Programme Manager

Searchlight Ventures runs cinema, leisure and hospitality venues across the UK, including The Light and All Star Lanes. We’re creating a new Programme Manager role, reporting to our Finance Director to set up the structure and ways of working we need to manage multiple projects. It’s a 6-month contract to build and test that structure, with the potential to become permanent.

What You’ll Do

• Coordinate our rolling strategic plan and bi-annual budgeting process.
• Organise our Monthly Business Review, from papers to actions.
• Set up and run a programme office for our key projects, tracking cost, risk, resources and delivery.
• Oversee clear scoping documents and plans for each project.
• Keep our competitor and market tracker up to date and help shape our reporting.
• Organise company meetings and help coordinate our communications and announcements.
  
  

What You’ll Bring

• Experience coordinating multiple projects or running a PMO.
• Good commercial sense, and comfort working with cost reports and P&Ls.
• Clear, structured writing, especially for scoping and project documents.
• The confidence to work across teams, build relationships with senior stakeholders and suppliers, and keep a leadership team informed.
• Ideally PRINCE2 Practitioner, APM PMQ, MSP or a similar qualification.
  
  

Why join us

You’ll work directly with the senior leadership team to build our project structure from the ground up. It’s a varied, visible role in a fast-moving, multi-site business.

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. If you need any adjustments during the recruitment process, let us know.