Programme Manager

Teledyne LeCroy Korea; St Asaph; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Teledyne Qioptiq is seeking a Programme Manager to drive complex defence/aerospace programmes. You will lead cross-functional teams across optical, mechanical, electronics, and suppliers, ensuring design, development, qualification and production readiness stay on track.

You will own budgets, schedules and performance against contracts while maintaining strong customer and stakeholder relationships. The role emphasises structured planning, risk management and clear communication with senior

Qualifications

• Experience leading projects or programmes involving complex products, technology, engineering or manufacturing.
• Ability to bring together cross-functional contributors and maintain momentum toward outcomes.
• Proven planning, schedule management, cost control, risk/issue management, and change control.

Responsibilities

• Lead programmes across the NPI lifecycle from bid through to transition to production.
• Create and maintain integrated plans, milestones, budgets, forecasts and resources.
• Coordinate cross-disciplinary teams including optical, mechanical, electronics, and manufacturing.
• Identify risks and develop mitigation, recovery and contingency plans.
• Manage customer and internal stakeholder interfaces and contract obligations.
• Support bid planning, estimating, and handover into delivery.
• Oversee programme budget controls and progress against objectives.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of programme management methods.

Skills

Programme management

Cross-functional leadership

Planning & scheduling

Risk & issue management

Stakeholder management

Budget control

Communication skills

Tools

MRP/ERP systems

Excel

Job description

Job Description

Company Overview Teledyne Qioptiq designs and manufactures high-performance electro-optic products for demanding defence, aerospace and commercial applications across land, air, sea and space environments.

Role Overview

We are looking for a Programme Manager who can bring structure, pace, and sound judgement to technically complex programmes. You will operate at the centre of a cross-functional team, connecting customer needs, technical delivery, commercial commitments, operations and supply chain performance. You will own programme outcomes, build trusted relationships, and create the conditions for multi-disciplinary teams to deliver safely, predictably, and profitably

Key Responsibilities

Lead programmes across our New Product Introduction (NPI) lifecycle, from bid and requirements definition through design, development, qualification, production readiness, and transition to full-rate production. Create and maintain integrated plans, milestones, budgets, forecasts and resource assumptions, using evidence to drive priorities and decisions. Coordinate multi-disciplinary teams spanning optical, mechanical, electronics, systems, test, manufacturing engineering, quality, procurement, operations, finance and commercial functions. Identify and manage risks, issues, opportunities and changes, developing practical mitigation, recovery and contingency plans. Manage customer and internal stakeholder interfaces, maintaining alignment on requirements, deliverables, contractual obligations and expectations. Support business winning activity, including bid planning, estimating, proposal development, review and handover into delivery. Manage commercial and financial performance, including budget control, cost impacts, change requests and progress against business objectives. Support a controlled transition into manufacture and business-as-usual operations, ensuring programme outputs are ready for repeatable delivery. Contribute to continuous improvement of programme management methods, tools, standards and team capability

Personal Specification

We value relevant capability and evidence of delivery. Your experience may have been built through programme / project management, engineering, operations, or another customer-facing technical environment.

Essential experience and capability

Experience leading projects or programmes involving complex products, technology, engineering or manufacturing. Ability to bring together cross-functional contributors, establish clear ownership and maintain momentum against agreed outcomes. Practical competence in planning, schedule management, cost control, risk and issue management, change control and status reporting. Confidence working with customers and senior stakeholders, including communicating difficult messages clearly and constructively. Commercial awareness and an understanding of how scope, schedule, cost, risk, quality and contractual commitments interact. An organised, proactive and diligent approach, with the judgement to work through ambiguity and competing priorities. Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to tailor detail to technical, operational and executive audiences

Desirable experience

Experience in defence, aerospace, photonics, electro-optics, precision manufacturing, or another highly regulated sector. Experience of New Product Introduction, product development, technology development, or transfer into manufacture. Experience supporting tenders, bids, estimates, customer change requests or contract delivery. Working knowledge of production planning, MRP/ERP, procurement, inventory, operations, and supply chain management. Experience managing domestic and export customers or working across international teams and supply chains. A recognised project or programme management qualification, such as APM or PRINCE2, or equivalent demonstrable practice. A technical, engineering, science, business or project management qualification. Equivalent relevant experience will also be considered

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