Client Programme Manager

Are you an experienced programme or project professional within the built environment, looking for your next role and the opportunity to make a meaningful impact?

We’re recruiting a Client Programme Manager in Nottingham to help shape and deliver high-impact construction and property programmes across Nottinghamshire and beyond. This is a full-time, permanent opportunity within a purpose-led organisation that combines public sector values with commercial expertise, offering real influence, a collaborative culture, and projects that make a lasting difference to communities.

If you’re ready to step into a strategic, visible role where you’ll lead programmes from concept to completion and help shape the future of public sector estates, we’d love to hear from you.

Our client is a well-established, multidisciplinary built environment organisation operating as part of a wider public sector group, providing services across procurement, design, construction, property management, and regeneration. Wholly rooted in public sector values, the group reinvests surplus income to improve socioeconomic outcomes for local communities, making this a role purposeful beyond commercial delivery.

The organisation operates across multiple subsidiaries spanning public sector frameworks, private sector construction, architecture, and sustainability, offering the successful candidate broad cross-functional scope and enterprise-wide influence. With a strong emphasis on collaboration, continuous improvement, and sustainability, this is a business that takes its safety, health, and environmental responsibilities seriously at every level.

As a Client Programme Manager, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering complex, high-value programmes across a diverse public sector estate. Acting as the bridge between client strategy and project delivery, you’ll lead early-stage project development while maintaining oversight through to successful completion.

You’ll work across a wide range of schemes, from new-build schools and office developments to refurbishments and extensions, ensuring ideas are translated into structured, deliverable programmes.

Reporting to the Head of Client Strategy, you’ll act as the trusted programme-level contact, driving governance, communication, and coordination across multiple projects. You’ll work closely with design, project management, and delivery teams to ensure aligned, high-quality outcomes.

As Client Programme Manager in Nottingham, your responsibilities will include:

• Leading programme initiation and planning, managing briefing and mobilisation of projects and translating client needs into clear deliverables and execution plans
• Acting as the key client interface, building strong relationships and providing programme-level reporting, governance, and escalation
• Shaping projects from the outset through development of project briefs, site coordination, and information gathering
• Driving effective programme coordination, maintaining oversight of multiple live schemes to ensure consistency and alignment
• Planning and aligning resources, working with internal teams to allocate the appropriate expertise across programmes
• Supporting governance and performance through project execution plans, risk registers, and structured frameworks
• Championing collaboration and continuous improvement within a “one team” culture
• Representing the business confidently at client meetings and stakeholder events
• Supporting delivery excellence by working closely with PMO and delivery teams to manage risks and maintain programme performance
• Developing others by coaching junior colleagues and contributing to professional growth and capability building

To be successful in this Client Programme Manager role, you will bring strong experience within the built environment and demonstrate the ability to manage complex programmes and stakeholder relationships:

• Degree (or equivalent) in Architecture, Surveying, Asset Management, Engineering, Construction Management, or a related discipline
• Proven experience developing and refining project design briefs in line with the RIBA Plan of Work
• Strong understanding of commercial controls and budget management within project delivery environments
• Experience coordinating pre-construction information (PCI), including feasibility studies, surveys, reports, and project execution plans across multiple programmes
• Demonstrable ability to manage multiple concurrent projects and stakeholders effectively

Desirable:

• Chartered status or membership (e.g. RICS, CIOB, APM or equivalent)
• Project management qualifications such as PRINCE2, APM, or NEC4
• A collaborative, proactive, and solutions-focused mindset
• Ability to build strong relationships and influence at all levels

This is an excellent opportunity to join a well-established and purpose-driven organisation delivering impactful public sector programmes, with strong long-term career prospects.

As Client Programme Manager, your package will include:

• Competitive salary £58,000 – £65,000, depending on experience
• Local Government Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
• Life assurance of 3x salary
• Private Medical Insurance (PA)
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays and additional birthday leave
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements based in Nottingham
• Supportive culture promoting work/life balance and professional development

Apply Now – Client Programme Manager

Take the next step in your construction programme management career today.

Apply now and play a key role in delivering projects that shape communities and improve lives across Nottinghamshire and beyond.

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