Job Title: Programme/Portfolio Manager

Location: Farnborough

Role Type: Permanent/Full Time

Role ID: 18837

Are you ready to be part of the future? At QinetiQ, we’re not just imagining tomorrow we are creating it. From cutting-edge defence technology to ground-breaking innovations our mission is to empower and protect lives. Join us as a Programme/Portfolio Manager at our Farnborough site, where you will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology in partnership with some of the most brilliant minds.

The Role:

We are seeking an experienced Programme/Portfolio Manager to lead several large, complex cross-disciplined technical projects with a significant element of software development. You will need to draw on a solid track record of liaising with Customers to define/refine contract scope and lead dispersed technical teams to deliver products that meet or exceed stakeholder expectations. In addition, excellent customer liaison skills are essential to build positive relationships and secure additional work and follow on orders.

The successful candidate will have a proven track record of leading multiple teams of specialist engineers to deliver high quality or safety critical software into a regulated environment. You will have demonstrated the ability to navigate complex issues, working with stakeholders to drive for the best outcome in a collaborative and constructive manner. The role requires regular travel to client sites.

Tasks include:

• Developing and maintaining positive engagement with Programme Customers, partners and Suppliers
• Define and execute a single large complex project or portfolio of smaller projects to within a governance framework. This includes working to project baselines and managing change through governance.
• Resolving conflicts (including prioritisation calls) within a large project or programme and collaborating across QinetiQ to find the optimum business outcome.
• Lead and manage technical specialists and software project teams to deliver on project goals.
• Develop detailed, costed project plans and update reporting systems to ensure adherence to project objectives.
• Maintain project forecasts for sales and delivery which reflects expectations of project stakeholders.
• Liaising with functions and departments across QinetiQ to secure project resource in the context of optimising overall company success.
• Maintain forecasts for sales and delivery including preparing reports, presentations, and KPIs for management as needed.
• Coordinate with stakeholders across QinetiQ and its Subsidiaries to promote project buy-in, communicating project purpose for transparency and alignment.
• Establishing clear guidelines and governance processes.
• Identifying risks and opportunities, assessing impact, and developing mitigation/securing strategies

The Candidate:

The candidate must be able to demonstrate the following capabilities and qualities:

• Leadership: Influencing and aligning others towards the vision for the project, empowering & inspiring people to achieve success in difficult or uncertain environment.
• Drive: Positive can-do attitude with the ability to self-motivate and push through obstacles and make setbacks temporary.
• Integrity: being open, honest and doing the right thing. Keeping promises, admitting when I don’t have the answer and when I have made a mistake.
• Effective Communication: using a range of techniques, to ensure the received meaning matches the transmitted meaning in both directions with diverse stakeholders.
• Stakeholder Management: being able to identify, plan and implement actions to positively engage parties with an interest in, or influence over, the project result.
• Teamwork: being able to create an environment where a group of people with diverse personalities, skills, experiences and perspectives are empowered to collaborate towards a common goal.
• Business Development: being able to identify, develop and deliver solutions to our customers’ problems within a commercial framework to maximise benefit to both our customers and QinetiQ.
• Negotiation & Conflict Management: being able to identify and address differences of objective, attitude or perception in order to produce an agreed outcome for all parties..
• Problem Solving: being able to apply strong analytical and conceptual skills to identify possible courses of action and determine the best option.
• Resilience and Tenacity: Ability to prioritise tasks to meet strict deadlines, deal with setbacks and respond positively when things do not go according to plan.

Experience:

Essential:

• Experience leading programmes or complex projects to several different customers
• Delivering projects within a UK Government contract framework
• Managing formal governance reviews and presenting to Executive stakeholders
• Calculating and reporting project KPI’s including Earned Value Management / EVM
• Commercial Customer/ Stakeholder Management
• Subcontractor/Supplier Management
• Proven experience of managing multi-faceted Software / Integration projects
• Formal Risk Management Process
• Waterfall and Agile technical delivery

Desired:

• Experience of project management within the defence and security domains
• Experience working in a large organisation operating a matrix organisation
• Digital modelling, Simulation or Decision Support products
• Scaled Agile for Enterprise experience

Why Join QinetiQ?

As we continue to grow into new markets around the world, there’s never been a more exciting time to join QinetiQ. The formula for success is our appetite for innovation and having the courage to take on a wide variety of complex challenges.

As a QinetiQ employee, you’ll experience a unique working environment where teams from different backgrounds, disciplines and experiences enjoy collaborating widely and openly as we undertake this exciting and rewarding journey. Through effective teamwork, and pulling together, you’ll get to experience what happens when we all share different perspectives, blend disciplines, and link technologies; constantly discovering new ways of solving complex problems in a diverse and inclusive environment where you can be authentic, feel valued and realise your full potential. Visit our website to read more about our diverse and inclusive workplace culture. www.qinetiq.com/en/careers/life-at-qinetiq

Our Benefits:

• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Competitive holiday allowance, with the option to purchase additional days
• Options to join Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance and Dental Insurance
• Employee discount portal: Personal Accident Insurance, Travel Insurance, Restaurants, Cinema Tickets and much more
• We are proud to support the Armed Forces community by honouring the Armed Forces Covenant and maintaining our Gold Award standard in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme
• Volunteering Opportunities - helping charities and local community

Our Recruitment Process:

We want to make sure that our recruitment process is as inclusive as possible and we aspire to bring out the best in our candidates by creating an environment where everyone feels valued, heard and supported. If you have a disability or health condition that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your Recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Many roles in QinetiQ are subject to national security vetting being completed, applicants who already hold the appropriate level of vetting may be able to transfer it upon appointment. A number of roles are also subject to additional restrictions, which means factors such as nationality or previous nationalities may affect the roles that you can be employed in.

Please note that all applicants for this role must be eligible for SC clearance, as a minimum.

UKSV National Security Vetting Solution: guidance for applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)