Hybrid Zephyr Programme PMO Planner

Aalto; Farnborough; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Pension plan

Income protection

Life assurance

Employee assistance programme

Perkbox discounts

25 days holiday

Job summary

AALTO, based in Farnborough, seeks a PMO Senior Manager/Programme Manager to support governance, planning, reporting, risk and issue management, and controls for the Zephyr Programme. You will coordinate across PMO, Engineering, Operations, Finance and Commercial to maintain schedules, KPI dashboards and governance packs.

The role requires strong organisation, analytical capability and attention to detail in a fast‑paced programme environment. Hybrid pattern with occasional travel is expected.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent in Engineering, Business, Project Management or a related discipline.
• Experience in aerospace, aviation or defence, preferably in PMO, programme controls, project controls, scheduling or project coordination.
• Working knowledge of planning, scheduling, milestone tracking, dependency management, risk and issue management, action tracking and change control.
• Strong analytical, organisational and communication skills, with the ability to manage priorities, present data clearly and follow up across cross‑functional teams.
• High attention to detail, problem‑solving capability and ability to maintain accurate records under pressure.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel and strong Microsoft Office skills, particularly PowerPoint.
• Formal qualification in Project Management, Programme Management, Risk Management, Scheduling or PMO discipline, such as APM, PRINCE2, MSP, PMI or equivalent.
• Experience with Power BI, SharePoint, Microsoft Project, Planisware, Planview, ERP systems and programme reporting tools.

Responsibilities

• Support day‑to‑day coordination and control of the Zephyr Programme.
• Coordinate programme inputs from workstream leads, project managers and functional stakeholders.
• Support schedule maintenance, milestone tracking, dependency management and baseline updates.
• Prepare governance inputs, reports, dashboards and review materials for programme and executive forums.
• Maintain action, decision, issue, dependency, change, risk and opportunity records through to closure.
• Coordinate programme meetings, including agendas, minutes, actions, decisions and follow‑up.
• Monitor progress and highlight variances, blockers, overdue actions and delivery risks.
• Support risk and opportunity management, including register updates, mitigation tracking and escalation inputs.
• Maintain PMO documentation, templates, audit trails and controlled programme records.
• Support PMO process improvements, reporting consistency, digitalisation and lessons learned.

Skills

Analytical skills

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Education

Degree or equivalent in Engineering/Business/PM

Tools

Power BI

SharePoint

Microsoft Project

Planisware

Planview

Job description

AALTO, based in Farnborough, seeks a PMO Senior Manager/Programme Manager to support governance, planning, reporting, risk and issue management, and controls for the Zephyr Programme. You will coordinate across PMO, Engineering, Operations, Finance and Commercial to maintain schedules, KPI dashboards and governance packs.

The role requires strong organisation, analytical capability and attention to detail in a fast‑paced programme environment. Hybrid pattern with occasional travel is expected.