Programme Manager, CP R&D IT - F/M/X

Who are we?

Amaris Consulting is an independent technology consulting firm providing guidance and solutions to businesses. With more than 1,000 clients across the globe, we have been rolling out solutions in major projects for over a decade – this is made possible by an international team of 7,600 people spread across 5 continents and more than 60 countries. Our solutions focus on four different Business Lines: Information System & Digital, Telecom, Life Sciences and Engineering. We’re focused on building and nurturing a top talent community where all our team members can achieve their full potential. Amaris is your steppingstone to cross rivers of change, meet challenges and achieve all your projects with success.

At Amaris, we strive to provide our candidates with the best possible recruitment experience. We like to get to know our candidates, challenge them, and be able to give them proper feedback as quickly as possible. Here's what our recruitment process looks like:

Brief Call: Our process typically begins with a brief virtual/phone conversation to get to know you! The objective? Learn about you, understand your motivations, and make sure we have the right job for you!

Interviews (the average number of interviews is 3 - the number may vary depending on the level of seniority required for the position). During the interviews, you will meet people from our team: your line manager of course, but also other people related to your future role. We will talk in depth about you, your experience, and skills, but also about the position and what will be expected of you. Of course, you will also get to know Amaris: our culture, our roots, our teams, and your career opportunities!

Case study: Depending on the position, we may ask you to take a test. This could be a role play, a technical assessment, a problem-solving scenario, etc.

As you know, every person is different and so is every role in a company. That is why we have to adapt accordingly, and the process may differ slightly at times. However, please know that we always put ourselves in the candidate's shoes to ensure they have the best possible experience.

We look forward to meeting you!

Job Description

Amaris Consulting is looking for a Programme Manager, CP R&D IT to join our team. In this high-impact role, you will lead a major transformation initiative to decommission a complex legacy system, coordinating across multiple squads to ensure seamless migration, system continuity, and minimal disruption to users.

Your responsibilities:

• Provide end-to-end programme leadership, including planning, delivery, and governance of the legacy decommissioning programme, ensuring alignment with both technical and business objectives.
• Map and manage complex inter-system dependencies, developing and maintaining a delivery roadmap for staged decommissioning without impacting business continuity.
• Coordinate technical activities to ensure new capabilities (APIs, data models, mastering systems, etc.) are developed and deployed on time to replace and retire legacy components.
• Collaborate with engineering squads, product teams, and business stakeholders to align delivery plans, resolve conflicts, and manage expectations.
• Support the platform lead in creating and executing robust onboarding and communications plans to transition teams onto new systems effectively.
• Identify, track, and mitigate delivery and continuity risks across multiple teams and project phases.
• Provide regular governance and reporting, highlighting progress, risks, and key decision points.
  
  
  

Your profile:

• Proven experience leading complex IT transformation or decommissioning programmes with multiple delivery teams.
• Strong understanding of enterprise IT systems, data flows, APIs, and legacy-to-modern system transitions.
• Excellent stakeholder management and cross-functional leadership skills.
• Skilled in dependency management across distributed systems and teams.
• Experience creating phased implementation plans to support non-disruptive change.
• Familiarity with agile delivery methodologies and tools, such as Scaled Agile, Scrum of Scrums, Big Room Planning, JIRA, and Confluence.
• Experience in Life Sciences and/or Research and Development environments is preferable, but not essential.
  
  
  

Why choose us?

• An international community with over 110 nationalities.
• An environment where trust is paramount: 70% of our leaders started their careers at the entry-level.
• A robust training system with our internal Academy and over 250 modules available.
• A dynamic workplace with regular events (afterworks, team buildings, etc.).
• Strong commitments to CSR, notably through our WeCare Together program.
  
  
  

Amaris Consulting is proud to promote diversity within its workforce and to create an inclusive work environment. We consider applications from all qualified individuals, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, ethnic origin, beliefs, age, marital status, disability, or any other characteristic.