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The Opportunity

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  Flexible working: We offer our employees the time and flexibility they need to enjoy a balanced life through flexible hours and part time options
• Custom working: The role may be a mixture of home based and onsite
• Flexible benefits: Our company-funded approach to flexible benefits allows employees to make choices appropriate for them. Each employee has access to a wide choice of lifestyle, health and wellbeing options best suited to their individual lifestyle goals.
• Network groups : To demonstrate our ongoing commitment to diversity & inclusion we have network groups for

• Carers (employees who care for someone who is either older, disabled or seriously ill)
• Enable (supporting people with disabilities)
• Equalise (development of a gender balanced workforce)
• Pride (promoting equality for all LGBTQ+ individuals)
• We also work in partnership with AFBE (Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers).

• Training : Free access to Coursera which provides more than 4,000 online courses
• Continuous Learning : You will be supported in your ongoing professional development though training and mentoring
• Investors in People : We are proud recipients of the Investors in People Silver Award
• Employee Assistance Programme : Providing free and confidential mental health support
• Annual leave: We offer 25 days holiday, plus 8 bank holidays and 8 flexi days

What you will do

• Routine governance and reporting of the Delivery Portfolios.
• Drives the proactive review of all Delivery portfolios on an on-going basis, driving quality and accuracy from the delivery teams.
• Sets the framework for risk, issue and dependency management across the portfolio, ensuring that the IT Leadership Team (ITLT) are sighted on key points for escalation in a timely fashion.
• Ensures and assures the production of cross-functional accurate, transparent, and quality management information, which can be utilised for key decision making by the ITLT and the UK Management Committee.
• Coordinates delivery of resource planning and strategic capacity planning.
• Supports Supplier Management, focussed on effective project delivery.
• Provides accurate reporting of delivery performance, savings and KPIs.
• Oversees, mentors and professionally develops all assigned PMO and Programme Support staff.
• Leads development of PMO tooling and best practice.
• Deputise for the Head of IT Business Management when required.

What we are looking for

• Proven experience in programme management, preferably within IT and the Aerospace/Defence sector.
• Strong knowledge of project management methodologies, tools, and best practices.
• Experience in driving continuous improvement and leading change initiatives.
• Demonstrated leadership skills and the ability to collaborate effectively in a cross-functional team environment.
• APMP or PRINCE 2 certification is desirable
• Well organised, with a focus on consistently delivering on commitments and the ability to work under tight timeframes and multi-task effectively.
• Ability to lead and motivate small teams to deliver sustained high performance.
• Skilled at communicating with clarity and credibility to diverse set of audiences
• A high level of competency in MS Office Applications and ideally JIRA.
• Ability to produce high quality presentation materials and committee papers.