Program Manager

What do we do?

iOpener makes leadership, learning & life better. 

How?  

Through our customised leadership programs that are delivered at the world’s best business schools. We deliver across the world to dozens of organisations.  We also do a lot of research, we have been investigating Happiness at Work for over 14 years.  In addition we also do Coaching - through 1-1 executive coaching to delivering an accredited coaching program.

Who we are

A small team of 8 colleagues including Directors and Program Managers. We also have a network of 80 executive coaches and facilitators scattered across the world.  When we get a consultancy project, we allocate a Client Director, Program Manager and a bunch of consultants.   We serve dozens of clients at any given time and 95% of them come back for more.  

Who you are

You are bridging the consultants to our clients. This means really understanding and tuning into what our clients need and making sure our consultants know what to do and by when.  You will be dealing with the essentials; managing safety, quality, plans and commercials.  Plus, really identifying how do we best give the client what they need so we not only retain them, but deepen our partnership even further. 

You'll also be:

• willing to work remotely from home, but also able to travel to weekly team meetings in person (normally in Bicester)
• acclimatized to a fast-paced, project management, environment while managing multiple stakeholders
• familiar with, or comfortable, working within an associate model
• passionate about creating positive change that leads to demonstrable impact
• self-motivated and efficient when it comes to the task at hand
• commercially savvy, you know the numbers and how to report and make decisions
• creative, imaginative and innovative and willing to collaborate when help is required
• able to thrive under ambiguity and create clarity
• outcomes and solutions-focused
• an exceptional communicator, both verbal and written, with a deep understanding of effective stakeholder management
• empathetic, warm and a great team player

What skills do you need?

• experienced in managing projects, ideally within a Learning & Development or Consultancy environment
• educated to degree level or equivalent
• a capable user of MS office Suite - you can make high impact, visual slides and word documents
• proactive in managing your own workload & priorities - there is a lot of autonomy!
• an exceptionally talented communicator. You are speaking to senior HR Directors to Deans at Business Schoolsa critical thinker and attentive to detail
• offer technical support such as supporting a zoom delivery. Sometimes on a weekend
• sharing the impact of our consultancy on social media

What are the perks?

We want to create for our team what we do for our clients. So expect lots of coaching, dabbling in our programs by experiencing them first hand and also having the freedom to create your own role.

• Salary range is from £28-32k
• We are open for you to join our bespoke accredited Coaching Program starting in October (worth £3k) and you become an accredited coach!
• Team commission on the new business we bring in
• Flexible working, so you work when and where you want. We just want to make sure you stay safe, well and able to meet client’s needs and outcomes
• Structured learning and development opportunities 

Applications will be reviewed, and interviews scheduled, on a rolling basis.