Program Manager

Jobtailor; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in the United Kingdom is seeking a Programme Delivery Lead to drive end-to-end delivery across Defence and government projects, ensuring delivery within scope, budget, quality and timelines. You will coordinate multidisciplinary teams, manage governance, risk, and security assurance, and work with senior stakeholders to firm up delivery plans and transitions from incumbents.

This role requires SC clearance eligibility and strong stakeholder communication, planning, and commercial

Qualifications

• Experience delivering complex projects within defence, government, software, or similarly regulated environments.
• Proven end-to-end delivery leadership across multidisciplinary teams and multiple stakeholder groups.
• Strong planning, scheduling, financial management and resource coordination skills.
• Experience engaging confidently with senior stakeholders and external partners.
• Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery into the programme within scope, budget, quality and timelines.
• Coordinate requirements, delivery, stakeholder engagement and governance across service lines.
• Firm up delivery plans from the contracted proposal baseline, including transition from incumbents.
• Act as the primary delivery interface with prime contractor and partners with clear reporting.
• Plan and lead governance and security assurance processes with solution architects.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to align delivery with product roadmap and release planning.
• Manage delivery within a software product commercial model, including change and investment trade-offs.
• Identify and manage risks, issues and dependencies across service lines and the customer.
• Support bids and proposals with delivery expertise; represent the company at events.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of delivery practices and governance in EMEA Defence.

Skills

Project Delivery Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Risk Management

Financial Management

Project Planning

Governance Processes

Change Management

Delivery Expertise

Education

Eligibility for UK Security Check (SC) Clearance

Job description

• Lead 4C's end-to-end delivery into the programme, ensuring successful execution within agreed scope, budget, quality and timelines.
• Manage requirements, delivery, stakeholder engagement and governance support across multiple programme service lines, consolidating demand into a single prioritised delivery plan and product roadmap.
• Work with service leads and customer stakeholders to firm up delivery plans from the contracted proposal baseline, including transition from incumbent systems and processes.
• Act as 4C's primary delivery interface with the prime contractor, consortium partners and customer stakeholders, with clear reporting, communication and expectation management.
• Plan and lead the passage of deliverables through customer technical governance and security assurance processes (design authorities, approval boards, Secure by Design), in partnership with 4C solution architects.
• Coordinate 4C Engineering, Product, Consultancy and Support teams, aligning service-line requirements with the 4C product roadmap and release planning.
• Manage delivery within a software product (COTS licence and support) commercial model, exercising sound judgement over scope, change and product-investment trade-offs, and supporting forecasting, budget control and margin management.
• Ensure compliance with applicable security, accreditation, contractual and quality requirements throughout delivery.
• Identify, assess and proactively manage risks, issues and dependencies — including cross-service-line and customer-side dependencies.
• Support business development by contributing delivery expertise to bids, proposals and contract change.
• Represent 4C Strategies professionally with customers, partners and at relevant industry events.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of delivery practices, governance and methodologies across the EMEA Defence organisation.

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience delivering complex projects within defence, government, software, or similarly regulated environments.
• Proven experience leading end-to-end delivery across multidisciplinary teams — ideally serving multiple concurrent customer or stakeholder groups from a shared product or platform.
• Strong project planning, scheduling, financial management and resource coordination skills.
• Experience managing customer and partner relationships, and engaging confidently with senior stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of project governance, risk management, security/assurance processes and quality assurance.
• Commercial awareness — comfortable managing scope and change within contractual boundaries and recognising the commercial consequences of delivery decisions.
• Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining a structured and proactive approach.
• Eligibility to obtain and maintain UK Security Check (SC) clearance.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in leading complex project delivery within regulated environments, with a strong focus on stakeholder engagement, risk management, and compliance with security and quality standards. Proficient in project planning, financial management, and aligning multidisciplinary teams with strategic objectives.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Project Delivery Management
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Risk Management
• Financial Management
• UK Security Check (SC) Clearance

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Project Planning
• Scheduling
• Resource Coordination
• Quality Assurance
• Governance Processes
• Change Management
• Commercial Awareness
• Delivery Expertise

Soft Skills

• Excellent Communication Skills
• Proactive Approach
• Presentation Skills

Certifications & Qualifications

• Eligibility for UK Security Check (SC) Clearance

Industry Keywords

• Defence
• Government
• Regulated Environments
• COTS Software
• Delivery Practices
• EMEA Defence Organisation