Pcmo Lead

Gkn Aerospace; East Cowes; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

GKN Aerospace is seeking a senior Program & Commercial Manager to lead PM&C functions across the Civil Aerostructures line. You will set standards, drive governance, and provide decision support to enable a mature PM&C organization.

You will coach global teams, deploy best practices, and partner with stakeholders to improve processes, tools, and training. The role focuses on delivering compliant, transparent reporting and valuable capabilities.

Qualifications

• Proficient in GKN Aerospace PM/Commercial processes and best practices.
• Able to coach, mentor, and train team members to build capability and confidence.
• Strong communication skills to convey complex information clearly and effectively.
• Proven experience influencing and collaborating across cross-functional teams.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, or related field, or 3–5 years of relevant experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide functional leadership to PM& C teams across the global Civil Aerostructures business.
• Define and deploy best practices to ensure consistency and excellence in PM&C activities.
• Drive adherence to standards and governance through robust processes.
• Offer support and coaching to PM&C staff to enable success.
• Support Talent Review to ensure right resources, skills, and capabilities.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to design tools and templates for PM&C processes.
• Identify training needs and deploy relevant courses globally.
• Maintain a centralized knowledge base for program management and compliance risk.

Skills

PM/Commercial processes

Coaching and mentoring

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Stakeholder influence

Education

Engineering/Business degree or 3–5 years experience

Tools

IPMA Level C

Job description

Fantastic challenges. Amazing opportunities.

GKN Aerospace is reimagining air travel: going further, faster and greener! Fuelled by great people whose expertise and creativity sets the standards in our industry, we’re inspired by the opportunities to innovate and break boundaries. We’re proud to play a part in protecting the world’s democracies. And we’re committed to putting sustainability at the centre of everything we do, opening up and protecting our planet. With over 16,000 employees across 32 manufacturing sites in 12 countries we serve over 90% of the world’s aircraft and engine manufacturers and achieved sales of £3.6bn in 2025. There are no limits to where you can take your career.

Job Summary

• Ensures that the areas of Program Management and Commercial Management across the Business Line operate in a compliant and best practice manner by:
• defining, developing, maintaining and driving adherence to standard, best practice methodologies, processes and tools
• ensuring adherence to corporate and regulatory governance
• ensuring consistent and transparent reporting across the Business Line program portfolio
• Provide decision support information and support the development of a mature Programme Management and Commercial (PMC) organization.

Job Responsibilities

• Provides functional leadership and guidance to Program Management & Commercial (PM&C) teams across the global Civil Aerostructures business by:
• Defining and deploying best practices to ensure consistency and excellence in PM&C activities.
• Driving adherence to standards and governance through the development and embedding of robust processes.
• Offering professional support, coaching, and functional guidance to PM&C staff worldwide to enable their success.
• Supporting the Talent Review process from a PM&C perspective to ensure the right resources, skills, and capabilities are in place to deliver functional and business strategies.
• Collaborating with stakeholders to design and implement effective tools and templates that enhance PM&C processes.
• Identifying training needs and overseeing deployment of relevant courses across the global Civil Aerostructures business.
• Maintaining accessibility to a centralized knowledge base for program management, commercial practices, and compliance risk management.

Job Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Proficient and experienced in GKN Aerospace program and commercial processes, standards, and best practices
• Ability to coach, mentor, and train team members to build capability and confidence
• Strong communication skills with the ability to convey complex information clearly and effectively
• Proven experience in influencing and fostering collaboration across cross-functional teams
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, or a related field, or 3–5 years of relevant experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Experienced in leading within a matrix organization, with a proven ability to motivate, develop, and empower teams
• Certified to IPMA Level C or equivalent
• Extensive experience in commercial roles, including contract management, proposal management, business modelling, and estimating
• Demonstrated success in managing significant programs or large teams at both tactical and strategic levels

We’ll offer you fantastic challenges and amazing opportunities. This is your chance to be part of an organisation that has proven itself to be at the cutting edge of our industry; and is committed to pushing the boundaries even further. And with some of the best training on offer in the industry, who knows how far you can go?

A Great Place to work needs a Great Way of Working

Everyone is welcome to apply to GKN. We believe that we can only achieve our ambitions through a coming together of diverse minds who enjoy collaborating in an inspirational environment. Through our commitment to diversity, inclusion and belonging and by living our five powerful principles we’ve created a culture where everyone feels welcome to contribute. It’s a culture that won us ‘The Best Workplace Culture Award’. By embracing and celebrating what makes us unique we encourage everyone to bring their full self to work.

We’re also committed to providing an accessible recruitment process, so if you require reasonable adjustments at any stage during our recruitment process please get in touch and let us know.

We are the place where human dreams, plus human endeavour, shape the future of aerospace innovation and technology.