Sub-Contracts Programme Manager

at  Leidos

WHO DO WE NEED?

We are looking for someone with excellent organisation, communication and leadership skills who has:

• Proven track record in successfully delivering projects or task work packages.
• Able to demonstrate experience (minimum 3 years) in Project Management.
• Good interpersonal skills and judgement for dealing with both internal and external stakeholders to develop strong working relations to support achieving objectives.
• Ability to engage and work within a multi-functional programme team comprising both customer, supplier and internal staff with an awareness of engineering principles.
• Able to demonstrate a sound understanding of business, finance and personnel management techniques and the commercial aspects of projects.
• The ability to communicate, negotiate and influence effectively.
• Enthusiastic self-starter with good verbal communication
• Excellent written communication through the use of e-mail, presentations and reports
• Working understanding of Agile delivery and ideally Scaled Agile delivery
• Working understanding of Secure by design principles.

WHAT WE DO FOR YOU:

At Leidos we are PASSIONATE about customer success, UNITED as a team and INSPIRED to make a difference. We offer meaningful and engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance.

We provide an employment package that attracts, develops and retains only the best in talent. Our reward scheme includes:

• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• 33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)
• Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme)
• Dynamic Working

Commitment to Diversity:
We welcome applications from every part of the community and are committed to a truly diverse and inclusive culture. We foster a sense of belonging, welcoming all perspectives and contributions, and providing equal access to opportunities and resources for everyone. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please let us know, and we will respond in a way that best fits your needs.
Who We Are:
Leidos UK & EUROPE – we work to make the world safer, healthier, and more efficient through technology, engineering and science.
Leidos is a growing company delivering innovative technology and solutions focused on safeguarding critical capabilities and transformation in frontline services, our work in the United Kingdom includes addressing some of the most complex problems in defence, healthcare, government, safety and security, and transportation.
What Makes Us Different:
Purpose: you can use your passion and abilities at Leidos to keep the people you care about safe. We are at the forefront of machine learning, AI, cyber security and solutions. Using your skills in the technology frontline by helping to build a safer world. You can inspire change.
Collaboration: having flexibility to do your job is one of our core benefits, enabling you to become part of our extraordinary team. We have been empowering our people to work flexibly for years. Whether you work from home, the office or on customer sites, we will give you the digital tools and the flexibility to work smarter and align your needs and ours.
People: Leidos empowers people from every background to be themselves and gives you the tools to learn new skills by enabling growth whilst developing. We believe that extraordinary people need opportunities to grow, to be inspired and to inspire others. At Leidos, we invest in technical academies, career rotations and a career development plans that enhance your future.

As a result of some exciting programme wins, we currently have a permanent vacancy for a Sub-Contract Programme Manager to work alongside the Senior Programme Manager for our Government client. Supporting a multi-functional team and to manage the scheduling of project delivery, change and new business. This position is a full time, permanent role and applicants must have SC clearance or be willing to undergo the clearance process.

Under the direction of the programme manager, the subcontract manager will work directly with the subcontractors to achieve excellence in program execution and ensure that the subcontractors:

• Meet or exceed customer expectations
• Comply with the negotiated terms and conditions of the contract
• Satisfy the programme’s technical requirements
• Meet all quality requirements
• Meet all programme related financial objectives
• Meet the agreed upon schedule

Your passions and experience will help you become a technical specialist and process owner with our Operations Support services including service improvement and add further value to our service offerings. You will be self-motivated and be able to work autonomously to achieve day to day objectives with significant results on project or operational deliverables. You must be an effective communicator, comfortable directly engaging with customers and colleagues.

Under the direction of the program manager, the subcontract program manager has the following responsibilities:

• Personnel
• Verify subcontractor and supplier capacity and capabilities
• Communications
• Develop and implement the subcontractor and supplier communication plan
• Disclose subcontractor and vendor issues to the program manager and subcontract administrator
• Report status to the program manager
• Educate subcontractor on contract and best practices to ensure program objectives are achieved
• Technical, cost, schedule and contract baselines
• Establish and manage the cost, schedule, technical baselines, quality, and performance of subcontractors and suppliers
• Review performance and identify variances and impacts to overall program performance
• Support verification of subcontractor performance
• Contract
• Make recommendations to the program manager on subcontractor-requested contract changes
• Coordinate with the subcontracts administrator on subcontract changes
• Assist the subcontract administrator with subcontract contract change requests
• Risk management
• Ensure risks and mitigations are identified and assessed
• Review subcontractor obligations against contract requirements to identify potential performance gaps between organizations