Subcontractor Programme Manager

GMV; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working model

Telework option 8 weeks/year

Career development

Health and life insurance

Job summary

GMV is growing, and we're looking for brilliant minds to grow with us. join our consolidated, highly skilled teams and play a key role in delivering pioneering projects across Space, Navigation, and Defence.

As part of our team, you'll deliver innovative projects from concept to completion, coordinating international programmes and working with senior leadership. The ideal candidate has experience in project support, PMO activities, and international multi-stakeholder environments; strong

Qualifications

• Professional experience in project support, project coordination, PMO activities, project administration, or project control.
• Experience supporting international and multi-stakeholder projects.
• Understanding of planning, reporting, risk follow-up and deliverables tracking.
• Experience in Systems/SW Engineering methodologies and standards.
• Strong management and leadership skills; fluent written and spoken English.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities with management, customers and partners.
• Experience in Space Ground Control or Navigation projects is a plus.
• Knowledge of additional languages and PMP/PRINCE2 is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and manage international programme throughout the entire project lifecycle.
• Support the definition of project structures, contractual frameworks, and strategic work plans.
• Monitor and control key programme metrics, including schedules, risks, deliverables, compliance, payments, and contractual commitments.
• Partner with engineering teams to translate technical requirements into project execution and support major technical reviews.
• Lead the organisation and participation of project reviews, progress meetings, audits, and technical workshops with customers, partners, and subcontractors.

Skills

PMO activities

International collaboration

Project coordination

Stakeholder management

English proficiency

Leadership

Communication

Tools

Document management

Configuration management

Job description

GMV is growing, and we're looking for brilliant minds to grow with us.

Join our consolidated, highly skilled teams and play a key role in delivering pioneering projects across Space, Navigation, and Defence.

Whether you're driven by innovation, collaboration, or the opportunity to work on cutting-edge technology, you'll find an exciting career path waiting for you at GMV.

WHAT CHALLENGE WILL YOU BE TAKING ON?

As part of our team, you'll play a key role in delivering innovative projects in the Space, Navigation, and Defence sectors.

Working closely with senior project leadership, you'll help drive programmes from concept to completion, ensuring successful delivery every step of the way.

• Coordinate and manage international programme throughout the entire project lifecycle.
• Support the definition of project structures, contractual frameworks, and strategic work plans.
• Monitor and control key programme metrics, including schedules, risks, deliverables, compliance, payments, and contractual commitments.
• Partner with engineering teams to ensure technical requirements are effectively translated into project execution and to support major technical reviews, from design through to validation.
• Lead the organisation and participation of project reviews, progress meetings, audits, and technical workshops with customers, partners, and subcontractors

WHAT DO WE NEED IN OUR TEAM?

The ideal candidate will have experience in the following areas:

• Professional experience in project support, project coordination, PMO activities, project administration, or project control.
• Experience supporting projects, ideally in international and multi-stakeholder environments.
• Good understanding of project management fundamentals, including planning, reporting, risk follow-up, deliverables tracking, and stakeholder coordination.
• Proven experience on project and/or technical management with experience in Systems/SW Engineering methodologies and standards.
• Strong management and leadership skills.
• Excellent written and spoken English.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to interact effectively with management, customers, consortium partners, and internal stakeholders.
• Experience on Space Ground Control or Navigation projects or similiar

You’ll stand out if you bring experience or expertise in any of the following areas:

• Experience in the space, defence, or other highly regulated engineering sectors.
• Experience in international projects.
• Experience with document management and/or configuration management support.
• Knowledge of additional languages such as Spanish, French, or German.
• Certification in project management methodologies such as PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent will be considered an asset.

This role will require frequent short travel, estimated in average one or two travels per month (1-3 days each). Depending on workplace this could raise to weekly travel (1-3 days each).

This role requires a UK national with security clearance (SC or above) or the ability to obtain security clearance. Only UK national candidates that can obtain UK security clearance (UK eyes only) can be considered for this role.

WHAT DO WE OFFER?

• Hybrid working model and 8 weeks per year of teleworking outside your usual geographical area.
• Personalized career plan development, training and language learning support.
• Competitive compensation with ongoing reviews, flexible compensation and discount on brands.
• Wellbeing program: Health, dental and LIFE insurance; free fruit and coffee, physical, mental and financial health training, and much more!

In our recruitment processes you will always have telephone and personal contact, face-to-face or online, with our talent acquisition team. In addition, bank transfers and bank cards will never be requested. If you are contacted through any other process, please write to our team at [e-mail]

We promote equal opportunities in recruitment, and we are committed to inclusion and diversity.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact Nina Miller, in charge of this vacancy.

Nina Miller