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# Governance and Planning Manager - SC London SW1, 6 months £530 pd neg

- **Company:** SmartSourcing Ltd
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Salary:** £137,800.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Microsoft Azure, RAID, Scrum Methodology
- **Published:** August 14, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerboard.com/pt/en/find-jobs-in-United-Kingdom/-193A5548A9EFE04D7A/

## About the Role

Practical Azure DevOps planning and reporting experience. Programme or project governance within a complex delivery environment.

Sprint planning and delivery-plan management.

Producing Board and senior-level reporting packs.

Maintaining Plans on a Page, RAID logs and governance controls.

Hands-on management of implementations or delivery workstreams.

Managing risks, dependencies, actions and stakeholder reporting.

Agile or hybrid delivery environments.

Desirable experience

Central government or wider public-sector delivery.

Digital transformation programmes.

Delivery across multiple locations and interdependent workstreams.

## Description

Manage programme plans and sprint planning in Azure DevOps. Develop Programme Board and senior reporting packs.

Create and maintain Plans on a Page and associated reports. Support external PMO activity.

Maintain RAID logs, actions and dependencies.

Run day-to-day delivery for individual implementations.

Coordinate teams, stakeholders, milestones and delivery dependencies.

Escalate risks and provide information supporting governance decisions.


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