Senior Recovery Programme Lead (SC Cleared)

Sanderson Government & Defence; United States; Hybrid; USD 195,000 - 219,000; Full time

Job summary

Sanderson Government & Defence in Reading requires a Senior Programme Lead (Recovery) to own and drive the recovery of a large, complex programme. This hands-on role demands diagnosing causes, resetting baselines, and personally delivering recovery actions to get the project back on track.

The successful candidate will have UK SC clearance, extensive programme leadership experience, and a track record of recovering challenging programmes within defence or related sectors.

Qualifications

• Hands-on lead for recovering large, complex programmes.
• Ability to diagnose root causes and define recovery actions.
• Experience re-baselining plans, milestones, dependencies and resources.
• Active UK SC clearance is essential; sole UK national requirement.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of the recovery of a large, complex programme.
• Diagnose issues, reset governance and drive actions to completion.
• Engage senior stakeholders and manage delivery teams.
• Provide evidence of personally recovered programmes with measurable outcomes.

Skills

Programme leadership

Recovery of large programmes

Stakeholder management

Hands-on delivery

Security clearance (SC)

UK Defence experience

Job description

Sanderson Government & Defence in Reading requires a Senior Programme Lead (Recovery) to own and drive the recovery of a large, complex programme. This hands-on role demands diagnosing causes, resetting baselines, and personally delivering recovery actions to get the project back on track.

The successful candidate will have UK SC clearance, extensive programme leadership experience, and a track record of recovering challenging programmes within defence or related sectors.