BPA Program Manager
General Dynamics Information Technology
CloudPMP
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Lead the Engineering teams: lead the team to delivery, monitoring performance, facilitating growth and ensure the team to achieve the targeted objectives
- Delivery: ensure delivery performance (contract, deliverables, workloads), and quality (RFT, OQD, OTD & CSAT) of a portfolio of projects and bids
- Business Development: work with Business Development Director, Chief Engineers and Capability teams to identify opportunities and support proposals/bids
- Managing the team, partners, suppliers and clients: oversee contact between team members, project managers, clients, suppliers and partners; communicate project progress and engage and instruct team members
- Negotiating and managing contracts: support negotiating and managing contracts with clients and suppliers
- Project Planning: define technical objectives, delivery hours, cost and timelines; determine resources and milestones
- Manage Resources: monitor expenditures, allocate resources, ensure projects are adequately resourced and enable recruitment process
- Project Reporting: ensure Project Tracking processes and Project Finance Reviews are completed per company process
- Conducting risk assessments: conduct risk and complexity assessments and develop mitigation strategies
- Implementing technical regulatory standards: enforce technical standards to maintain quality and consistency
- Finding solutions for technical issues: lead in finding viable technical solutions
- Staff Development: assess and monitor staff performance and provide feedback to UK Capability Leads and People Services Manager
Requirements
- Engineering Degree/Diploma would be advantageous
- Beneficial: IPMA/Prince/APM/PMI qualification
- English essential
- Customer-focused with recognition of governance needs
- Ability to establish and meet deadlines, multi-task and prioritise
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong planning and delivery orientation
- Full business lifecycle management experience, including capture, qualification and developing capture plans and winning strategies
- Naval Architecture / Mechanical Engineering / Marine industry experience
- Experience within service and support for UK projects
- Experience of processes across the CADMID life cycle
- Proven and significant experience in an Operational, Functional or Programme leadership position
- Technical and commercial acumen
- Experience of performance management of people & teams
- KPI ownership & delivery
- Visa sponsorship: None (must have right to work)
