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About the Role
The Senior Programme Manager, within the Innovation & Deployment team in Audit Technology, is responsible for orchestrating the delivery of complex, cross-functional initiatives involving artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies. This role oversees programme governance, stakeholder alignment, and execution across the product lifecycle.
Responsibilities
- Lead the successful delivery of technology portfolios, aligning programme milestones with business strategy, regulatory standards, and product innovation goals.
- Coordinate cross-functional teams in the UK and sometimes multi-nationally including product managers, engineers, data scientists, and SMEs to manage dependencies, risks, and delivery cadence.
- Establish programme governance, tracking KPIs related to timeline, risk posture, adoption, and quality and ethical compliance.
- Engage senior stakeholders across audit, risk, and IT to maintain visibility of programme progress and address concerns proactively.
- Champion agile delivery, value-stream thinking, and continuous learning across AI/ML workstreams.
- Maintain financial oversight of portfolio budgets and ensure timely reporting to leadership.
- Identify opportunities to scale, standardise, and accelerate deployment across audit domains.
- Ensure responsible AI practices, including fairness, explainability, and data governance, are embedded into delivery processes.
Requirements
- Extensive experience in programme management or technology leadership roles within AI/ML, data science, and/or software development.
- Proven ability to lead large-scale, interdisciplinary initiatives in complex, regulated environments.
- Understanding of the software product development lifecycle; ideally including AI/ML lifecycle, model governance, MLOps, and responsible AI frameworks.
- Strong leadership, stakeholder engagement, and communication skills.
- Familiarity with audit processes, information security, and ethical AI implementation are a strong advantage.
Skills
- Strategic leadership
- Stakeholder management
- Influencing
- Communication
- Programme governance
- Risk management
- Decision-making
- Team leadership
- Planning
- Prioritisation
- Financial management
- Collaboration
- Resilience
- Adaptability
- Continuous improvement
- Quality commitment
- Ethical conduct
- Responsible AI practices
- Analytical skills
- Problem-solving
- Change leadership
- Enterprise-scale AI/ML, data, or technology transformation programmes
- Audit
- Risk
- Compliance
- Regulated environments
Location
- UK
- Client site
- KPMG offices
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Client site visits
Experience Level
- Senior
- Extensive experience
Education Level
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a related field
- Programme management certifications required (PMP, MSP, Agile)
- Lean Six Sigma certifications preferred
About the Company
- KPMG in the UK is part of a global network of firms that offers Audit, Legal, Tax and Advisory services.
- Through the talent of over 16,000 colleagues, we bring our creativity, insight and experience to solve our clients’ and communities’ biggest problems.
- We aim to be universally recognised as a place for great people to do their best work.
- A firm known for our collaborative and inclusive culture, using technology to empower and equip our people to deliver outstanding work with real flexibility – through inspiring workspaces, innovative ways to collaborate and hybrid ways of working.
- With offices across the UK, we work with everyone from small start- ups and individuals to major multinationals, in virtually every industry imaginable.
- Our work is often complex, yet our mission is simple: To support the UK in a connected world.
- Our values: Courage, Integrity, Excellence, Together and For Better.
Equal Opportunity
- KPMG are proud to be an inclusive, equal opportunity employer and we seek to attract and retain the best people from the widest possible talent pool.
- As a member of the Business Disability Forum we're committed to ensuring that all candidates are treated fairly throughout the Recruitment Process.
- We pride ourselves on being a place where your individuality is valued; you can be yourself and still achieve your potential.
- Diversity of background, diversity of experience, diversity of perspective - that's the KPMG difference.