Head of Project Management Office

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Benefits

We’ll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed – today and into tomorrow. We offer an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.

People are our greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.

In addition to the benefits you’d expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships.

We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.

Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for us. We’re happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.

About AT&R

AT&R aim to provide world leading consultancy services across highly regulated industries.

Organised to be independent and free from conflict of interest, Assurance, Technology and Regulation (AT&R) provide a range of trusted, evidence-based, support services to ensure that systems, technologies, and processes are safe, effective, compliant, and future-ready, across 3 main areas:

• Independent Assurance – We provide risk based, proportionate, independent oversight and assurance of whether a project, process, system or product meets defined standards, requirements, or expectations.
• Research & Technology – We identify, define and execute programmes of Research and Technology to support the continued safe operation of some of the world’s most complex engineering challenges, including the UK Naval Nuclear Propulsion Programme.
• Independent Regulator Support – A ring-fenced and independent organisation that supports regulators with assessments, audits, and guidance development.

With aspiration to grow, transform and evolve into new industries, locations and technologies.

About The Role

Come and join AT&R’s Leadership Team and take on a key role in defining and shaping the Project Management capabilities across AT&R.

The role is to deliver the output from the Technical Capability strategy, so that Project Management expertise and resources deliver across AT&R; with responsibility for setting standards of expectation, delivering the plan, and embedding it into daily activity.

You will contribute to the consistent success of AT&R contracts, projects and deliverables by setting up and establishing a Project Management centre of excellence (COE) that elevates performance and business value. You will do this by providing thought leadership, consistency, knowledge, training, and support to foster a community of members, and best practice status in relation to Project Management.

Understanding of the wider PU strategy is essential, to drive, monitor and measure project management deliverables against.

There will be a continuous improvement aspect to the role, where you will deliver improvements in areas such as collaboration, innovation and simplification within your team.

This is a Leadership role, with Line Manager responsibility: The team covers Project Management, Document Control, Planning and Scheduling disciplines.

What You Will Be Doing

• Leads and sets the strategic operational direction within own area of responsibility
• Create, maintain and deliver the Project Management strategy, and develop into a meaningful plan to ensure it is clearly articulated and understood across the team.
• In alignment with the Organisation and People activities, establish and deliver a Technical Capability Centre of Excellence to ensure employees are Suitably Qualified and Experienced to meet current and future organisational needs
• Lead the management and co-ordination of the Programme, Project Management and Project Controls capability and services across the AT&R portfolio of Projects.
• Lead on the Delivery, Production, Governance and Oversight of Project Performance and Business Review across AT&R, into all levels of the business inc OPR and PAR.
• Manage the AT&R Risk Log, Action Log and Issue Register
• Acts as a proactive advocate for a value driven delivery approach across all stakeholder groups
• Serves as the central point of reference for all delivery-related standards, tools, framework, and best practices for Project Management
• Establishes and maintains the overarching guidelines for effective governance and performance measurement to ensure strategic alignment and delivery excellence
• Responsible for building and sustaining employee capability by providing effective onboarding, feedback, targeted learning opportunities, and continuous development initiatives
• Provides guidance, coaching, and hands on support to employees and stakeholders to enhance effectiveness in business operations and promote optimal ways of working
• Represents AT&R’s view across all operational and team areas
• Provides leadership to managers and/or senior professional staff
• Is accountable for the performance and results of multiple related units/teams
• Fulfils role in keeping with business requirements for Leadership and Management
• Fulfils role in keeping with business requirements for health, safety, environment, security and quality

Here’s What You’ll Need

• Masters degree (Level 7 or equivalent) in relevant business subject
• Membership of a professional institution is desirable (Leadership)
• This role will require security clearance, therefore applicants should be able to obtain security clearance in the UK

Essential Skills

• Strategic Mindset
• Relationship centric
• Problem solving
• Resilient
• Curious
• Adaptable
• Growth mindset

Any offer of employment will be strictly subject to the relevant security requirements for the role being met. This means that you will need to have, or be able to obtain, Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance and either Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV) clearance. The security clearance process may require non-British nationals or dual nationals (i.e. those with British and another nationality) to be subject to additional evaluation, depending on nationalities held and the nature of the work to be carried out.

Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business, and we genuinely believe that we all succeed by supporting one another through our culture of caring. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees.

We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected, and if we are diverse, we’re more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave.

This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centred on inclusion and diversity. We partner with VERCIDA to help us attract and retain diverse talent. For greater online accessibility, please visit www.vercida.com to view and access our roles. As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role.

If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regards to the recruitment process (for example, you require the application form in a different format), please contact the team.

Amentum is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), age, ancestry, United States military or veteran status, color, religion, creed, marital or domestic partner status, medical condition, genetic information, national origin, citizenship status, low-income status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law. Learn more about your rights under Federal laws and supplemental language at Labor Laws Posters.

Seniority level

Director

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Project Management and Information Technology

Industries

Defense and Space Manufacturing

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