Head of Global Project Delivery

Icomat; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Stock options

Career growth opportunities

Innovation-focused culture

Global impact

Job summary

iCOMAT in Gloucester seeks a Head of Project Management to own and build the delivery function for customer production programmes. You will manage end-to-end delivery from contract award through industrialisation to full-rate production, chair programme reviews and coordinate multi-site operations as the company scales.

You will lead a team of PMs, shape governance, and drive planning, risk, and supply chain management, while maintaining senior stakeholder credibility and ensuring on-time,

Qualifications

• Hands-on project management of manufacturing programmes is essential.
• Aerospace, automotive or space experience with 8+ years in PM and 3+ years leading a team.
• Track record of running multiple complex programmes simultaneously.
• Experience building or improving a PM function: process, governance, tooling and reporting.
• Practical hands-on technical PM skills valued as highly as formal qualifications.
• Office 365 skills, particularly Project, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Strong commercial awareness across contracts, change control, cost and margin.
• Supply chain and BOM management experience.
• Attention to detail and credibility with senior stakeholders.
• Proactive and resilient mindset with a can-do attitude.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of customer production programmes, managing schedule, budget and deliverables.
• Design and stand up the project management function, governance, templates and reporting cadence.
• Build and maintain integrated programme plans with real critical paths and dependencies; manage risks and issues.
• Own bills of materials and coordinate with Purchasing and Supply Chain to secure long-lead items.
• Drive cross-functional leadership across Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality and Supply Chain.
• Act as primary delivery contact for customers on progress, risk, change and recovery; support costed, deliverable proposals.

Skills

Hands-on PM leadership

Aerospace/Space experience

Multi-programme management

PM function development

Office 365 (Project/Excel/PowerPoint)

Commercial acumen (contracts/change/cs

Supply chain & BOM management

Education

Engineering qualifications

Tools

Microsoft Project

Job description

iCOMAT in Gloucester seeks a Head of Project Management to own and build the delivery function for customer production programmes. You will manage end-to-end delivery from contract award through industrialisation to full-rate production, chair programme reviews and coordinate multi-site operations as the company scales.

You will lead a team of PMs, shape governance, and drive planning, risk, and supply chain management, while maintaining senior stakeholder credibility and ensuring on-time,