Location: Bangalore India.
At Rolls-Royce we are proud to be a business that has truly helped to shape the modern world and are committed to always being a force for progress; powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere.
By joining Rolls-Royce, you'll have the opportunity to work on world-class solutions, supported by a culture that believes individuality is our greatest strength, and all perspectives, experiences and backgrounds help us innovate and enable our high-performance culture.
The Programme Executive provides leadership for major or complex projects, programmes and portfolios, translating company strategy and approved business cases into controlled delivery. The role is accountable for outcomes across scope, time, cost, quality, benefits and risk and integrates major work packages across the full project and product lifecycle.
As part of the Portfolio Office deployable resource pool, the role is assigned where senior programme leadership is required and retains people leadership for the Programme Managers deployed within its scope. Business leaders set the priorities for the work; the Programme Executive provides professional direction, allocates resources, builds capability and secures the commitment, funding and capacity needed for delivery.
Defines the delivery strategy for the assigned scope — translating customer and business needs into clear outcomes, priorities and an executable plan across projects, programmes or portfolios.
Leads delivery across the full lifecycle — ensuring projects and programmes follow company processes and achieve agreed scope, time, cost, quality, benefits and risk outcomes.
Leads the assigned portfolio or programme — integrating projects, major work packages, dependencies and performance against agreed outcomes and measures.
Leads deployed programme-management resources — setting direction, allocating work, coaching delivery and building capability across the assigned projects, programmes or portfolio.
Owns stakeholder integration — aligning requirements, resolving competing priorities and maintaining commitment to programme outcomes.
Secures informed decisions and resources — providing accurate evidence to gain funding, capacity and senior commitment.
Deploys best practice across the assigned scope and its interfaces — improving governance, integration, learning and consistency of delivery.
Extensive experience leading projects, programmes or portfolios of increasing complexity across the full delivery lifecycle.
Strong capability across governance, integration, resources, risk, schedule, cost, quality, benefits and stakeholder management.
Experience leading programme-management professionals and delivering through cross-functional teams, different organisations or cultures.
Credibility with senior leaders, strong interpersonal judgement and the ability to set strategic direction and turn it into controlled delivery.
Proficiency in English is mandatory
Our vision is to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that shaped our history continues into our future. Our multi-year transformation programme aims to turn Rolls-Royce into a high-performing, competitive, resilient and growing company. Join us, and it can be your future vision too.
Rolls-Royce are committed to being a respectful, inclusive, and non-discriminatory workplace where individuality is valued, diverse perspectives fuel innovation, and everyone can thrive.
As part of our selection process, candidates in certain locations may be asked to complete an online assessment, which can include cognitive and behavioural aptitude testing relevant to the role. If required, full instructions for the next steps will be provided.
Project Management
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