Senior Programme Manager

Senior Programme Manager

Location : East England (Commutable from Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Suffolk and surrounding areas)

Duration : 6 Months (Potential to extend / Permanent)

Ideally SC cleared / Eligible for SC clearance

Ideal candidate must have demonstrable track record of managing and delivering large-scale, complex programmes valued at £100m+ .

Strong focus on product development and delivery (not purely services or consultancy), with hands-on experience in taking technical solutions through the full product lifecycle (from requirements and design, through production and qualification, to in-service support).

Purpose of the position

This Project Management role is accountable and responsible for the day-to-day management and delivery of several technical development and / or production projects ensuring the timely delivery of equipment versions / variants to agreed programme timescales.

Working within an applied matrix organisation – in particular working in collaboration with the engineering, procurement, supply-chain and production departments – the role will foster and encourage the culture and operational effectiveness of Integrated Project Teams (IPTs).

As a member of the Bids and Programmes job family, you will be expected to support an integrated Life Cycle Management Processes (LCM) and Business Management System (BMS) and bring your experience and knowledge to support the wider team.

Key Responsibilities :

• As Project(s) IPT lead, accountable for all project requirements (e.g. technical, commercial, project management, delivery etc., both internal & external), ensuring they are clearly understood from the outset and documented in the appropriate Project Documentation set.
• Accountable for the engineering development phases of the project(s), including appropriate Phase Reviews, Design Reviews and Gate Reviews, ensuring :
• the Customer Requirements are interpreted and confirmed “Compliant”, or addressed when “Partially Compliant” or “non-Compliant”,
• all consequential requirements (e.g. standards) be fully assessed,
• design solutions meet the Business Line’s “Design for Procurement” and “Design for Production / Manufacture” requirements,
• Design Gate Reviews of SRR, SDR, PDR, CDR and any B-Model FQT trials are fully completed.
• Lead the Project(s) assigned IPT(s) for the designated / assigned Projects; working with the lead Programme Manager / Director and colleagues to form the Organisational Breakdown Structure and the associated Responsibility Matrix and ensuring this is reflective within the PMP.
• Manage and resolve matters relating to costs, work schedules, commercial, technical and production issues.
• Working with the assigned Procurement & Supply Chain colleagues, manage subcontracts, and subcontract relationships, as required, ensuring delivery is in line with project(s) and overall programme needs.
• Ownership of the Project(s) budget, leading and approving allocation to the appropriate Work Package and associated WBS items. Ensuring BAC, BAC(changes), EAC and ETCs are reviewed and reported accurately with any cost variance clearly understood; ensuring parametric and trend analysis results are fully utilised with little to no ‘opinion based’ reporting. Generation of monthly SPI, CPI, whole EVM and CPA data as required from the integrated project schedules.
• Management of all other project financial targets in support of Revenue, Cash and Margin.
• Proactively and effectively manage all associated bid, project and programme risks - with clear definition of risk description, cause, consequence (cost and schedule impacts) and mitigation plans; collaborating with assigned Project IPT colleagues – in particular assigned Project Controller(s), and Project Planner(s).
• Accountable for the Project Change Management regime (including maintenance of the Project Performance Measurement Baseline). Leading the Project IPT leadership in monitoring of ‘Change’ in time, cost, quality [technical and contractual changes], ensuring a concise historical and future-state of ‘Project Change’ is fully documented to enable the incorporation of all authorised changes.
• Deputise for lead Programme Manager / Director for the Programme as required for events, absence periods (e.g., vacation) and other tasks and activities as drawn up by the lead Programme Manager / Director.
• Undertake additional activities as required by line management, the Business Line Director and the Central Operations Leadership Team.
• Support the adherence of the Lifecycle Management (LCM) Processes. Preparing and managing the tailored processes through governance sign-off".
• Support the co-ordination of resource requirements - ensuring data inputs are submitted to the IBP team for the bids and projects within the programme; presenting IBP foresight for upcoming activities.
• Support and manage effective 'Lessons Learned' (LFE - Learning From Experience) activities.

Capability

Behavioural and Technical Competencies :