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Location: Farnborough, Salisbury, Portsmouth, or Malvern with three days per week on-site
Role Type: 12 month fixed-term contract – Full Time
Role ID: 20077
12 Month Fixed Term Contract
Role Purpose
Responsible and accountable for providing strategic leadership for Project Management, setting the direction for people, process and tools. Ensuring strategic initiatives are prioritised and drive enterprise best practice to provide consistent and high-performance delivery. Strategic thinker who drives excellence across the project management community, enabling the company to meet its growth ambition.
Key Accountabilities
* Strategic Leadership – Lead the strategic development of Project Management, ensuring alignment with business objectives and long-term organisational priorities. Collaborating and influencing sector/function senior stakeholders to drive continuous improvement.
* Shape and contribute to the Integrated Business Plan for Project Management, partnering with senior stakeholders, demonstrating an understanding of the market, customers and competition to build a solid strategy for growth and professional development of long-term skills and capabilities for P3M professionals.
* Risk Management – Lead and own Performance Portfolio Office (PPO) risks, issues and changes. Implement responses to those risks and respond to issues that affect the PPO. Record and monitor throughout the project lifecycle as per the BMS. Ensure threats and opportunities are managed in accordance with best practice, using risk information to make informed decisions and escalating to senior leadership where appropriate.
* Set annual performance goals for P3M professionals to support consistent delivery.
* Ensure decisions are evidence-based and timely by embedding robust performance data, insights and review mechanisms, driving a strong, empowered, decision-making culture.
* Resource Capacity Planning/Capability Development – Act as the Functional Owner for Project Management recruitment, partnering with the sectors, functions and Workforce Planning to understand demand and ensure the right capability is deployed across the business. Create opportunities for mobility and drive competency in delivering projects and programmes.
* Drive a culture of high performance by ensuring early identification and escalation of performance delivery concerns and supporting timely interventions.
* Leadership – Build and champion a collaborative, engaged, and high performing project management community aligned to best practice.
* Lead regular communication and engagement across the community to ensure clarity, consistency, and strong alignment to strategic priorities.
* Promote an inclusive culture where individuals feel supported, motivated, and empowered to deliver successful outcomes.
* Advocate change leadership by encouraging new ways of working, challenging the status quo and modelling high standards of leadership, leading by example.
Experience / Qualifications & Key Capabilities/Knowledge
* ChPP or demonstrate working towards equivalent certification from accredited body.
* Recognised expert in job area typically obtained through advanced education and work experience. Called on by senior leaders for advice and guidance across the business.
* Applies in-depth knowledge and experience of project management and/or business management.
* Lead and implement project management strategy. Communicate to all relevant stakeholders and learn from lessons.
* Track record of developing and implementing new processes, standards and frameworks that drive delivery excellence and measurable performance improvement.
* Demonstrates capability in solving complex problems, assessing risks and making informed decisions in challenging environments.
* Has in-depth knowledge of lifecycles and recognised as an expert.
* Has typical +10 years experience of working within project teams and leading large teams within project management.
* Proven success in coaching, mentoring and capability, managing lower level professionals.
* Has extensive experience of using project management tools such as Microsoft Project, SAP, Oracle and Primervera.
* Very strong time management and organisational skills.
* Strategic thinker.
* Thrives in a collaborative, fast-paced and goal-driven environment.
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 experience 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
* 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
Please note that all applicants for this role must be eligible for SC clearance, as a minimum.
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