Senior Programme Manager – NPI & Cross-Functional Delivery

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated; St Asaph; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Teledyne Qioptiq is seeking a Programme Manager to 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.

Qualifications

• Essential 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.

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.

Skills

Programme management

Cross-functional leadership

Plan and schedule

Risk and issues management

Job description

Teledyne Qioptiq is seeking a Programme Manager to 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.