Head of Business Management and PMO

Job Title: Head of Business Management and PMO

Location: Warton or Frimley ideally but options for other locations available as some business travel is necessary. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: £80,100 + depending on skills and experiences plus executive benefits

Come and join us on one of the biggest defence programmes in the world, where you'll have the opportunity to build the role from scratch, developing a roadmap and building a brand-new team.

What you'll be doing:

• Establishing the team including confirming the roles and numbers required to enable Business Management
• Working with value streams and other digital services central functions to understand resource and financial requirements
• Engaging with value streams to capture and baseline initiatives and delivery plans and implement appropriate systems and controls to monitor, manage, and communicate delivery against baselines
• Engaging with other Product Line leads and establish a regular cadence of interaction and ways of working that allow for sharing of understanding and plans, finances, resources, risks, and issues between the teams
• Implementing appropriate systems to control the flow of work ensuring that the right things are delivered in the right way
• Being able to demonstrate the value of the Business Management team to the wider FCAS business by delivering the capabilities required at the right time to enable the programme to be successful

  Your skills and experiences:

  • Programme and project management, specifically relating to technology delivery
  • Broad understanding of foundation digital technologies including applications and infrastructure
  • Experience in service management processes and delivery
  • Financial and resource management
  • Ability to communicate at all levels and build trusting relationships
  • Prince2 or similar programme management qualifications or demonstrable experience
  • SAFe or similar agile delivery qualifications or demonstrable experience

    Benefits:

    You'll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You'll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

    The team:

    The UK Combat Air Strategy, launched in 2018, set out a bold vision of future combat air capability for the UK, it is embodied by Tempest, an international future combat air system (FCAS) that will pioneer new technology, capable of staying ahead of evolving threats, enabled by decades of expertise in a world leading industry.

    To ensure that we can run an effective and efficient IT delivery organization, this role reports to the Director of Digital Services - FCAS and GCAP. It is responsible for managing the PMO and business operations, which includes organizing plans, finances, resources, risks, and issues, as well as vendor engagement and tasking activities. To enable the value streams to produce securely at size and pace, you will set up procedures, governance, and tools - you construct the machine to build the machine.

    Why BAE Systems?

    This is a place where you'll be able to make a real difference. You'll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you'll be empowered to fulfil your potential.

    We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals.

    We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

    Please be aware that many roles working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.

    Closing Date: 30th October 2024

    We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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