Programme Manager

Safran; Slough; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Early finish on Fridays

Competitive salary & pay review

22.5 days' holiday + bank holidays

Pension

Income Protection

Life Assurance 8 x Salary

Health Cash Plan

Job summary

Safran in Slough is seeking an experienced Programme Manager to lead the successful delivery of assigned programmes across the full product lifecycle. You will oversee cross-functional teams to meet objectives, timelines, and scope while driving performance and customer satisfaction.

The role requires strong leadership, governance, and collaboration with internal and external partners to ensure on-time delivery and value creation within a high-technology aerospace environment.

Qualifications

• Experience managing programmes or projects in a commercial, engineering, manufacturing, or technology environment.
• Strong proficiency in project management tools such as Microsoft Project, JIRA, or Asana.
• Excellent analytical and business analysis skills, with the ability to translate data into actionable plans and recommendations.
• Experience creating KPIs, dashboards, and management reports using Power BI, Excel, or similar tools.
• Strong financial and commercial awareness, including business cases, forecasting, and profitability analysis.
• Ability to analyse operational, supply chain, and financial performance data to support decision-making.
• Skilled in presenting complex information clearly to senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage programmes/projects throughout the lifecycle, ensuring successful delivery against agreed objectives, timescales, and business goals.
• Identify, assess, monitor, and mitigate programme risks, implementing corrective actions to ensure successful outcomes.
• Review and validate sales proposals, technical estimates, and business cases, ensuring commercial viability and appropriate governance approvals.
• Manage programme financial performance, including sales, revenue, profitability, cost control, forecasting, and recovery planning where required.
• Develop, maintain, and communicate integrated programme plans with clear milestones, deliverables, resources, and stakeholder alignment.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams and external partners, ensuring effective collaboration, resource allocation, and issue resolution.
• Chair programme review meetings, monitor progress, track actions, manage change requests, and provide regular status updates to customers and senior leadership.
• Support contract management and business growth activities by ensuring robust contractual agreements are in place and contributing to new business opportunities

Skills

Project management tools

Analytical thinking

KPIs & dashboards

Financial awareness

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Microsoft Project

JIRA

Asana

Power BI

Excel

Job description

Programme Manager

Slough

Safran - Here, we craft excellence together.

At Safran, excellence is a journey - and we'd love you to be a part of it. As a trusted global leader in aerospace, defence, and space, we are proud to be a company where diversity, innovation, and opportunity come together to shape a sustainable future where we can all succeed together through a shared vision

Looking after the people who make Safran great is our priority. We offer a range of flexible benefits designed to support you-both in and out of work, including:

• Early finish on Fridays
• Competitive salary and pay review
• 22.5 days' holiday + bank holidays
• Pension
• Income Protection
• Life Assurance 8 x Salary
• Health Cash Plan

Your Role

We are seeking an experienced Programme Manager to lead the successful delivery of assigned programmes and product families throughout the full product lifecycle. You will be responsible for achieving key business objectives, coordinating cross-functional activities, and leading multidisciplinary teams to drive collaboration, performance, and customer satisfaction. The role requires strong leadership, stakeholder management, and the ability to foster a collaborative team culture while ensuring programmes are delivered on time, within scope, and to target outcomes.

Safran is an international high-technology group operating in the fields of aerospace (propulsion, equipment and interiors), space and defense. Its mission is to contribute sustainably to a safer world, where air transport becomes ever more environmentally friendly, comfortable and accessible. Present on every continent, the Group employs 110,000 people and generated €31.3 billion in revenue in 2025. Safran holds, either independently or through partnerships, leading global or European positions in its markets.

Safran was ranked second in the Aerospace & Defense sector in TIME magazine's "World's Best Companies 2025" ranking.

As the world leader in aeronautical electrical systems, Safran Electrical & Power is a key player in the electrification of aircraft equipment and electric and hybrid propulsion. With expertise across the onboard energy chain, the company designs and delivers innovative, optimized and modular architectures and solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage programmes/projects throughout the lifecycle, ensuring successful delivery against agreed objectives, timescales, and business goals.
• Identify, assess, monitor, and mitigate programme risks, implementing corrective actions to ensure successful outcomes.
• Review and validate sales proposals, technical estimates, and business cases, ensuring commercial viability and appropriate governance approvals.
• Manage programme financial performance, including sales, revenue, profitability, cost control, forecasting, and recovery planning where required.
• Develop, maintain, and communicate integrated programme plans with clear milestones, deliverables, resources, and stakeholder alignment.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams and external partners, ensuring effective collaboration, resource allocation, and issue resolution.
• Chair programme review meetings, monitor progress, track actions, manage change requests, and provide regular status updates to customers and senior leadership.
• Support contract management and business growth activities by ensuring robust contractual agreements are in place and contributing to new business opportunities

What You'll Bring

• Experience managing programmes or projects in a commercial, engineering, manufacturing, or technology environment.
• Strong proficiency in project management tools such as Microsoft Project, JIRA, or Asana.
• Excellent analytical and business analysis skills, with the ability to translate data into actionable plans and recommendations.
• Experience creating KPIs, dashboards, and management reports using Power BI, Excel, or similar tools.
• Strong financial and commercial awareness, including business cases, forecasting, and profitability analysis.
• Ability to analyse operational, supply chain, and financial performance data to support decision-making.
• Skilled in presenting complex information clearly to senior stakeholders.

Get involved:

We have a number of groups and forums across our sites that you can get involved with, including Women at Safran, Diversity at Safran, Sports Clubs, STEM ambassadors, Employee Forum, Charity Partnerships and Wellbeing Programs.