RM Education

Overview Would you like to help enrich the lives of learners around the world? At RM, we've been pioneers of education technology since 1973. We provide technology and resources to the education sector, supporting over 20 million students and improving educational outcomes worldwide. What we do helps learners at all stages of their lives, from preschool to higher education and professional qualification; we partner with schools, examination boards, governments, and professional organisations globally to make learning more accessible, more engaging, and more impactful. RM operates through three divisions: Assessment (digital assessment and marking solutions), Technology (managed services, hardware, and software for schools), and TTS (educational resources). Within the assessment market we are experts in providing solutions for online exam testing and marking and the management and analysis of educational data. We work with government ministries, exam boards and professional awarding bodies for high stakes assessment such as GCSEs, ALevels, and professional qualifications. Each year, our software is used globally to conduct hundreds of thousands of on-screen tests and to mark millions of paper based scripts. For over a decade we have been partnering with the world's leading awarding bodies to deliver intuitive, secure, and reliable e marking solutions. Visit our website to find out more: We encourage early applications as the vacancy may close once the position has been filled or final interviews have been arranged. Responsibilities Accountable: For the delivery of contracts within this high profile global digital assessment transformation programme. Customer Satisfaction: Ensuring robust communication and governance is in place with the IB to deliver the programme. Strategic Planning: Develop and articulate the strategic vision and objectives of the program in alignment with the organisation's goals and objectives. Programme Management: Oversee all aspects of the program, including planning, budgeting, resource allocation, risk management, and scheduling to ensure successful programme execution. Stakeholder Management: Engage and collaborate with key stakeholders, such as senior executives, clients, project teams, and external partners, to ensure their alignment with programme goals and objectives. Team Leadership: Provide strong leadership and direction to the programme team and transformational leadership engagement with the IB teams. Programme Governance: Establish and maintain effective governance structures, processes, and controls to monitor and manage programme progress, risks, issues, and dependencies. Financial Management: Develop and manage the programme budget, monitor financial performance, and ensure effective utilisation of resources within approved budgets. Communication and Reporting: Communicate programme status, progress, and issues to stakeholders through regular reporting, presentations, and effective communication channels. Quality Assurance: Ensure the programme adheres to quality standards and best practices, implementing processes and metrics to measure and improve program performance. Change Management: Develop and implement change management strategies to address organisational and programme changes, ensuring smooth transitions and adoption. Engage and support IB plan to transition schools, though schools adoption planning and user onboarding. Thought Partnership: Actively engage and drive thought partnership approach within RM and the IB for this high profile digital assessment transformation programme. Evaluation and Lessons Learned: Conduct programme evaluations, collect feedback, and identify lessons learned to improve future programme effectiveness and efficiency. International Travel: Willingness to travel as required. Experience Experience: Significant experience in programme management, preferably in leading full life cycle complex and large scale programmes, with a proven track record of successful programme delivery. Leadership Skills: Strong leadership abilities, including the ability to inspire and motivate teams, manage conflicts, and make decisions in a fast paced and dynamic environment. Strategic Thinking: Excellent strategic planning and analytical skills to develop programme strategies, identify risks and opportunities, and make informed decisions. Communication Skills: Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to effectively interact and present information to various stakeholders at different organisational levels and confidence to present in meetings, workshops, events. Stakeholder Management: Experience and strong ability in managing relationships with diverse stakeholders, including senior executives, clients, project teams, and external partners. Ability to effectively influence senior internal stakeholders. Organisational planning, resource mobilisation and problem solving abilities. Financial and Budgeting Skills: Proficiency in financial management, budgeting, and resource allocation to ensure efficient and effective program delivery. Problem Solving Abilities: Strong problem solving skills to identify and address complex issues, mitigate risks, and drive programme success. Ability to work effectively under pressure with competing and rapidly changing priorities. Creativity: Ability to drive creative solutions to customer priorities and objectives. Change Management Expertise: Experience in implementing change management strategies and methodologies to drive organisational and programme transformations. Industry Knowledge: Familiarity with the industry or domain relevant to the programme, including an understanding of industry trends, regulations, and best practices. What's in it for you? At RM we have "My Work " which provides office based colleagues with multi location and hybrid working options to suit them. As well as your office base, you can spend a proportion of your time working at other locations in the UK that suit your role and your life, including home, other offices, customer sites, distribution centres or on the move. We encourage you to discuss arrangements for this role with your potential line manager during the recruitment process. We expect how we make best use of hybrid working may continue to adapt as we adjust to our new ways of working. As well as a competitive salary and our core benefits package which includes private medical healthcare, life assurance and a Group Personal Pension Plan with higher contribution levels available, some roles are also eligible for a performance related bonus. There are lots of voluntary benefits too. You could buy additional annual leave, join our dental plan, sign for a health assessment, or take part in our cycle to work scheme. You could even earn yourself an extra bonus for successfully recommending a friend or family member for a position within RM. To better reflect the society that we serve, we're committed to building a diverse workforce and creating an inclusive and welcoming environment for all. To achieve this, we create teams of talented people from different backgrounds and experiences and strive to be a business where our people can bring their whole selves to work. We also want to make the recruitment process as inclusive as possible for everyone. Should you require additional support with your application or through the interview process, please contact us at . Unfortunately, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.