The Role
As a Change Lead - PMO, you will have a role that is out of the ordinary and your primary focus will be on minimizing resistance, maximizing engagement, driving positive outcomes through effective change management strategies and capabilities, and skilful use of available and emerging change tools and methodologies. You will report to the Head of PMO and be responsible for the delivery of the overall Change Portfolio for UK Defence, in collaboration with Sector Leader Sponsors and the Head of PMO.
Day-to-day, you will:
1. Provide the leadership, and management of the UK Sector Change Portfolio, ensuring capacity is aligned to the strategic priorities.
2. Delivery of individual business cases, and the execution of projects and programmes to time, cost and quality.
3. Development and maintenance of positive engagement with key stakeholders at senior leadership level, and effective communication to the broader business teams.
4. Ensuring programme members operate in line with the Business Management System & functional competency management requirements; and have appropriate personal objectives recorded in the QinetiQ performance management system.
5. Resolving conflicts (including prioritisation calls) within the portfolio and collaborating across QinetiQ.
6. Leading the embedding of improvement in the QinetiQ project and programme management function, as agreed with Head of PMO and the Programme Excellence team.
This role is a full-time position based at one of our main sites, hybrid working with 2 days of travel to other sites per week.
Essential experience of the Change Lead - PMO:
7. Demonstrable capability to International Project Management Association Level A
8. Significant experience leading a business, projects, programmes, portfolios or P3 function; successful delivery of complex programmes
9. Experience leading transformation change programmes
Qualifications for the Change Lead - PMO:
10. MSP Practitioner qualification
11. MoP Practitioner qualification is desirable
Our Benefits
12. Adaptive and flexible working
13. Generous holiday allowance
14. Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance, and Dental Insurance
15. Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
16. Employee discount portal
17. Holiday Trading
18. Support for the Armed Forces community
19. Payroll Giving and Volunteering
Our volunteering programme enables our people to use their professional skills to make a positive difference in our local communities, for example STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) ambassador days in schools. We support a number of charities that are important to our people, including those which help the defence community.
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.
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.