Programme Manager (Contractor)
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Job Location:
Caerphilly County Borough - UK
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
07-11-2025
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
As a Programme Manager your work tasks will include:
- Managing and delivering multiple projects within the organisation including competitive and non-competitive bids
- Ensuring timely provision of project deliverables performance metrics and progress reports
- Maintaining programme budgetary control and effective risk management
- Leading cross-functional engineering teams and collaborating with customer colleagues
- Planning and executing various projects using both Waterfall and Agile methodologies
- Working closely with customers partners and suppliers in the defence industry
- Delivering projects within allocated time budget and quality requirements
- Managing a portfolio of low to medium complexity projects
- Driving successful delivery of complex engineering projects within the Tactical Communications domain
- Navigating both traditional (Waterfall) and Agile (SAFe) delivery environments
- Proactively managing risks subcontractors and finances
Qualifications :
To be successful in the role you must have:
- Proven experience managing complex multidisciplinary projects within the defence or communications sectors.
- Strong understanding of project governance planning and control techniques.
- Familiarity with tactical communication systems design development deployment and operation.
- Experience with change management and programme-level frameworks such as MSP and P3M.
- Comfortable working across both Agile and traditional delivery environments.
- Demonstrable experience in leading projects of medium to high complexity.
- Degree-qualified in a relevant discipline (e.g. Engineering Business IT) or equivalent experience.
- Professional certification (e.g. PRINCE2 PMP APM PMQ SAFe Agilist) is advantageous.
Additional Information :
General Dynamics Mission Systems utilises QDOS IR35 Status Review. The requirements of this contract have been evaluated as Outside IR35 Prior to the engagement start you will need to complete a status questionnaire in order to receive the finalised status determination.
All successful/appointed applicants must be able to obtain a level of UK Security clearance that is appropriate for the role and undertake suitable Right to work checks.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Contract
Key Skills
- Project Management Methodology
- Project / Program Management
- Program Management
- Management Experience
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Project Management
- Microsoft Project
- Budgeting
- DoD Experience
- Leadership Experience
- Supervising Experience
- Contracts
About Company
Groundwater Modelling Decision Support Initiative (GMDSI) is industry-funded and industry-aligned. Established in mid-2019, it aims to improve the contribution that groundwater modelling can make to groundwater management, regulation and decision making.
