Programme Manager

at  Systems Engineering and Assessment Ltd

THE SKILLS YOU NEED

• Experience of managing firm price £1M+ complex systems contracts and programmes
• Expert in risk and opportunity management
• An excellent communicator and able to demonstrate both effective change and conflict management with highly developed influencing skills
• Proven in-depth knowledge and experience of all phases of a project from inception, planning and organisation, monitoring and control, closure in the military environment
• Deep knowledge of the full range of project management competencies including financial and earned value management, risk and opportunity management and supplier and subcontractor project management
• Extensive Knowledge and experience of different commercial arrangements including fixed price design and manufacture, availability-based service provision, build-to-print, time and materials contracts, etc.
• Hands-on experience of working with project management tools, such as Microsoft Project, risk registers, etc. including the ability to use advanced features when necessary
• Formal qualifications with the APM (to PMQ), professional registration or actively working towards similar level qualifications.

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING

• Manage bids, programmes, projects, tasks and work packages taking responsibility for the outcomes, budget, quality and timescales.
• Act as the customer, subcontractor and internal point of contact
• Provide effective and wide-ranging leadership in the project and beyond, engender team spirit, develop teams and focus effort on delivery on common goals
• Leverage a deep understanding of SEA’s business and technology to add value in how projects are delivered through effective planning, risk and opportunity management and issue handling.
• Operate in line with SEA’s business management system and actively champion the improvement of working processes in line with industry best practice and cutting-edge developments.
• Drive continual improvement within projects and work packages, gathering lessons and reducing waste.
• Commit to personal continued professional and competence development
• Travel may be required to other SEA sites as well as customer and supplier premises both in the UK and abroad