Head of Programmes

Head of Programmes
Birdcage Walk, Central London (with an element of hybrid working)
About Us
With over 115,000 members in 140 countries, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) has been at the heart of the mechanical engineering profession since 1847.
We strive to improve the world through engineering by developing engineers, promoting engineering, informing opinion and encouraging innovation.
We are Investors in People (IIP) Gold accredited, which reflects our organisation’s commitment to our employees who are a vital part of supporting our engineers.
We are now looking for a Head of Programmes to join us on a full-time, permanent basis.
The Role
As our Head of Programmes, you will lead on the production of professional development programmes to the engineering community.
Leading a team of five programme managers and conference producers, you will work across multiple delivery formats and subject matters, curating training and conference programmes (among others) for the global engineering community. 
You will focus on technical content, prioritising our values of integrity and impact alongside balancing our commercial and quality objectives.
This key leadership role will also see you:
- Representing our Programme development ambitions across a variety of delivery formats
- Overseeing production and delivery of commercial and Learned Society events
- Acting as the escalation point for key events
- Leading our approach to product development across new and existing formats
- Supporting the identification of potential new event topic areas
- Ensuring the new product pipeline is validated
- Achieving the overall programme revenue of circa £4m
- Setting up and leading a programme development board
About You
To be considered as our Head of Programmes, you will need:
- Strong leadership skills with the ability to influence and inspire others
- To be strategically aware with the ability to manage the product lifecycle across a portfolio of delivery formats
- The ability to produce correspondence and customer-facing copy to a consistently high standard
- The ability to analyse ideas from both commercial and knowledge-focused perspectives
- The ability to rapidly develop competent knowledge on diverse and highly technical topics
- Strong research skills, with the ability to conduct in-depth research interviews
- Sound project management skills
The Benefits
- Competitive salary and profit share incentive
- 28 days’ holiday per annum plus Bank Holidays
- An extra day off for your birthday
- Benefits including stakeholder pension scheme, life assurance and private health cover
- Continuous training and career development
- A range of wellbeing benefits to encourage a healthy work-life balance
This is an exceptional opportunity for a talented leader who possesses great strategic insight and plenty of product development knowledge to take the reins of professional development with our world-leading institution.
Within an engaging and mission-critical role, you will have the chance to get involved with an array of different activities, creating products, leading events and overseeing a portfolio of activities.
You will be able to utilise your leadership skills whilst making a positive impact on our organisation and defining professional development within mechanical engineering on an international scale.
Please note that interviews will be held on an ad hoc basis as suitable applicants apply and an immediate start is available for the right candidate.
We regret that we are unable to reply to each applicant, therefore, if you do not hear from us within 28 days of your application for this post you should assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.
Other organisations may call this role Programme Director, Programme Manager, Programme Lead, Product Development Manager, or Head of Product Development.
The closing date for this role is the 31st of January 2024.
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