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Prague, Hlavní město Praha, Czechia; Madrid, Madrid Province, Spain; Lyon, Auvergne Rhone Alpes, France; Milan, Milano, Italy
EEMENA01112- As Senior Program Lead, you are accountable for the successful deliver of strategic transformation programs worth multi-million euros investment.
- This will start with the Akkodis Resilience & Transformation program spanning across cybersecurity and infrastructure & operations projects. You will also lead The Adecco Group’s Venture cybersecurity program covering some of the group ventures.
- You will lead complex, cross-functional initiatives involving Business, ITD and Enabling functions, ensuring alignment across stakeholders, objectives, priorities, budgets and delivery streams.
- The role requires strong leadership, program governance, stakeholder management and execution capabilities to deliver measurable business outcomes.
- You will act as the central point of coordination between sponsors, business stakeholders, delivery teams and external partners, driving execution while ensuring risks, dependencies and decisions are proactively managed.
Program Leadership & Delivery
- Lead the end-to-end delivery of strategic transformation programs, ensuring objectives, scope, timelines and expected business outcomes are achieved.
- Define and maintain program roadmaps, priorities, milestones and success measures across all workstreams.
- Drive execution and decision-making to ensure sustainable progress and benefit realization.
- Provide domain expertise (i.e. cybersecurity or infrastructure & operations) to delivery teams for them to succeed.
Governance & Executive Stakeholder Management
- Establish and lead effective governance forums, including Steering Committees, working groups and executive reviews.
- Build alignment across Business, ITD and Enabling Functions to ensure program objectives and priorities remain synchronized.
- Provide concise and transparent reporting on progress, decisions, risks and achievements to senior leadership.
Cross-Functional Transformation Leadership
- Coordinate multiple business and technology workstreams to ensure successful delivery of complex transformation initiatives.
- Facilitate collaboration across diverse stakeholder groups, geographies and organizational functions.
- Promote adoption of new operating models, processes and ways of working to maximize business value.
Financial, Resource & Vendor Management
- Manage program budgets, forecasts, resource plans and external delivery partners.
- Ensure resources are effectively allocated to program priorities and critical deliverables.
- Monitor financial performance and support benefit tracking throughout the program lifecycle.
Risk, Dependency & Performance Management
- Proactively identify, manage and escalate program risks, issues, dependencies and decisions.
- Define and track key performance indicators to measure program health and business outcomes.
- Drive continuous improvement through lessons learned, best practices and delivery excellence.
Essential
- 10+ years of professional experience, including 5+ years leading large-scale programs, portfolios or transformation initiatives.
- 3+ years of experience managing programs exceeding €3M budget and involving 50+ stakeholders across multiple functions and countries.
- Proven delivery of at least 3 enterprise-wide transformation programs impacting business processes, operating models, technology platforms or organizational structures.
- Experience coordinating multiple concurrent workstreams (minimum 4-5) and managing complex interdependencies across Business, ITD and Enabling Functions.
- Experience delivering programs spanning 10+ countries and geographically distributed teams.
- Balanced business/technical background. Enough level of technical knowledge to provide highly credible leadership to technology teams. Ability to accurately and objectively evaluate complex project risks and issues and communicate these effectively to business stakeholders.
Preferred
- 5+ years of domain expertise in either Cybersecurity operations (e.g. SOC) or Infrastructure & Operations, including responsibility for strategy, transformation or service delivery.
- Successful delivery of 2+ major transformation initiatives involving mergers, acquisitions, tenant consolidations, domain integrations or operating model transformations
- 3+ years managing external vendors, system integrators or strategic partners with annual spend exceeding €1M
It’s an exciting time to be part of our team. At the Adecco Group, our purpose – making the future work for everyone – inspires and connects us all. Through our three global business units (GBU) – Adecco, Akkodis and LHH - we deliver expertise in talent and technology, enabling organizations to succeed and people to thrive.
We’re proud to be a global thought-leader and care about doing the best job we can to ensure better futures for everyone. We do this by building our Future@Work strategy as a united team of 30,000+ colleagues with a collective spirit working in over 60 countries globally. We embody our core values: Courage, Collaboration, Customer at the Heart, Inclusion, and Passion in everything we do.
Growth and Development
You will have the opportunity to grow across a variety of interesting jobs and careers over our extensive portfolio of global brands. We empower our colleagues to work in the smartest, most efficient ways, achieving total balance between their jobs and their lives. We offer world-class resources for upskilling and development, satisfying your curiosity while sharing skills, knowledge, and expertise to grow together. Here, you can be yourself, and we aim to build on the attributes that make you, you.
A journey to bring out the best in youWe believe that having an understanding of the hiring process helps you to prepare, feel, and be, at your best. As a global, multi brand organization with multiple different roles, our application process can vary.
On our career site, you will find some of the key steps you can expect to guide you along the way.
Inclusion
We believe in talent, not labels. We focus on the diverse and unique skills our people bring. Our culture of belonging and purpose ensures everyone can thrive and feel engaged. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to equity, equal opportunity, inclusion, and diversity.
Interview Process
Our interview process includes an initial phone screening, followed by a virtual round of interviews with Hiring Manager, HR team and senior leaders. This process helps us understand your fit within our team and allows you to ask questions about the role and our company. If you are a visionary leader with a passion for learning and development, we invite you to join us in making the future work for everyone.
Accommodations
We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process for all candidates. If you require any additional accommodations or support due to a disability or other special circumstances, please let us know by contacting us. We will work with you to ensure your needs are met throughout the hiring process.
Posting date: 18-10-2026
What it means to be part of the Adecco Group.
For over 50 years, we’ve helped connect thousands of people from all different backgrounds and cultures with employment opportunities across the world. We provide leading HR services and solutions, powering the world of work that not only gives our clients a more personalised experience, but also gives our colleagues a sense of purpose and value in the work they do with us. Being a part of our international group means being part of a community that drives each other to be their best. You’ll do work that challenges the lives of our clients. You’ll be a part of a spirited and professional network of people who believe in what we’re doing. And, you’ll believe in it too.