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Sopra Steria

IT consulting, digital services, and transformation

Programma Manager

Program ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeNieuwegein, Netherlands€6k - €7.5k /mo

About the Job

Requirements

  • A higher professional (HBO) or university (WO) diploma is required.
  • At least 8–10 years of experience with complex digital transformations, preferably organization-wide, and demonstrable 3–5 years of experience as a Program Manager.
  • Ability to work in a multi-stakeholder and multi-vendor environment.
  • Demonstrable experience with change and adoption, including processes, people, and governance and steering arrangements.
  • Ability to combine consulting skills with delivery, with strong analytical skills, subject-matter insight, and the ability to advise.
  • PRINCE2 and IPMA certifications are required.
  • Experience in at least one of the Public, Industry, or Financial Services sectors is required; broader sector experience is preferred.
  • Excellent spoken and written Dutch is required.

Responsibilities

  • Take end-to-end responsibility for program delivery, including scope, planning, budget, quality, risks, and decision-making.
  • Establish governance, including steering committees, progress monitoring, and escalations, and safeguard coherence across projects and workstreams.
  • Drive change and adoption so that changes are understood, supported, and applied.
  • Navigate digital ecosystems, including applications, integrations, data, and chains, and maintain oversight of dependencies.
  • Act as a trusted advisor, constructively challenging clients on substantive and analytical matters and advising based on facts, impact, and feasibility.
  • Work organization-wide and connect people across business units, including IT, operations, data, security, compliance, and suppliers.
  • Contribute to the growth of Next by sharing knowledge, coaching colleagues, and helping develop propositions and approaches.

Desired Qualifications

  • PROSCI certification or demonstrable change-management experience.
  • Experience with data migrations, IT landscape migrations, or cloud or platform transitions.
  • Experience with data-driven working and/or supporting AI adoption in organizations.
  • Experience with chain coordination and managing integrations and dependencies between systems and teams.

About the Company

Sopra Steria

IT consulting, digital services, and transformation

Sopra Steria provides consulting, digital services and solutions to help large organizations transform their business through technology. Its offerings cover strategy, systems integration, cloud, cyber security, software development, and managed services, designed to be delivered end to end—from assessing needs and designing a plan to implementing and operating IT systems. The company combines deep knowledge of many industries with a collaborative approach to tailor projects to each client and to deliver measurable, sustainable improvements in performance. Differentiators include its European scale (about 51,000 employees across roughly 30 countries), broad scope—from strategy to operation—and emphasis on practical outcomes that help clients stay competitive. The group’s goal is to put digital to work for its clients in a way that creates a positive, more productive future for all stakeholders.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Paris, France
Founded
1968

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