Technical Programme Integration Manager

Role overview

About the project

Key duties

• Shape the end-to-end technical delivery strategy for major technology programmes.
• Coordinate dependencies across workstreams and ensure outputs from one workstream are usable by another.
• Lead resolution of complex technical delivery challenges with architects, engineers, and specialists.
• Identify risks, challenge assumptions, and advise programme leadership on technical and delivery decisions.
• Ensure technical changes meet contractual requirements and pass relevant TfL governance forums.
• Establish and improve the technical delivery model for safe changes to TfL revenue collection systems.

Engineering integration

• Define and validate the programme engineering lifecycle covering source code, configuration, intellectual property, builds, environments, testing, deployment, and service management.
• Guide development environments, engineering tooling, build pipelines, and supporting delivery processes.
• Integrate technical knowledge capture with programme delivery.
• Establish the processes, environments, tooling, and governance needed to maintain and enhance the platform.
• Provide strategic technical oversight so delivery remains achievable, sound, and operationally ready.

Required skills and experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Significant experience delivering large-scale technology transformation, systems integration, or complex technology programmes.
• Experience across mobilisation, delivery, operational transition, and service handover.
• Experience in multi-supplier and outsourced delivery environments, including technical or supplier transition programmes.
• Strong understanding of software development lifecycles, systems integration, build, testing, release, and deployment.
• Ability to translate architecture and business requirements into executable strategies and plans.

Professional capabilities

• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and influencing skills across executives, suppliers, business leaders, and technical teams.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including dependency identification and ambiguity management.
• Ability to work within governance-driven environments and comply with technical, operational, and organisational standards.
• Ability to balance technical, operational, commercial, and delivery considerations using structured judgement.
• Desirable domain experience includes transport, revenue collection, safety-critical systems, third-party interface testing, PCI, security, or regulatory programmes.

Benefits

• The role offers 25 days of holiday plus 8 bank holidays, with options to buy or sell days.
• Benefits include a 35-hour working week, pension contributions, private medical insurance, life assurance, and income protection.
• Flexible or remote working options, learning and development, employee assistance, charitable initiatives, and social events are offered.