Head of Trials PMO - Aldermaston

Location: RG7 4PR, located between Reading and Basingstoke, with free onsite parking.

Package: Starting from £64,780 (depending on your suitability, qualifications, and level of experience).

Working pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight. We will consider flexible working requests so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle. Just let us know your preferred working pattern on your application.

We are looking for an experienced and adaptable individual who is experienced in running the Trials Portfolio Management Office and deliver the highly complex major portfolio of engineering & hydrodynamics trials, to time, cost, and quality, compliant with AWE processes. This is a unique opportunity to join us as we embark on a 'once in a generation' programme of work.

In this role you will:

• Work efficiently and effectively to PMO specialisms, e.g. planning, risk, cost management, configuration, change, reporting and resourcing.
• Work collaboratively with the Enterprise PMO (ePMO) and wider P3M Function to ensure portfolio alignment to strategic objectives.
• Enable the successful delivery of the portfolio, programme, or project, ensuring projects align with strategic goals, stay within budget and timeline, and deliver expected benefits.
• Maintain efficient functioning and continuous improvement of the PMO itself, through the deployment and application of processes, tools, and methodologies in accordance with the P3M Framework.
• Uphold defined project management standards and best practices across the organisation, driving consistency, efficiency, and risk mitigation.
• Effectively allocate and utilise resources across the portfolio, programme or project to maximise efficiencies, to impact and increase delivery.
• Ensure stakeholders are kept informed, engaged, and satisfied with project progress and outcomes.
• Provide people leadership across the multi-disciplined team to coach, develop, engage and motivate individuals to create high performing teams that are held to account and that are influential both internally and externally to the company.

Whilst not to be considered a checklist, candidates should be able to demonstrate some of the following:

• A dynamic and supportive approach to team management, encouraging and empowering team members to quickly adapt and respond to change.
• Ability to effectively prioritise workload, resources, and deadlines within high pressure complex environments.
• Experience in facilitating effective allocation of resources within portfolio, programme, or project, including personnel, budget, and materials, to maximise efficiency and project success.
• A proven record to drive project deliverables forward through a complex environment and leadership of a high performing and successful integrated project organisation.
• Robust stakeholder management skills, able to work closely with key stakeholders to understand their needs, expectations, and concerns, fostering collaboration and effective communication.
• Ability to oversee risk management activities across projects, ensuring that risks are identified, assessed, and managed consistently at the organisational level.
• Comfortable in developing and maintaining reporting mechanisms to track KPIs and project metrics, offering insights for decision-making at various organisational levels.
• Ability to solve problems, with proven delivery of results through creative solutions and collaborating with cross-functional teams.
• Experience in identifying opportunities for continuous improvement in processes and practices, and tracking evaluating the actual benefits derived from completed projects, ensuring that the intended outcomes are achieved.
• Demonstrable experience in establishing project governance structures and ensure compliance with organisational policies and standards, promoting accountability and transparency.

Some reasons we think you'll love it here:

• AWE has a wide range of benefits to suit you. These include: 9-day working fortnight - meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave.
• Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions).
• Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay.
• Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body.
• Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services.
• Life Assurance (4 x annual salary).
• Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending.
• Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring.

There will be the opportunity for business travel with this role, approximately 3 international trips per year (this is subject to change as per business need). The majority of work for this role will require you to be onsite.