Technical Programme Manager - 12 Month Fixed Term Contract

About Us

We are champions of rail, inspired to build a greener, more sustainable future of travel. Trainline enables millions of travellers to find and book the best value tickets across carriers, fares, and journey options through our highly rated mobile app, website, and B2B partner channels. 

Great journeys start with Trainline 🚄 

Now Europe’s number 1 downloaded rail app, with over 125 million monthly visits and £5.9 billion in annual ticket sales, we collaborate with 270+ rail and coach companies in over 40 countries. We want to create a world where travel is as simple, seamless, eco-friendly and affordable as it should be. 

Today, we're a FTSE 250 company driven by our incredible team of over 1,000 Trainliners from 50+ nationalities, based across London, Paris, Barcelona, Milan, Edinburgh and Madrid. With our focus on growth in the UK and Europe, now is the perfect time to join us on this high-speed journey. 

About The Role

We’re looking for a Technical Programme Manager for a 12 Month Contract to lead some of Trainline’s most strategic and transformative projects that will shape the way we work, optimise our technology landscape, and deliver real impact for our people and customers.

This isn’t just a role about managing timelines and deliverables. You’ll be a connector, an enabler and a champion of innovation, driving forward high impact programmes. You’ll bring together stakeholders across finance, IT, security, data and product to deliver measurable improvements in cost efficiency, risk reduction and governance.

From day one, you’ll take ownership of complex, cross-functional programmes that influence the full business, translating technical detail into clear, compelling narratives that align senior leaders and teams around shared outcomes.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Own end to end delivery: Lead the full lifecycle of critical technical transformation programmes from early discovery and planning through to execution and evaluation.
• Drive collaboration: Work across departments to align product, engineering, data, finance and business stakeholders on priorities and outcomes.
• Deliver transformation: Execute initiatives in systems consolidation, tooling optimisation and data pipeline improvements to enhance efficiency and reduce operational complexity.
• Communicate with impact: Package complex technical information clearly for both technical and non-technical audiences, including the CFO, CTO and VPs.
• Think critically and act decisively: Evaluate tools, assess trade-offs and make evidence-based recommendations that balance innovation with stability.
• Lead with structure, stay flexible: Set clear goals, anticipate risks and adapt plans in a fast paced, evolving environment.

What We’re Looking For

• Proven experience as a Technical Programme or Project Manager in a tech led or digital environment.
• Strong track record delivering cross-functional transformation projects, ideally involving systems consolidation or technology optimisation.
• Excellent communication skills — a natural storyteller able to bridge technical and non-technical worlds with clarity and confidence.
• Demonstrated ability to influence and engage senior stakeholders, driving consensus across teams.
• Experience with Agile delivery and modern programme management practices.
• Understanding of software development workflows, data platforms and performance monitoring tools.
• Curiosity about AI and emerging technologies — excited by their potential to reshape workflows and drive efficiency.
• Analytical mindset with a focus on evidence-based decision making, efficiency and continuous improvement.
• Comfortable working independently and managing multiple priorities
• Demonstrated ability to influence and engage senior stakeholders, driving consensus across teams.
• Experience with Agile delivery and modern programme management practices.
• Understanding of software development workflows, data platforms and performance monitoring tools.

More Information:

Enjoy fantastic perks like private healthcare & dental insurance, a generous work from abroad policy, 2-for-1 share purchase plans, an EV Scheme to further reduce carbon emissions, extra festive time off, and excellent family-friendly benefits. 

We prioritise career growth with clear career paths, transparent pay bands, personal learning budgets, and regular learning days. Jump on board and supercharge your career from day one! 

Our values represent the things that matter most to us and what we live and breathe everyday, in everything we do: 

• 💭 Think Big - We're building the future of rail 
• ✔️ Own It - We focus on every customer, partner and journey 
• 🤝  Travel Together - We're one team 
• ♻️ Do Good - We make a positive impact 
• 💭 Think Big - We're building the future of rail 
• ✔️ Own It - We focus on every customer, partner and journey 
• 🤝  Travel Together - We're one team 
• ♻️ Do Good - We make a positive impact 

We know that having a diverse team makes us better and helps us succeed. And we mean all forms of diversity - gender, ethnicity, sexuality, disability, nationality and diversity of thought. That's why we're committed to creating inclusive places to work, where everyone belongs and differences are valued and celebrated.

Interested in finding out more about what it's like to work at Trainline? Why not check us out on LinkedIn, Instagram and Glassdoor!