Principal, Programme Delivery

Closing Date: 18/03/2026

Group: Infrastructure and Connectivity Group

Management Level: Principal

Job Type: Permanent

Important:
This role will close at 00:01 on Wednesday 18 March, and therefore we recommend getting your application in by no later than midnight on Tuesday 17 March.

As the UK’s communications regulator, we’re delivering vital work that helps keep the UK connected and shapes the future of how we’ll stay connected with each other.

Our work covers everything from phones and broadband, through to TV, radio, the postal service, and wireless devices. We’re also taking on the challenge of making the online world a safer place. And we need people of all backgrounds, skill sets, and experiences to help us achieve our goal of making communications work for everyone.

The Infrastructure & Connectivity Group’s (ICG) role is to advance a better connected UK and ensure there is reliable internet and post for UK people and businesses. The Group oversees a broad and increasingly complex remit across connectivity, telecoms, security and resilience, consumer and competition issues, and future digital infrastructure.

Strategy & Delivery (S&D) is ICG’s central strategy and programme delivery function. Our mission is to shape ICG’s strategic direction and support teams to deliver with impact. We do this by setting a clear strategic direction, leading planning and progress monitoring, and optimising how we use our time, talent, and resources. The Delivery arm of S&D is crucial to success in ICG – leading ICG’s annual planning cycle, governance and delivery assurance, risk management, resourcing, budget, corporate reporting, and operational improvements.

This new role will provide leadership for all aspects of ICG programme delivery – strategic planning, governance, budget and resourcing, risk management, and corporate reporting. The role will also drive continuous improvement across ICG’s processes and ways of working. The successful candidate will lead and support colleagues, and partner closely with other S&D Principals. This role reports to the Strategy & Delivery Director.

As this is a newly created role, its scope and focus will evolve to meet the needs of the team and the wider Group. Responsibilities may shift as we learn more about what’s required – so flexibility, adaptability and a collaborative mindset, working closely with and supporting other Principals, will be essential for success.

You will proactively build and develop broad understanding of ICG’s work programme so that you can fulfil the following primary responsibilities:

• Lead ICG’s annual planning cycle, ensuring consistency, transparency and disciplined follow-through – including leading inputs into Ofcom’s 3-year and annual plans.
• Set and lead ICG’s programme delivery function – ensuring a clear, forward‑looking programme plan across ICG’s portfolios. Work to ensure this is clearly and effectively communicated to colleagues at all levels.
• Partner with other S&D Principals to ensure coherent alignment between strategy, planning and delivery.
• Develop and monitor Group priorities and ensure alignment with strategy, planning and resourcing activities.

• Lead ICG’s governance processes, ensuring high-quality reporting for senior colleagues, producing clear insights and narrative on risks, progress, and resource implications.
• Provide oversight of delivery assurance, ensuring risks, dependencies, milestones, and decisions are surfaced early and addressed proactively.
• Ensure governance products (e.g., forward looks, risk registers, corporate reporting) meet high standards and support senior colleagues in confident decision‑making.

• Lead ICG’s strategic budget and resourcing processes, ensuring accurate forecasts and effective prioritisation against our goals. Build strong relationships with Finance and P&C.
• Oversee day‑to‑day resourcing allocation processes, ensuring data accuracy, useful resources, and a simple transparency process for resource changes.