Senior Programme Manager
// Role Summary
Join QinetiQ as a Senior Programme Manager in Farnborough, leading the development of advanced defence technologies and empowering the future of protection. This role offers the chance to work with cutting-edge innovation and brilliant minds.
// Key Responsibilities
- Lead and manage complex programmes with budgets between £10-100 million.
- Responsible for programme vision, objectives, and benefits delivery in a complex environment.
- Manage integrated planning, budget control, risk, and stakeholder engagement.
- Requires extensive experience in project teams and multidisciplinary environments.
- APM PMQ, ChPP, PMI PgMP, or equivalent certification is essential.
- Must be eligible for SC clearance.
// Role Specification
About the Role
As a Senior Programme Manager within QinetiQ's Science and Technology division, you will be instrumental in developing some of the company’s most exciting and advanced products. You will hold full responsibility and accountability for understanding and delivering the programme vision, objectives, and benefits within a complex operational environment. Your day-to-day activities will involve leading and motivating Project Managers within the programme, ensuring effective team collaboration, and being accountable for overall programme performance throughout its lifecycle to ensure successful delivery to our customers.
Key Responsibilities:
- Integrated Planning: Shape and structure the programme to achieve its vision by ensuring projects have appropriate Project Management Plans (PMPs) and secured resources for delivery within scope, quality, time, and budget.
- Budget & Cost Control: Collaborate closely with the Portfolio Office to establish programme controls and ensure accurate, timely performance information is available.
- Risk & Issue Management: Proactively identify and assess programme-level risks, plan and implement responses, and manage issues impacting the programme.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Foster a collaborative approach, engaging, influencing, and collaborating with all internal (Finance, Commercial, People, Enterprise Services, Portfolio Office, Technical & Supply Chain) and external stakeholders to ensure ongoing commitment.
- Requirements Management: Capture, assess, and justify stakeholder wants and needs to satisfy identified programme requirements and benefits.
Essential Experience:
- Extensive experience working within project teams and managing complex programmes.
- Demonstrable experience managing programmes valued between £10 – 100 million.
- Previous experience in complex, multidisciplinary environments.
- Detailed knowledge of lifecycles and recognised as an expert.
Essential Qualifications:
- APM PMQ, ChPP, PMI PgMP, or AIPM CPPD, Managing Successful Programmes (MSP) Foundation & Practitioner, or demonstrable progress towards an equivalent certification from an accredited body.
We value diversity and are open to various backgrounds and educational paths. If you can demonstrate the required experience and a willingness to learn, we encourage you to apply.
This role is based at our Farnborough site, requiring 37 hours per week with a minimum average of three days attendance on site. Travel to other QinetiQ and customer sites will be expected.
About Farnborough Site:
Our Farnborough site is a hub of creativity, research, and innovation, featuring state-of-the-art facilities including high-energy laser technologies and a unique 5m pressurised wind tunnel. Join our talented teams of Engineers, IT & Cyber Specialists, Project Managers, Group Functions Teams, and more as we deliver future defence solutions for the UK.
Why Join QinetiQ?
QinetiQ offers an exciting environment for growth in new markets worldwide. Our success is driven by innovation and the courage to tackle complex challenges. You'll experience a unique, collaborative, and inclusive working environment where diverse backgrounds and experiences are valued. We encourage open collaboration, blending disciplines, and linking technologies to solve complex problems, allowing you to be authentic, feel valued, and reach your full potential. Learn more about our culture at www.qinetiq.com/en/careers/life-at-qinetiq.
Benefits:
- Matched contribution pension scheme with life assurance.
- Generous holiday allowance with options to purchase additional days.
- Access to Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance, and Dental Insurance.
- Employee discount portal offering discounts on personal accident insurance, travel insurance, restaurants, cinema tickets, and more.
- Support for the Armed Forces community, honouring the Armed Forces Covenant and maintaining Gold Award status in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.
- Volunteering opportunities to support charities and the local community.
Recruitment Process:
We are committed to an inclusive recruitment process where everyone feels valued, heard, and supported. If you have a disability or health condition that may affect your performance in assessments, please speak to your Recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.
Many roles at QinetiQ are subject to national security vetting. Applicants holding appropriate vetting may be able to transfer it. Some roles may have additional restrictions based on nationality or previous nationalities. Please note that all applicants for this role must be eligible for SC clearance as a minimum.