Senior Programme Manager

Job Description Summary
We are recruiting for a dynamic and experienced Senior Program Manager to join our Civil Platforms Portfolio team. Reporting to the Civil Portfolio Lead, you will be responsible for driving customer satisfaction and achieving business objectives across the full product lifecycle, from concept initiation (TG01) to product retirement (TG12). In this key leadership role, you will act as the primary point of contact for a strategic customer, fostering trust and collaboration to build a strong and lasting relationship.

You will lead a cross functional team to deliver all contracted program milestones, championing robust project governance practices while identifying opportunities to enhance the business case and drive profitability.

This role is based at our Cheltenham facility where we specialise in manufacturing advanced aircraft power distribution and avionics systems. It supports design, development, manufacturing, and aftermarket services for leading aerospace manufacturers in civilian and military sectors.

Job Description
The Senior Program Manager will lead the program throughout the product lifecycle, ensuring successful execution of all contractual requirements and delivering on business and customer expectations. This role is accountable for program performance, including contract deliverables, financial objectives, and customer satisfaction. The Senior Program Manager will act as the primary interface between the customer and internal business teams, fostering strong relationships and driving program success.

Key Responsibilities

• Program Leadership: Lead the cross-functional team to execute all contractual requirements, ensuring compliance and successful delivery of program objectives. Manage critical paths, realign priorities, and balance stakeholder requirements to achieve program goals.
• Customer Relationship Management: Build and maintain long-term relationships with the customer, understanding their business structure, key stakeholders, decision-makers, and strategy. Act as the voice of the customer within the program, ensuring their needs are integrated into program activities.
• Communication and Stakeholder Engagement: Drive effective and efficient communication across internal and external stakeholders, including GE sites and senior executives. Confidently present program updates in technical and business forums and manage challenging conversations when required.
• Risk and Opportunity Management: Lead the team to identify, assess, and respond to risks and opportunities throughout the lifecycle. Develop and execute strategies to enhance the predictability of the business plan and ensure long-term financial goals are met.
• Performance Management: Drive program performance, including NPI milestones, on time delivery of Original Equipment and Aftermarket services, profitability, and design-to cost activities. Remove barriers to execution and support readiness for manufacture, supply chain resilience, and aftermarket services.
• Compliance and Governance: Ensure adherence to contract service, operations, and performance specifications, as well as financial and technical metrics. Champion compliance and incorporate best practices and lessons learned to achieve best-in-class program execution.
• Resource Management: Support the EPM in determining required resources for successful program execution. Collaborate with resource owners to ensure effective allocation and utilisation to meet or exceed financial objectives.
• Strategic Collaboration: Work closely with the FLIGHT DECK Team to drive LEAN methodologies into program operations. Collaborate with business functions to incorporate processes such as design for manufacture, design to cost, and strategic sourcing into program strategy and execution.
• Supplier Management: Define product and service requirements and work with the sourcing team to negotiate supplier contracts that meet cost, quality, schedule, and strategic objectives.
• Financial Planning: Support the development of financial plans, including budget planning and strategy reviews. Be responsible for delivering the business case and cost baseline, driving actions to achieve program deliverables and financial targets

Required Qualifications

• This role requires significant experience in Product & Program Management, ideally from an aerospace or other highly regulated business sector
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Demonstrated ability to analyse and resolve problems.
• Demonstrated ability to lead programs / projects.
• Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs.

Desired Characteristics

• Experience in implementing FLIGHT DECK fundamentals advantageous (relative to internal applications only).
• Degree and/or Master's from an accredited university or college

UK Flexible Working

GE supports and encourages flexible working arrangements, where possible, and recognises the benefits to employees of having a positive work-life balance. Total Reward At GE Aerospace we understand the importance of Total Reward. Our flexible benefits plan, called FlexChoice, gives you freedom, choice and flexibility in the way you receive your benefits, as well as giving you the opportunity to make savings where possible. As a new joiner to GE we are pleased to be able to offer you the following as default in your benefit fund, which you then can tailor to meet your individual needs;

• Pension
• Bonus
• Life Assurance
• Group income protection
• Private medical cover

Security Clearance

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance is required and must be maintained for this role. Please note that in the event that BPSS clearance cannot be obtained, you may not be eligible for the role and/or any offer of employment may be withdrawn on grounds of national security. Please see the link below for further details regarding the requirements for BPSS clearance: BPSS Right to Work Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. However, under the applicable UK immigration rules as may be in place from time to time, it may be that candidates who do not currently have the right to work in the UK may not be appointed to a post if a suitably qualified, experienced and skilled candidate who does not require sponsorship is available to take up the post. For further information please visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

Right to Work

Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. However, under the applicable UK immigration rules as may be in place from time to time, it may be that candidates who do not currently have the right to work in the UK may not be appointed to a post if a suitably qualified, experienced and skilled candidate who does not require sponsorship is available to take up the post. For further information please visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

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