Programme Manager – Aerospace Delivery Lead

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

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.