Warhead Portfolio Lead - Delivery, Strategy & Growth

AWE plc; Reading; On-site; GBP 58,000 - 71,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market-leading pension scheme

9-day fortnight

270 hours annual leave

Life Assurance (4 x annual salary)

Employee assistance programme

Job summary

AWE plc in Reading seeks a WUT Portfolio Lead to steer a portfolio of warhead programmes and projects, ensuring governance, prioritisation and sufficient resourcing to deliver capability benefits. You will lead cross-functional teams, collaborate with senior stakeholders, and apply robust P3M approaches while driving delivery excellence and enabling technical innovation.

The role requires security clearance readiness and offers a starting package with a 9-day fortnight and 270 hours of annual

Qualifications

• Experience in Project, Programme or Portfolio delivery.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams, including coaching, developing and motivating others.

Responsibilities

• Lead portfolio governance, planning and scheduling.
• Manage risk, opportunities and benefits across the portfolio.
• Oversee budgets, dependencies and resources; provide insight for decisions.

Skills

Portfolio management

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Governance

Budget management

Risk management

Change management

Communication

APM/MoR/MoP

Education

GCSE English & Maths

P3M qualification

Professional accreditation (APM/MoP/MoR)

Job description

AWE plc in Reading seeks a WUT Portfolio Lead to steer a portfolio of warhead programmes and projects, ensuring governance, prioritisation and sufficient resourcing to deliver capability benefits. You will lead cross-functional teams, collaborate with senior stakeholders, and apply robust P3M approaches while driving delivery excellence and enabling technical innovation.

The role requires security clearance readiness and offers a starting package with a 9-day fortnight and 270 hours of annual