
Sanderson Recruitment
Programme Service Design Lead
Job Description
Salary: £137,500 - 150,000 per year
Requirements:- We are looking for an experienced Programme Service Design Lead to lead service and process design across a major transformation programme.
- Extensive experience leading service and process design within large-scale transformation programmes
- Proven expertise in end-to-end service design and business process re-engineering
- Experience designing As-Is, To-Be, and transition-state services and processes
- Strong knowledge of BPMN, Lean, Six Sigma, and L2-L4 process modelling frameworks
- Experience aligning service design to Target Operating Models (TOMs)
- Ability to balance governance, risk management, and delivery pace
- Strong planning, prioritisation, and workstream management skills
- Experience leading and developing multi-disciplinary onshore and offshore teams
- Excellent stakeholder management, influencing, and relationship-building skills
- Strong analytical and decision-making capability in complex environments
- Experience defining process performance measures, benefits baselines, and benefits realisation approaches
- Knowledge of service design, process mapping, and business architecture tools
- Ability to establish high-performing teams and effective ways of working
- Strong communication and presentation skills with senior stakeholders
- We will lead service and process design across a major transformation programme.
- We will define the service design approach and govern design standards.
- We will lead a multi-disciplinary team to deliver high-quality As-Is, To-Be, and transition-state service designs.
- We will work closely with programme leadership and stakeholders.
- We will ensure services and processes support transformation objectives.
- We will deliver measurable business benefits and maintain service continuity.
- We will align services and processes with the target operating model.
- We will balance governance, risk management, and delivery pace.
- We will define process performance measures, benefits baselines, and benefits realisation approaches.
- We will establish high-performing teams and effective ways of working.
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last updated 31 week of 2026
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Sanderson Recruitment
South East London
IT
Skills & Technologies
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£143,750
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£85,000
UK median
This salary is 69% above the UK median for Lead roles (£85,000/yr).
Based on 2024–2025 UK technology sector benchmarks