Senior Programme Manager (Defence Wide Radar Programme - DWRP)
// Role Summary
Lead the development and delivery of a strategically vital defence programme focused on UK's Defence Wide Radar Proposition (DWRP) in a Senior Programme Manager role at QinetiQ.
// Key Responsibilities
- Manage a complex, multi-disciplinary defence programme supporting UK's DWRP.
- Develop and implement programme governance, controls, and reporting structures.
- Lead an integrated programme office coordinating UK and international stakeholders.
- Build and maintain relationships with senior MOD, military, government, and industry leaders.
- Manage programme scope, schedule, budget, risks, and dependencies.
- Requires eligibility for SC clearance as a minimum.
// Role Specification
About the Role
QinetiQ is seeking a Senior Programme Manager to join the Maritime division. This role is instrumental in creating the future of defence technology, empowering and protecting lives through ground-breaking innovations.
The Position
The Senior Programme Manager will be responsible for establishing, developing, and delivering a strategically important defence programme supporting the UK's Defence Wide Radar Proposition (DWRP). You will provide leadership across programme development, governance, stakeholder engagement, and delivery execution, ensuring the seamless integration of technical, operational, commercial, and business case activities across multiple work packages.
Day-to-day, you will collaborate closely with UK MOD stakeholders, Australian partners, and industry participants to deliver the concept and assessment phase. This involves generating the evidence, analysis, and programme structure necessary to inform future investment decisions in advanced radar capability.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the mobilisation and delivery of a complex, multi-disciplinary programme, initially encompassing modelling and simulation, operational demonstration, industrial strategy, economic appraisal, and programme office activities.
- Develop and implement the programme governance framework, controls, reporting structures, and delivery strategy.
- Establish and lead an integrated programme office to coordinate activities across UK and international stakeholders.
- Manage programme scope, schedule, budget, risks, issues, and dependencies across all workstreams.
- Lead the development of the programmatic solution, operating model, and delivery organisation required to support current and future phases of the DWRP.
- Build and maintain effective relationships with senior MOD, military, government, and industry stakeholders.
Essential Experience:
- Demonstrable experience managing large, complex defence, government, or national infrastructure programmes.
- Track record of establishing programme governance, controls, and delivery organisations.
- Experience leading multi-disciplinary teams across technical and business domains.
Desirable Qualifications:
- Professional programme management qualifications (MSP, APM, PRINCE2, or equivalent).
We value diversity and are open to candidates with varied backgrounds and educational paths, provided you possess the required experience and a willingness to learn.
Location and Working Hours:
This role is based in Portsmouth (PTP) and involves 37 hours per week, with an average of 3 days onsite attendance.
About Portsmouth Technology Park (PTP):
Portsmouth Technology Park (PTP) is a key QinetiQ facility dedicated to advanced technology development and engineering services. It focuses on research and development, ensuring the design, integration, and effective testing of complex systems to meet operational requirements, utilising sophisticated modelling and simulation techniques.