Programme Manager - Military veterans preferred

Description

Programme Manager

Are you ready for your next career challenge?

Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people and our community. Our mission and our values guide the way we do business. The foundations of our Leidos culture are our Values, Beliefs and Expectations by which we select, recognise and reward employees. They create the environment that drives us toward our mission.

Inspired to make a difference, we are committed to solving the world’s toughest problems. Passionate about customer success by being determined to understand and respond to our customers’ needs as if they were our own.

United as a team, we are bound together by our conviction that ethics and integrity is core to how we operate.

Leidos are on search of a Qualified and Experienced Programme Manager with Programme, Project and Technical Management experience of medium to large size and high complexity deliveries (£20m p/a), who has experience within the Civil Industry. In addition to support the development, transition & in-service running (inc. capability upgrades) of IT application and infrastructure solution providing support to a critical operational end user.

Being part of the Leidos team is a commitment to push yourself and those around you to do better, constantly adapt and learn new technologies. We’re a passionate team and are committed to developing and growing our staff.

As a Programme Manager in Leidos you will be working on one of our long-standing programmes within our customers business areas. You will be responsible for managing a group of interdependent, related ‘projects’ in a coordinated way to achieve cumulative beneficial change; providing control of projects within the programme, management of cross-project dependencies, risks, issues, requirements and solutions focused on success of an overall programme outcome.

Are you ready for your next challenge?

Candidates will need to have extensive experience showing individual contribution or leadership within the following Business Lifecycle phases:

• Business Development Activities/Customer Engagement to shape requirements and offers, including Client-side working.
• Develop and write innovative bids / proposals for new business which take into account a full assessment of the risks, opportunities and strategic growth priorities.
• Start-up experience – mobilisation of contracts within complex environments.
• Management and leadership of BAU contract phase, including developing and delivering On Contract Growth.
• Exit and contract close out.
• Project intervention, problem resolution and RTG planning for Red and at-risk projects within complex environments e.g. policing and Intelligence domains.
• Ensuring strategic Resource Management is managed with the customer.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Programme Manager for our 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 will have SC clearance or be willing to undergo the clearance process.

You will be self-motivated and be able to work autonomously and within a customer team to achieve day to day objectives with significant results on project/programme or operational deliverables, whilst also owning a variety of activities ensuring compliance with project milestones and customer KPI’s and SLAs.

You will need to be experienced in programme and project methods and tools, able to navigate delivery uncertainty, lead project managers to achieve specified outcomes, provide advice to decision makers and stakeholders whilst building and maintaining ongoing commitments with several different stakeholder groups.

Your Role and Responsibilities.

• Ensure that all projects are delivered on-time, within scope and within budget.
• Produce internal and external reporting on a weekly, monthly and quarterly basis.
• Coordinate internal resources and third parties/vendors for the flawless execution of projects and proposals.
• Contribute at weekly and quarterly customer briefings as a Leidos Representative
• Management of programme scope, requirements and acceptance criteria
• Lead the commercial programmatic decisions making process.
• Managing project scopes and objectives for proposals involving all relevant stakeholders.
• Ensure resource availability and allocation.
• Manage the relationship with the client and all stakeholders.
• Perform risk management to minimise project risks.
• Establish and maintain relationships with third parties/vendors.
• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation.

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

• Strong leadership with extensive experience in a management role, preferably in the area of Project and Programme Management, is essential.
• Proven track record in successfully delivering complex projects & programmes
• Experience in SAFe Agile and Waterfall models of delivery cycles.
• Good interpersonal skills and judgement for developing strong working relationships with Stakeholders in support of achieving objectives.
• Ability to engage and work within a multi-functional programme team with an awareness of engineering principles.
• Ability to develop and maintain fully resourced programme plans, work breakdown structures, financial budgets management, reporting, project team staff involvement and all other aspects necessary for the successful delivery of their Projects.
• Capable of preparing and maintaining an overall schedule for resource use in related projects, which avoids bottlenecks and conflicting demands, sequencing outcomes, to enable the efficient realisation of benefits.
• The ability to understand business drivers and manage projects to deliver the business need, flexing the project as appropriate.
• Proven experience of Core Programme Management skills eg Delivery Team Creation, Schedule creation, Risk Management and EVM.
• A strong understanding of business, finance and personnel management techniques and the commercial aspects of projects.
• The ability to communicate, negotiate and influence effectively with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and judgement required for dealing with both internal and external stakeholders to develop strong working relationships.
• Competently demonstrate knowledge of current and evolving Programme Management processes and methodologies is essential.
• Certification to APM, Prince 2 or Agile Prince 2

This role offers a hybrid work model where the successful candidate will split their working time between the customer site, a Leidos facility and their home.

Location: This role will have an element of working from home or Leidos Facility, with frequent travel to customer sites in the South of England.

Clearance Required: This role will require attainment and maintenance of SC clearance

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.

Come break things (in a good way). Then build them smarter.

We're the tech company everyone calls when things get weird. We don’t wear capes (they’re a safety hazard), but we do solve high-stakes problems with code, caffeine, and a healthy disregard for “how it’s always been done.”

Original Posting:

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.