Programme Manager

SubSea Craft Limited; Portsmouth; On-site; GBP 51,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave 25 days

Wellbeing Day

Private Healthcare

Life Assurance

Critical Illness

Family Leave

Christmas Leave

Professional Development

Pension Scheme

Flexible Working

Inclusive Culture

Offsite Parking

Job summary

SubSea Craft Limited is a UK-based maritime technology company seeking a Programme Manager to lead integrated plans across internal teams and external partners for major contracts.

You will coordinate cross-functional delivery, manage risks, costs and schedule, and report to senior leadership, with opportunities to manage projects within the wider programme and contribute to international delivery excellence.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in programme or project management within a technical environment.
• Experience coordinating multi-disciplinary teams and delivering across multiple concurrent workstreams.
• Strong experience in programme planning, governance, reporting, and management of risk, issues and dependencies.
• Good commercial awareness, with experience supporting delivery against major customer contract commitments.
• Excellent stakeholder management with ability to work with customers, suppliers and internal teams across complex and international delivery environments.
• Experience producing and maintaining key programme artefacts, reports, plans and delivery controls.
• A recognised project or programme management qualification.
• Experience in defence, military, maritime, security or other highly regulated technical environments would be advantageous.
• High level of proficiency with project and programme management software packages.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and drive integrated programme plans covering key deliverables, dependencies and milestones.
• Coordinate cross-functional delivery activity across engineering, operations, supply chain, service, and other business functions, including external partners and international stakeholders where required.
• Support the successful delivery of major customer contracts through effective programme governance, reporting and stakeholder engagement.
• Identify, manage and elevate programme risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies in a timely and structured manner.
• Monitor programme performance against schedule, cost and delivery objectives, helping to drive corrective action where required.
• Run programme review meetings and maintain an effective reporting rhythm for internal, customer and partner stakeholders.
• Support commercial and operational decision-making through accurate planning, forecasting and progress visibility.
• Work with project teams and functional leads to ensure priorities, resources and actions are aligned to programme needs.
• Directly manage selected projects or workstreams within the wider programme where appropriate.

Skills

Programme management

Cross-functional coordination

Governance

Risk management

Commercial awareness

Stakeholder management

Programme artefacts

Security clearance

Project software

Education

PM qualification

Job description

• Salary: Up to £85,000 DOE
• Full Time
• Permanent

Who we are: SubSea Craft is a fast growing, privately-funded, UK-based innovative maritime technology company specialising in next-generation, high-performance watercraft and systems. We operate at the intersection of advanced engineering, cutting-edge design, and user-centric innovation, delivering safe, effective, and enabling solutions for both commercial and defence applications.

What We Offer

• Annual Leave – Entitlement to 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• Wellbeing Day - An additional Wellbeing Day each year to focus on personal health and wellbeing.
• Private Healthcare – Access to comprehensive private healthcare coverage to support your physical and mental wellbeing.
• Life Assurance and Critical Illness Cover – Comprehensive protection including Life Assurance (4x salary) and Critical Illness Cover for added financial security.
• Family Leave – Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• Christmas Leave – A Christmas shutdown is typically observed.
• Professional Development – Commitment to ongoing learning and career growth, supported by training programmes and access to LinkedIn Learning.
• Pension Contribution – pension scheme with the option to contribute via salary sacrifice
• Flexible Working – Opportunities for flexible working arrangements to promote work–life balance.
• Inclusive Culture – A professional environment that values diversity, innovation, and collaboration.
• Offsite Parking available.

The Programme Manager will be responsible for developing and maintaining clear, integrated programme plans and coordinating delivery across a complex set of internal teams and external stakeholders in support of major customer contracts. The role will play a key part in ensuring effective control of schedule, cost, risk, dependencies and reporting across multi-party and international delivery activity. Working closely with senior leadership, the Programme Manager will help bring structure and visibility to delivery and may also directly manage selected projects or workstreams within the wider programme.

Responsibilities Will Include

• Develop, maintain and drive integrated programme plans covering key deliverables, dependencies and milestones.
• Coordinate cross-functional delivery activity across engineering, operations, supply chain, service, and other business functions, including external partners and international stakeholders where required.
• Support the successful delivery of major customer contracts through effective programme governance, reporting and stakeholder engagement.
• Identify, manage and elevate programme risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies in a timely and structured manner.
• Monitor programme performance against schedule, cost and delivery objectives, helping to drive corrective action where required.
• Run programme review meetings and maintain an effective reporting rhythm for internal, customer and partner stakeholders.
• Support commercial and operational decision-making through accurate planning, forecasting and progress visibility.
• Work with project teams and functional leads to ensure priorities, resources and actions are aligned to programme needs.
• Directly manage selected projects or workstreams within the wider programme where appropriate.

Qualifications And Experience

• Significant experience in programme or project management within a technical environment.
• Experience of coordinating multi-disciplinary teams and managing delivery across multiple concurrent workstreams.
• Strong experience in programme planning, governance, reporting, and the management of risk, issues and dependencies.
• Good commercial awareness, with experience supporting delivery against major customer contract commitments, including cost and schedule requirements.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with customers, suppliers, partners and internal teams across complex and, ideally, international delivery environments.
• Experience producing and maintaining key programme artefacts, reports, plans and delivery controls.
• A recognised project or programme management qualification.
• Experience in defence, military, maritime, security or other highly regulated technical environments would be advantageous.
• High level of proficiency with project and programme management software packages.

Note: Due to the nature of work undertaken at SubSea Craft, the selected candidate must be capable of meeting the security requirements of the position, which would include as a minimum existing right to live and work in the UK, Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS), with UK National security clearance required for certain roles.*

Values

Our people are our greatest asset, we continually strive to provide an excellent working environment to enable our team to do their best work. We have an agile professional workforce: we are founded on the belief that our people are valued and our business is trusted, inclusive and commercially‑adept.

What We Expect From You

• Teamwork, mutual respect and collaboration
• Initiative and independent working
• Honesty and integrity
• Business and commercial awareness
• Agility, adaptability and continuous development

We are committed to building an inclusive, diverse workplace where everyone can thrive. If you require any support or adjustments to interact with us, please let us know.

• Please note that all offers of employment are conditional and subject to satisfactory DBS, driving licence and reference checks. A criminal record will not automatically disqualify candidates from employment. We will consider criminal record information alongside the wider range of evidence gathered at the application, interview, and pre‑employment checking stages.

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