Senior Manager, Program Management Lead - Organization, Performance & Change: Energy & Resources

About Baringa

Baringa is a global consulting firm that partners with leaders to drive change and create value. With deep industry expertise, and enabled by advanced technology, the firm helps clients to deliver with greater confidence and certainty. With over 2,000 people across the UK, Europe, North America, Asia and Australia, the firm combines global insight with local understanding. The firm works across energy and resources, financial services, government and public sector, consumer products and retail, pharmaceuticals and life sciences, manufacturing, and technology, media and telecoms, with capabilities spanning strategy, transformation and operational excellence – all powered by advanced technology, data, AI and digital innovation. Clients value Baringa’s collaborative approach and the way its teams integrate seamlessly – all working with a shared understanding of what matters most. The firm is known for its kind, curious experts who listen closely and care deeply about client success as they help clients transform energy markets, modernise financial platforms, expand telecoms and digital networks through advanced data analytics, enable digital services in government, and unlock growth in consumer sectors. Certified as a Great Place to Work around the world, Baringa has been recognised by the Financial Times in 22 categories of its UK Leading Management Consultants rankings, and by Forbes for four consecutive years as one of the World’s Best Management Consulting Firms.

About the role

Our Digital & Technology practice is looking for an experienced Senior Manager or Director to join the team. As part of our Digital & Technology (D&T) practice, you will lead complex commodity trading transformation programs, combining deep trading domain expertise with program leadership and technology delivery experience. Working across ETRM implementations, business process redesign, operating model transformation, and multi-vendor delivery environments, you will help clients translate strategic objectives into practical delivery plans and measurable outcomes. Partnering with trading, risk, finance, operations, technology, and executive stakeholders, you will guide programs from mobilization and delivery through business readiness, cutover, stabilization, and transition into operations, helping clients realize the full value of their technology investments.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex business and technology transformation programs for Commodities & Energy Trading clients, setting delivery strategy, governance, and accountability across multiple workstreams.
• Oversee the full program lifecycle, from business case development and mobilization through implementation, cutover, stabilization, and transition into business-as-usual operations.
• Establish and lead high-performing PMOs, ensuring robust planning, dependency management, financial oversight, risk management, executive reporting, and benefits realization.
• Partner with senior client stakeholders across commercial, trading, operations, risk, finance, and technology functions to translate strategic objectives into executable delivery plans.
• Provide delivery assurance and program recovery support, identifying risks, resolving issues, and driving successful outcomes in complex delivery environments.
• Manage multidisciplinary client, vendor, and system integrator teams while coaching and developing junior consultants.
• Support business development activities through client relationship management, proposal development, solution shaping, and thought leadership.

Your Skills And Experience

Our Senior Manager position typically requires a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience in consulting role (Director 10+ years), with demonstrated leadership of large-scale programs or transformation initiatives across the following key areas:

• Led large-scale transformation programs involving multiple workstreams, senior stakeholders, vendors, complex dependencies, and significant delivery accountability.
• Experience establishing and leading PMOs, including governance, integrated planning, financial management, executive reporting, and delivery assurance.
• Worked across Commodities & Energy Trading environments, with knowledge of trading, risk, operations, logistics, settlements, accounting, and the broader commodity trade lifecycle.
• Experience delivering or overseeing ETRM/CTRM implementations, trading platform transformations, or other complex technology-enabled change initiatives.
• Confidently engage executive stakeholders, influence decisions, manage competing priorities, and communicate complex delivery challenges clearly.
• Successfully led and developed consulting teams while fostering a collaborative, high-performance culture.
• Bring commercial acumen and experience supporting business development, client growth, and opportunity shaping.
• Experience with AI-enabled transformation, advanced analytics, program recovery, business readiness, organizational change, or multi-commodity trading environments would be advantageous.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance at no cost for employee-only coverage using comprehensive networks to offer coverage throughout the United States.
• Company-paid group term life, short-term disability, long-term disability, and travel insurance.
• Participation in the 401k retirement plan; Baringa contributes 3% of your annual base salary and matches up to an additional 2% if you contribute to the plan.
• Ability to set aside pre-tax dollars toward commuter benefits, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Account, and Dep-care FSA.
• Baringa People Fund – an opportunity for every employee to manage their wellbeing through an activity of their choice outside of work.
• Paid Parental leave of 16 weeks for primary caregivers.
• Opportunities to grow skills and knowledge through a range of learning courses and resources.
• Five weeks’ annual leave, with an additional two-week recharge after five years.