Benefits Manager (PPM-3) in Bristol

Location: Abbey Wood (Bristol) – Hybrid/Onsite (as required)

Duration: 6 months

Clearance: BPSS to start (SC to be progressed or ideally current and active)

Start: ASAP (subject to onboarding)

The Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced Benefits Manager (PPM-3) to support a major MOD programme, responsible for proactively identifying, quantifying, and tracking the realisation of benefits used to justify investment.

You will ensure a fit-for-purpose benefits measurement and realisation approach, providing assurance that benefits identified in the business case can be achieved and delivered through to realisation.

Key Responsibilities

Benefits Management Leadership

• Provide visible and effective leadership across benefits management activities
• Work closely with delivery teams to ensure business case benefits are achieved
• Apply best practice benefits management standards, MOD tools, and processes
• Build strong relationships with key MOD stakeholders

Benefits Profiles & Baselines

• Develop robust benefits profiles supporting the Category Management delivery team
• Establish baselines and calculation methods for:
• Validate dependencies and secure sign-off of benefits handshakes
• Own and maintain the Category Management Benefits Realisation Plan
• Manage change control and assess impacts to benefits
• Identify risks to benefits delivery and propose mitigations

Tracking, Reporting & Governance

• Coordinate tracking and reporting of benefits across the MOD benefits maturity lifecycle (ML0–ML5)
• Ensure accurate reporting into governance forums and key stakeholders
• Provide benefits assurance and visibility through to realisation

Benefits Mapping & Workshops

• Facilitate workshops to identify, validate and map benefits
• Ensure alignment of benefits across stakeholders and delivery activity
• Circulate benefit profiles for agreement and formal approval

Stakeholder Engagement

• Engage with stakeholders and the wider benefits community to build a learning culture
• Ensure benefits are clearly identified, understood, owned, and maximised
• Brief stakeholders ahead of benefits reviews
• Work closely with the Category Management Head of Category Strategy / Portfolio Office to improve best practice
• Extensive Benefits Management experience, ideally within a large multinational and/or transformation environment
• Strong communication, influencing and stakeholder management skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills with a collaborative delivery approach
• Strong analytical capability and attention to detail
• Proven ability to solve problems across organisational boundaries using sound judgement
• Experience working within a PMO / P3MO / Portfolio environment
• Previous MOD / Defence experience (highly advantageous)

Qualifications

Required:

• APMG Benefits Management Practitioner (or equivalent)

Security Requirements

• Candidates must be able to start with BPSS
• Organisation will look to progress SC clearance during engagement or those with a current and active SC clearance would be desirable