London, England, United Kingdom
At Aptitude, we’re on a mission to change the way the world’s leading enterprises understand and grow their businesses. Our industry-leading finance data platform, Fynapse, helps organizations streamline their operations, unlock trusted insights and accelerate growth.
We’re proud to be building a global team of passionate and ambitious people who love solving complex challenges and making an impact. We celebrate diverse perspectives and believe that our differences make us stronger, smarter and more creative.
With our headquarters in London and offices in seven locations worldwide, we’re proud to partner with clients across four continents. Wherever you join us, you’ll be part of a global community shaping the next generation of finance technology.
A strategic Program Manager responsible for delivering a portfolio of internal programs that drive key organizational OKRs. This role is highly cross-functional, requiring strong influence across senior teams and excellent governance capabilities. The position is an individual contributor (one-person team) reporting directly to the Senior Leadership Team (SLT), with occasional advisory responsibility to the VP of Professional Services on PMO design.
This is a 12‑month contract with the possibility of extension, depending on organizational needs and where the program roadmap takes us.
Key Responsibilities
• Lead and manage the end-to-end planning, execution, and delivery of multiple internal programs aligned to organizational OKRs.
• Drive cross-functional collaboration and hold senior stakeholders accountable for actions and milestones.
• Establish and enforce strong program governance including reporting, risk and issue management, controls, and success metrics.
• Define program goals, success criteria, timelines, and dependencies; monitor performance and take corrective action.
• Provide clear, executive-level communication and status reporting to SLT.
• Anticipate, surface, and mitigate risks, escalating issues where appropriate.
• Act as a subject-matter expert on program management best practices and “what good looks like.”
• Advise the VP of Professional Services on the design and evolution of a scalable client-facing PMO model.
We’ll provide you with the opportunity to grow your expertise in an environment that supports you, your life and your career.
We’ll also offer you a competitive salary plus bonus, as well as the following benefits:
ShareSave scheme – ability to purchase company shares on preferential terms
Private healthcare
Income protection and group life insurance
Pension Scheme
Company Funded Health Cashplan
Employee Assistance Programme
Access to Private Dental Benefits
Flexible / hybrid working options
Enhanced Family Friendly Leave for adoption, maternity and paternity
Bike 2 Work Scheme
Employee Referral Bonus
Whilst this role is based from our London office, we support hybrid working.
To us at Aptitude, hybrid working means that our employees come together for 2-days per week at their local office. It’s an opportunity for our teams to collaborate, solve problems together and to be engaged and involved in the wider community of our business.
We ask employees to come into the office every Wednesday and give you the flexibility to choose your other day from either Tuesday or Thursday.
Qualifications & Experience
• Significant senior-level experience in program and project management, ideally in a technology or SaaS environment.
• Proven ability to influence without authority and work effectively with senior leaders.
• Strong experience establishing governance frameworks and driving execution across multiple workstreams.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience supporting or designing PMO structures is strongly preferred.
Skills & Attributes
• Strategic mindset with strong operational execution capabilities.
• Executive presence and credibility with senior stakeholders.
• Highly organized, outcomes-focused, and comfortable operating in ambiguity.
• Able to demand action, create accountability, and drive results across the organization.
Nice to have
• Experience with Tableau
• Experience with Smartsheet
Please click on the ‘Apply now’ button below, including your CV/resume and any other relevant information that will help us get to know you better.
If you’re interested in working at Aptitude, but don’t feel you meet every single requirement of the role, we’d still like to hear from you! A diverse workforce is an essential part of our culture, and we’re dedicated to ensuring that our staff can show up as their authentic self – safe in the knowledge that their differences will be embraced and respected by all. We’re strong advocates of supporting applicants from a wide variety of backgrounds which include different ages, genders, ethnicities, physical abilities and sexual orientation, and we work hard to build the confidence of our workforce through inclusivity, equity and ongoing training. So, if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement, we’d encourage you to apply anyway. You might be just the candidate we’ve been looking for, whether it’s for this role or another.