Senior Program Manager

Join a global transformation that's shaping the future of People & Culture.

First Sentier Group is embarking on a multi-year, enterprise-wide transformation of its People and Culture function. This strategic initiative aims to modernise systems, uplift capability, and deliver a scalable, future-ready HR operating model. We're seeking a dynamic and seasoned Senior Program Manager to lead this transformation across multiple workstreams, including technology enablement, operating model redesign, vendor rationalisation, and capability uplift.

About the Role

Reporting directly to the Global Head of PMO and working closely with the Head of People Change you will be the driving force behind programme delivery—translating strategy into action, managing complexity, and ensuring momentum across a globally distributed firm.

The Senior Program Manager will drive multiple project streams including the global implementation of Workday across P&C, transforming the Target Operating Model and building operational excellence capability across the function. This will involve establishing governance structures and enterprise wide stakeholder engagement including the management of various working groups and Steer-Co's.

We are offering an
18 month Fixed Term Contract with potential for extension.

Key Responsibilities:

Program Leadership & Delivery

• Establish the governance framework for the program, delivering executive-level governance while maintaining hands-on oversight of delivery.
• Lead and coordinate delivery across multiple sub-projects, ensuring strategic alignment and timely execution.
• Manage programme milestones, budget, and resources across systems, processes, and people initiatives.

Workday Implementation

• Oversee the end-to-end implementation of Workday HCM, ensuring it becomes a strategic enabler of efficiency and data-driven decision-making.
• Collaborate with IT to manage integrations and downstream impacts.

Global Stakeholder Engagement

• Build strong relationships across geographies and functions including P&C, Corporate Operations, PMO, IT, Finance, Risk, and vendor partners.
• Facilitate alignment and collaboration across business units and leadership levels.
• Co-design and implement change and communications plans.

Data-Driven Decision Making

• Leverage workforce analytics to inform decisions, prioritise investments, and drive continuous improvement.
• Ensure program outcomes deliver measurable value and long-term sustainability.

Design Simplicity & Future-Proofing

• Advocate for scalable, user-friendly design principles across systems and processes.

Embed future-ready capabilities, including AI and automation, in collaboration with IT and enterprise architecture teams.

About You

You are a strategic thinker and hands-on leader with a proven track record in delivering complex, global transformation programs within People & Culture. You bring deep expertise in program management and leading multiple streams simultaneously. HRIS (preferably Workday), stakeholder management, and change leadership expertise is required. You have proven experience balancing a commercial focus with client centricity and mobilising a multi-disciplinary team within a fast-paced firm.

About us

Powering possibilities

At First Sentier Group, we believe it is our responsibility to help clients achieve the financial freedom they desire, unlocking a world of possibilities.

We support our distinct affiliate investment teams to deliver meaningful investment outcomes. By combining their specialist investment knowledge with our global support, we create an innovative and agile operating model designed to effectively respond to our clients' needs.

We pride ourselves on our client-centric approach, ensuring we are all working towards achieving our clients' goals and enhancing their possibilities for the future, while continually striving for better.

Better strategies. Better service. Better possibilities

Our success relies on our ability to deliver outstanding client outcomes, supported by our culture and an efficient, sustainable and scalable business. We are committed to investing in our people to ensure we attract, develop and retain the talent to deliver these outcomes, guided by our vision, purpose and values.

• Care:
  we care about our clients, society and each other.
• Collaboration:
  we collaborate to deliver the best solutions.
• Openness:
  we are open with each other, and to different ways of thinking.
• Dedication:
  we are dedicated to being experts in our respective fields.

Why work with us

Our industry-leading benefits

Working at First Sentier Group gives you access to a growing, values-led organisation with competitive pay and industry-leading benefits including:

• Flexible working and a gender-neutral parental leave programme that provides 26 weeks' paid leave in every region
• Global collaboration, international mobility and the opportunity to build your career in different markets
• Employee-driven charitable foundation allows our people to give back in their local communities through donation-matching and paid volunteering days
• Access to learning and development opportunities including in-house training and external programs

Corporate Sustainability & B Corp

We are committed to ensuring that as a firm, we are contributing to building a sustainable economy and society by improving our environmental, social and governance standards and holding our own business to the same standards that we expect of the companies that we invest our clients' capital in; and by doing so, reinforcing our position as responsible investors. Find out more at this page: Corporate Sustainability

In 2022, First Sentier Group became a globally certified B Corp.

Our commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I)

At First Sentier Group, we value the different experience, ideas and perspectives that our people bring to the work they do. We are committed to fostering an inclusive and equitable culture where diversity can thrive. We believe this leads to better outcomes for our people and our clients, and it's the right thing to do.

We provide equal employment opportunities to applicants regardless of race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, age, family status, or any other category protected by law.

Application & Interview Process

• If you require any workplace adjustments throughout the recruitment process or as part of the role, please let us know so we can support you.