Programme Manager – Fixed Term Contractor

Job Description

Job title: Programme Manager- 16 Month FTC

Location: Glascoed; We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: Circa £57,000 depending on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Leading a multifunctional team to deliver new capabilities to customer realising new product and manufacturing process technologies
• Establishing and maintaining strong customer and supplier relationships maintaining regular communications and managing expectations
• Being accountable for delivery of the projects, programmes, and results of the team
• Identifying and developing follow on business opportunities related to their products or processes
• Financially planning and achieving acceptable business financial objectives for orders, sales, gross margin, and cash
• Monitoring and reporting on project/programme performance for schedule, technical, financial, and quality objectives

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Ability to analyse information and apply engineering judgement to solve problems
• Experience in building customer relationships and achieving high levels of customer satisfaction
• Proven experience of delivering complex projects/programmes to schedule, quality and cost
• Formal training in Project Management (accredited by APM, PMI or PRINCE), with knowledge of scheduling and risk software tools

Desirable

• Experience of working in the defence, manufacturing or engineering related industry
• Experience of SAP ERP software

Benefits:

You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Programmes Team:

As a Programme Manager in the newly formed Future Programmes Team you will lead the development of new technologies that are critical to the growth and delivery of our business. Reporting into the Head of Technology and Head of Future Programmes, you will guide a multi-functional team and managing their resources and work packages.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals.

We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.

Closing Date: 19th September 2024

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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