Transition Programme Manager - London

Transition Programme Manager - LondonReference Code: 302751-en_GBContract Type: PermanentProfessional Communities: Delivery Excellence

About the job you're considering

At Capgemini, our Cloud Infrastructure Services team partners with global clients to transform and manage their IT infrastructure. We deliver innovative solutions in automation and cloud technologies, helping organisations achieve their business goals.

To support our continued growth, we’re expanding our Transition team and looking for a Transition Manager who thrives in collaborative environments and enjoys working closely with clients to deliver impactful change.

This role offers the opportunity to lead service transitions from bid through to delivery, engaging with clients across both public and private sectors. You’ll be a trusted advisor, helping shape and manage expectations while building strong, lasting relationships.

Hybrid working : The places that you work from day to day will vary according to your role, your needs, and those of the business; it will be a blend of Company offices, client sites, and your home; noting that you will be unable to work at home 100% of the time.

If you are successfully offered this position, you will go through a series of pre-employment checks, including:
identity, nationality (single or dual) or immigration status, employment history going back 3 continuous years, and unspent criminal record check (known as Disclosure and Barring Service)

Your role

As a Transition Manager, you will:

• Collaborate on bid development, contributing to viable solutions, plans, and cost models that balance innovation, risk, and competitiveness.
• Guide the transition of services from incumbent providers to Capgemini, ensuring continuity and quality throughout.
• Lead transition projects to meet agreed objectives, timelines, and budgets. Develop realistic and effective plans that reflect client needs and foster trust.
• Navigate complex environments with professionalism and empathy, representing Capgemini at all levels, including senior leadership.
• Build and lead inclusive, high-performing teams that deliver successful transitions.
• Cultivate strong relationships with clients and internal stakeholders, helping grow the project portfolio through mutual value.

You can bring your whole self to work. At Capgemini building an inclusive future is part of everyday life and will be part of your working reality. We have built a representative and welcoming environment, for everyone.

Your skills and experience

• Broad experience in IT transformation across areas such as Cloud, Data Services, Infrastructure Management, Service Desks, End User Services, Cyber Security, Service Management, and SIAM.
• Experience managing multi-stream IT, outsourcing, or infrastructure projects.
• A track record of delivering transition or transformation projects.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills, with a client-focused mindset.
• Project management training or certification (e.g., PRINCE2, PMP) is beneficial.

Your security clearance

To be successfully appointed to this role, it is a requirement to obtain .

To obtain SC clearance, the successful applicant must have resided continuously within the United Kingdom for the last 5 years, along with other criteria and requirements.

Throughout the recruitment process, you will be asked questions about your security clearance eligibility such as, but not limited to, country of residence and nationality.

Some posts are restricted to sole UK Nationals for security reasons; therefore, you may be asked about your citizenship in the application process.

What does ‘Get The Future You Want ‘ mean for you?

You’d be joining an accredited Great Place to work for Wellbeing in 2024. Employee wellbeing is vitally important to us as an organisation. We see a healthy and happy workforce a critical component for us to achieve our organisational ambitions.
To help support wellbeing we have trained ‘Mental Health Champions’ across each of our business areas, and we have invested in wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy.
You’ll be bringing your unique skills and perspectives to the team, inspiring and taking inspiration from your teammates as you unlock value in everything you do. You’ll be joining a professional community of experts, who have got your back and will support you, every step of the way.
You will reimagine what’s possible: creating value for the world’s leading organisations through technology to build a sustainable, more inclusive future. You will work with a range of clients all with a unique set of business, technological and societal ambitions, which will make a real impact across the UK.
Capgemini. Get The Future You Want.

Why you should consider Capgemini

Growing clients’ businesses while building a more sustainable, more inclusive future is a tough ask. When you join Capgemini, you’ll join a thriving company and become part of a collective of free-thinkers, entrepreneurs and industry experts. We find new ways technology can help us reimagine what’s possible. It’s why, together, we seek out opportunities that will transform the world’s leading businesses, and it’s how you’ll gain the experiences and connections you need to shape your future. By learning from each other every day, sharing knowledge, and always pushing yourself to do better, you’ll build the skills you want. You’ll use your skills to help our clients leverage technology to innovate and grow their business. So, it might not always be easy, but making the world a better place rarely is.

About Capgemini

Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organisations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fuelled by its market leading capabilities in AI, generative AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem. The Group reported 2024 global revenues of €22.1 billion.

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