Principal Programme Manager

Job Title: Principal Programme Manager

Location: Paris (Hybrid)

Salary: €109,000 – €130,000

Team: Programme Management

Reporting To: Customer Success Director

This role is based in Paris, France and requires an existing right to work in France. At this time, we are not able to offer visa sponsorship for this role. We are committed to building a diverse, global team and our sponsorship policy is evaluated on a role-by-role basis. We encourage you to keep an eye on our careers site to stay informed about future opportunities where we are able to offer visa sponsorship.

Kaluza is the Energy Intelligence Platform, turning energy complexity into seamless coordination. We help energy companies overcome today’s challenges while accelerating the shift to a clean, electrified future.

Our platform orchestrates millions of real-time decisions across homes, devices, markets and grids. By combining predictive algorithms with human-centred design, Kaluza makes clean energy dependable, affordable and adaptive to everyday life.

With teams across Europe, North America, Asia and Australia, and a joint venture with Mitsubishi Corporation in Japan, we power leading companies including OVO, AGL and ENGIE, as well as innovators like Volvo and Volkswagen.

What will I be doing?

As Principal Programme Manager, you will hold single-point accountability for the Kaluza–ENGIE implementation across France. Reporting to the Client Delivery Director, this role demands a seasoned practitioner who balances strategic leadership with a passion for execution detail. You will leverage a world-class toolkit and structured governance to keep our largest, cross-functional workstreams moving flawlessly forward.

Your core responsibilities will include:

• End-to-End Delivery Ownership: Drive execution across all eight implementation tracks of the Kaluza-ENGIE France program, backed by formal decision rights.
• Critical Path Governance: Enforce rigorous weekly steering, actively managing variance, tracking multi-country milestones, and executing rapid escalation paths for time-critical blockers.
• Data-Driven Transparency: Establish high-fidelity program reporting grounded in velocity and FTE data to replace optimism bias with realistic, predictable planning.
• RAIDD & Dependency Management: Own the comprehensive RAIDD log, identifying and mitigating cross-stream and Global Core technical dependencies before they impact delivery-critical dates.
• Scope & Change Control: Formally manage scope change requests to prevent creep and protect the integrity of core contractual agreements.
• High-Stakes Stakeholder Alignment: Formulate and sign off on a joint delivery responsibility matrix while serving as the primary delivery counterpart to ENGIE’s senior leadership.

About You

Ideally you’ll have/be:

• A proven track record as the single accountable delivery lead on large-scale, complex enterprise SaaS or software implementations – ideally within energy retail, utilities, or comparably regulated sectors.
• Elite governance and controls capability, showing mastery over critical path analysis, risk management framework deployment, and complex stakeholder steering committees.
• Exceptional relationship-building skills with a reputation for establishing high levels of client trust through credibility, data, and candor.
• Expert command of planning and collaboration ecosystems like MSP, Jira, and Confluence to drive standardization across cross-functional engineering and product tracks.
• Strong cross-cultural awareness and geographic flexibility to handle frequent travel across London, Paris, and Brussels.

What will set you apart:

• Deep familiarity with core European energy retail business processes (billing engines, market messaging, CRM dynamics, or massive legacy customer migrations).

Kaluza Values

Here at Kaluza we have five core values that guide us as a business:

Play to win, Solve the real problem, Build trust every day, Own the outcome, Go further together.

We want the best people

We’re keen to meet people from all walks of life — our view is that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We want to build teams which represent a variety of experiences, perspectives and skills, and we recognise talent on the basis of merit and potential.

We understand some people may not apply for jobs unless they tick every box. But if you’re excited about joining us and think you have some of what we’re looking for, even if you’re not 100% sure, we’d still love to hear from you.

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