Technical PMO Lead, Digital Engineering & Systems Integration

LHH; Reading; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

LHH is seeking a technically minded PMO professional to support digital engineering and systems integration across complex aerospace and defence programmes. You will work with engineering teams, architects and suppliers to coordinate projects connecting engineering platforms and enterprise systems.

This role requires strong PMO and technical project management experience, plus a practical understanding of interfaces and integration technologies.

Qualifications

• PMO, project coordination or technical project management experience
• Experience supporting complex IT or engineering IT projects with multiple systems
• Aerospace/defence experience, ideally supporting MOD/Defence Digital or UK aerospace programmes
• Strong planning, tracking and organisational skills
• Experience managing dependencies, risks, issues and action plans
• A good understanding of systems integration concepts and application interfaces
• Ability to work effectively with technical teams, architects, business stakeholders and suppliers
• Strong documentation, reporting and presentation skills
• Fluent professional English

Responsibilities

• Coordinate Digital Thread and systems integration initiatives across multiple applications, engineering domains and suppliers.
• Maintain project plans, milestones, dependencies, actions, risks and issues.
• Track activities and deliverables, identifying delays and escalating issues that could affect delivery.
• Organise project meetings, technical workshops and supplier discussions.
• Record decisions and follow up actions from architecture reviews, technical discussions and delivery meetings.
• Support the development and monitoring of integration roadmaps and implementation plans.
• Prepare project status reports, management presentations and steering committee materials.
• Maintain structured documentation covering interfaces, integrations, decisions and outstanding issues.
• Coordinate technical requirements between teams and applications.
• Monitor supplier activities, commitments and deliverables.
• Support governance across the engineering application and integration landscape.
• Help maintain and prioritise the Digital Thread delivery backlog.

Skills

PMO experience

Technical project management

Planning and tracking

Stakeholder management

Systems integration

Aerospace/defence experience

Communication

Documentation and reporting

Fluent English

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

LHH is seeking a technically minded PMO professional to support digital engineering and systems integration across complex aerospace and defence programmes. You will work with engineering teams, architects and suppliers to coordinate projects connecting engineering platforms and enterprise systems.

This role requires strong PMO and technical project management experience, plus a practical understanding of interfaces and integration technologies.