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Richard Slater
Programme Manager
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Founding Contractor · 2026
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Primary specialism
Project & Programme Management
Location / working location
Manchester
Current availability
Available now
Confirmed 25 Aug 2026
Profile status
Active contractor profile
Professional profile
Senior Programme Manager / Programme Delivery Lead with 15+ years’ experience delivering complex digital, data and technology transformation across central government, healthcare, financial services, telecoms, higher education and private sector organisations. Proven record leading Agile and Waterfall delivery, managing multi-million-pound budgets, replacing legacy platforms, building high-performing teams, and engaging senior stakeholders up to C-suite level. Strong background across Dynamics 365, Power Platform, Azure, GCP, SAP data migration, data governance and enterprise change. Key skills ● Programme Delivery | Programme Management | Digital Transformation | Data Migration | Agile Delivery | Waterfall Delivery | Stakeholder Management | Governance | Risk & Issue Management | Change Management | Supplier Management | Procurement | Budget Management | Dynamics 365 | Power Platform | Azure | GCP | SAP ALM | Jira | Azure DevOps | SAFe | Prince2
Core skills
Programme
project
Azure
Power Platform
Data migration
What I’m looking for next
Target roles: ROjedct Manager · Programme Manager · Product Manager
Contract preferences
Working preferenceRemote · Hybrid
Will workUK
IR35 preferenceOutside IR35 · Inside IR35
Active clearanceBPSS
SenioritySenior
Contract lengthAny contract length
IT experience15 years
Available from31 Aug 2026
Relevant work experience
● Defra/EA – drove out legacy/grey IT, modernised Carbon calculation/management for £5.2bn Flood and Coastal Risk Management portfolio. ● Sky Data – successful build of foundational Customer 360 capability, based on GCP; allowing Sky a 360 view of customer and customer history. £4.5m budget. ● Defra – MS Dynamics 365 enforcement capability. Replaced three legacy criminal prosecution case management tools in Power Platform/Dynamics CE. Agile framework. £2.2m programme budget. ● HCL – Novation of 600 Barclays staff in Vilnius Lithuania to HCL. Migration of all internal IT support to HCL. Implementation of 5 diagnostic/proactive applications for Barclays staff hardware and service desk functions. £12m budget for two-year programme. ● University of Manchester – successfully directed HCL as outsource partner to deliver in scope services | O365 migration for 18k staff | Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) for 1200 applications and 40k students | Service Desk transition to a hybrid 1/2/3 level model.
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