful candidate will oversee technical scope, resource allocation, and budget tracking while ensuring alignment with business objectives. This role is hybrid, requiring three days in the office and is set to start in January 2026.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage complex technical delivery through a structured system development lifecycle.
- Define technical scope, goals, and deliverables in alignment with Transformation programmes’ requirements.
- Support Development Managers/Domain Leads in formulating business cases and conducting risk assessments.
- Quality assure vendor proposals and support the formulation of SOWs.
- Represent technical workstream delivery within broader business programmes.
- Develop and manage delivery plans, including resource allocation and budget tracking.
- Manage delivery partners to meet scope, budget, and quality targets.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders.
- Run timely ceremonies with clear outcomes and action item assignments.
- Communicate progress status effectively across the governance stack.
- Support the evolution of IPC’s development framework and conduct PIRs.
- Support the IPC programme and project management community in delivering technical initiatives.
Key Skills:
- People-centric approach and excellent stakeholder management skills.
- Proficiency in SDLC delivery methodologies, including Prince2 and Agile.
- Experience in managing complex technical projects.
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
- Ability to manage budgets and resources effectively.
- Experience in quality assurance of vendor proposals.
- Capability to run effective meetings and ceremonies.
- Understanding of risk assessment and mitigation strategies.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: High Wycombe
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Technical Program Manager – FTC High Wycombe – HP11 2EE Hybrid working - 3 days office bas ed IPC International, the purchasing and supply chain organisation for Subway Franchisees in Europe, has an excellent opportunity for a Technical Programme Mana ger to join the Enterprise Systems team on a 6-month contract. Contract to start in January 2026.
The Role
To manage complex technical delivery through a structured system development lifecycle, ensuring optimal utilisation of technical resources, and 3rd parties; so that objectives are realised in line with business expectations, and in line with allocated budgets. The successful candidate will need to have a people centric approach, excellent stakeholder management skills and SDLC delivery methodologies, including Prince2 and Agile.
Accountable for
- Defining the technical scope, goals and deliverables that will ensure assigned objectives are realised in alignment to Transformation programmes’ requirements
- Supporting Development Managers/Domain Leads in their formulation of business cases, through provision of the key dimensions of the planned technical delivery, including initial risk assessment, budgetary position, resourcing needs, etc
- Providing input into Technology selections where requested, quality assuring Vendor’s proposals relating to technical implementation. Support formulation of SOWs, where necessary.
- Representing technical workstream delivery within broader business programmes, where appropriate, supporting the Transformation Development Managers achieve their overall programme objectives
- Delivering development to systems in accordance with IPC’s operating model
- Developing and managing delivery plans, including resource allocation, budget tracking, risk identification and mitigation
- Managing delivery partners to ensure scope, budget and quality targets are met or exceeded, in line with SOWs
- Building and maintaining strong relationships with stakeholders, including data and enterprise architects, products owners, and domain leads
- Running timely ceremonies, and following up with clear outcomes and action item assignment, with clear agenda/objectives in advance
- Communicating progress status clearly and effectively across the governance stack, including measuring performance of assigned development teams
- Supporting continuously evolving IPC’s development framework to keep pace with changing needs, conducting PIRs to elicit learning
- Supporting the IPC programme and project management community to hone skills and understanding to effectively deliver technical init iatives
What is important to us
Our culture and values are at the heart of everything we do and are an important part of our hiring process. Our values are: We are empowered - we have the freedom to make a difference together. We c ollaborate - we trust and depend on each other. We contribute. We succeed together. We deliver on our c ommitments - we deliver on our commitments together, individually, today an d tomorrow
How we support our employees
Joining a new company can be daunting; we support everyone who has chosen IPC International to develop their career with: A structured onboarding programme. Time with the senior leadership team, as well as your colleagues and our Culture Champions. Training programmes to develop your skills and ways of working, focusing on feedback and management of work. Flexible working between the hours 8am - 6.30pm. We appreciate the juggle of life and home can be challenging and provide opportunities to flex your start and leave times. Excellent benefits package including enhanced pension contribution, healthcare, 25 days holiday, salary sacrifice schemes. Plus, we also provide breakfast and lunch items in the office! On-site parking A chance to volunteer at our nominated charities. In addition, you will get one volunteer day a year to work with your chosen charity. Recognition award schemes and a Summer and Winter event each year
We actively support diversity, equity and inclusion and make sure that our employees are valued and treated with dignity and respect. We encourage everyone in our business to reach their potential.
About Us
IPC International, created by bringing together two strong teams, IPC EMEA and IPC Asia Pacific, is a go-to and trusted supply chain partner, with over 20 years proven experience supporting Subway Franchisees and rapidly scaling store growth across complex markets. With international coverage through our vast supplier and distributor base, and an unmatched portfolio of services, we support the end-to-end supply chain. All of this is powered by great people, execution and technology.