Programme Manager Verification and Validation

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Overview

Our client is embarking on a once-in-a-generation, national endeavour, programme to design and produce a replacement warhead for the UK's continuous at sea deterrent.

We are looking for a delivery focused and experienced Programme Manager to join the Replacement Warhead Programme. This is fantastic opportunity to work within a fast-growing team on a highly complex and unique programme of work.

The Delivery Lead - Programme Manager will have experience in taking complex systems engineering products through extensive development testing and qualification programmes. They will lead a multi-functional team to setup the delivery strategy and deliver through a complex set of test and trials projects.

Responsibilities

What will you be required to do?

• Deliver a programme of work with multiple major projects to time, cost and quality, compliant with AWE processes
• Lead one or more business functions by defining strategic goals and operational plans.
• Lead, coach and develop leaders and hold them to account and influence across and outside the company
• Manage across pillar programmes and or projects with focus on governance (compliance and reporting)
• Management of multiple resources across the pillar (people, money)
• Direct the planning of the project/programme or function
• Plan work across the pillar for as defined in the project/programme Work Authorisation Document (WAD)
• Direct and initiate change against the Performance Measurement Baseline (PMB)
• Direct, initiate and perform risk and opportunity identification and subsequent actions

Qualifications

Whilst not to be considered a check list, candidates should be able to demonstrate some of the following:

• Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
• Excellent communications skills - able to inspire, motivate and engage widely across the business
• Ability to develop solutions to complex problems that requires regular use of ingenuity and creativity
• Resolution focused with the ability to be flexible and creative in approach and able to work across functions to reach the conclusions, decisions and ways forward collaboratively
• Must have programme managed complex systems engineering through a qualification programme
• Understand design maturation and key performance measures and how to ensure handover from design to in service
• Vast experience in programme management of complex systems engineering projects and programmes
• Have a background in a highly regulated industry e.g., aerospace, defence, nuclear
• Experience of Leading and building multi-disciplinary teams to achieve complex outcomes
• Ability to influence and manage stakeholders

All candidates must be willing and able to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for the role.

Please note that you must be a British Citizen to apply for a role with us.