Hybrid Programme Manager – Defence & Tactical Comms

General Dynamics Uk; Oakdale; Hybrid; GBP 62,000 - 78,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible benefits

Nine-day fortnight

Career development plan

Hybrid work

Job summary

General Dynamics Mission Systems UK is expanding its Programme Management capability and seeks experienced Programme Managers to lead a portfolio of defence engineering projects from bid through delivery. You will coordinate multi-disciplinary teams, customers, partners and suppliers to ensure on-time, on-budget outcomes in a highly regulated environment.

This role offers hybrid working with around two on-site days per week, with opportunities to shape future programmes and develop leadership

Qualifications

• Experience managing complex multidisciplinary projects within defence, communications, engineering or similarly regulated environments.
• Strong governance, planning and control experience.
• Demonstrable experience leading projects of medium to high complexity.
• Experience managing budgets, risks, schedules, resources, suppliers and project performance.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and build strong relationships with technical specialists, customers and senior stakeholders.
• Experience working across both Agile and traditional Waterfall delivery environments.
• Understanding of change management and programme-level frameworks such as MSP and P3M.
• Ideally, experience or knowledge of Tactical Communications systems, including their design, development, integration, deployment or operation.
• A degree in a relevant discipline such as Engineering, Business or IT, or equivalent professional experience.
• Professional project/programme management accreditation such as APM PMQ, PRINCE2, PMP or SAFe Agilist would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Leading a portfolio of low to medium complexity projects, with opportunities to take on increasingly complex programmes as our business grows.
• Managing projects across the full lifecycle, from bid and initial planning through development, integration, delivery and close-out.
• Driving the successful delivery of complex engineering projects within the Tactical Communications domain.
• Leading and coordinating multidisciplinary engineering and cross-functional teams to achieve programme objectives.
• Building effective working relationships with customers, partners, subcontractors and suppliers across the defence industry.
• Ensuring projects are delivered to agreed time, cost, quality and performance requirements.
• Maintaining strong programme governance, including planning, financial control, risk and opportunity management, reporting and performance metrics.
• Proactively identifying and managing programme risks, dependencies and delivery challenges.
• Managing project budgets and maintaining effective financial and commercial control.
• Overseeing subcontractor and supplier performance as part of the wider delivery programme.
• Contributing to competitive and non-competitive bids, helping to shape deliverable, commercially robust solutions for future customer requirements.
• Planning and delivering projects in both traditional Waterfall and Agile/SAFe environments.
• Providing clear programme reporting and communicating progress, priorities and challenges to key stakeholders.

Skills

Governance

Planning & Control

Stakeholder leadership

Agile & Waterfall

MSP & P3M knowledge

Budget & risk management

Cross-functional leadership

Tactical Communications familiarity

Education

Degree in Engineering/Business/IT or equivalent

APM/PRINCE2/PMP/SAFe accreditation

Job description

General Dynamics Mission Systems UK is expanding its Programme Management capability and seeks experienced Programme Managers to lead a portfolio of defence engineering projects from bid through delivery. You will coordinate multi-disciplinary teams, customers, partners and suppliers to ensure on-time, on-budget outcomes in a highly regulated environment.

This role offers hybrid working with around two on-site days per week, with opportunities to shape future programmes and develop leadership