Programme Manager (6 Month Contract)

Ricardo; Royal Leamington Spa; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A global engineering consultancy in Leamington Spa is seeking a Programme Manager to lead complex projects for diverse global Customers. The role requires strong automotive project delivery experience, excellent stakeholder management, and offers a flexible work environment. The ideal candidate has an engineering degree and is adept in MS Office. This role balances on-site presence with the option for hybrid work arrangements.

Benefits

Flexible work arrangements

Support for physical and mental health

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Qualifications

• Experience in motorsport drive train project delivery is preferred.
• Aptitude for logical, methodical problem-solving using techniques such as 8D.
• Ability to demonstrate continuous learning throughout their career.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects with multi-million-pound revenue and multi-year life cycles.
• Establish strong and effective Customer relationships.
• Report commercial, financial, and project health to management.

Skills

Automotive project delivery experience

Excellent stakeholder management

Good working knowledge of MS Office

Methodical problem-solving

Education

Engineering degree or equivalent experience

Tools

MS Project

Job description

Overview

Role: Programme Manager (6 Months Contract)

Location: Leamington Spa (On Site)

Salary:£45,000 - £55,000 per annum plus benefits

Our vision is to create a safe and sustainable world

As a Programme Manager at Ricardo, you will be responsible for successfully leading a number of complex, fast paced projects simultaneously on behalf of diverse global Customers.

Key Responsibilities

• To support or lead projects, with multi-million-pound revenue and multi-year life cycles.
• Be the Customer interface for the project, establishing strong and effective Customer relationships.
• Leading project reviews, creation and management of timing plans, minutes, and budget ownership.
• Providing Customer support through the program lifecycle including aftersales.
• Managing and monitoring project scope and leading customer negotiations on change.
• Reporting commercial / financial / project health to senior members of the management team.
• Ensuring projects are delivered in line with project management policies and procedures.

Required Technical Skills and Knowledge

• Automotive project delivery experience, preferably within motorsport drive train project delivery.
• Engineering degree or equivalent experience.
• Excellent stakeholder management & communication.
• Good working knowledge of MS Office, including MS Project.
• Aptitude for logical, methodical problem-solving using techniques such as 8D etc.

Desirable

• APM member, ideally at full level or similar.
• Able to demonstrate continuous learning throughout their career.
• Good working knowledge of MRP/ERP Systems.

Additional/special features of the role

• To be based from the Leamington Spa office with occasional travel throughout the EU.

Working here

You will be warmly welcomed into our workplace where every voice matters. We are diverse thinkers and doers, coming together to create a culture of inclusion.

Work life balance

We offer flexible approaches to work, whether that is working from home, being in the office, or as a hybrid worker. Wellbeing is at the core to our culture, allowing employees to flourish and to achieve their full potential.

Benefits

We want you to know how much you are valued. Your remuneration and benefits package will reflect that. You will receive a range of benefits which include support for your physical and mental health.

Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion statement

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person's potential, and we'll help you reach yours. We have an ambitious diversity, equality, and inclusion approach. We value diversity; recognising that a more diverse workforce creates a richer and more varied working environment.

We are a recognised as a 'disability confident' employer.