PMO Benefits Realisation Manager - 14-Month FTC

Programme Name: LCST

Location: Hybrid / Bristol - ideally based in the Bristol office at least once a month

Role Overview: A PMO Benefits Realisation Manager is required to work within the Logistics Commodities & Services Transformation (LCST) programme at Leidos Europe initially on a 14-month FTC. Leidos Europe is the prime contractor in a consortium spanning Leidos Supply Limited, Kuehne + Nagel, TVS Supply Chain Solutions and smaller specialist companies, operating the commodity procurement, storage and distribution functions previously performed by the MOD’s Logistics Commodities and Services Operating Centre. LCST is implementing digital transformation for one of the world’s foremost military operations, while generating hundreds of millions in savings for the UK Government and Taxpayers.

Working within the P3M team, the PMO Benefits Realisation Manager will ensure alignment between business change activity and with the programme business cases. Liaising with a number of stakeholders, you will continue to build and develop the strategy for delivering against our benefit commitments and lead engagement within the business. You will ensure that you continually improve and engage the business with the benefits management strategy. You will be constantly reviewing and monitoring controls and reporting effectively to highlight risks and enable the business to take corrective actions and ensure the benefits realisation plan stays on target. You will manage the plan to document the release of benefits and communicate and agree with key stakeholders.

Skills Required:

• Demonstrable experience of the development of benefits management strategies, techniques, processes and tools
• Demonstrable experience of cost benefit analysis methods, benefits mapping and benefit profiling tools
• Experience of the development and implementation of Management Information processes and products relating to benefits realisation
• Strong numerical and verbal critical reasoning ability
• Ability to quickly build credibility with senior managers and stakeholders and successfully influence decision makers at senior levels
• Ability to mentor and coach project managers and other practitioners in the benefits management process
• High degree of accuracy and attention to detail
• Strong project and change management skills
• Project Governance and PMO Analysis experience is desirable
• Degree educated, preferably with recognised Project Management qualification (APM, MSP or similar)

Clearance Requirements:

BPSS pre-screening required to start. SC required for the role (must possess or be able to obtain UK Security Check (SC) clearance).

Commitment to Diversity:

We welcome applications from every part of the community and are committed to a truly diverse and inclusive culture. We foster a sense of belonging, welcoming all perspectives and contributions, and providing equal access to opportunities and resources for everyone. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please let us know, and we will respond in a way that best fits your needs.

What We Do for You:

At Leidos we are PASSIONATE about customer success, UNITED as a team and INSPIRED to make a difference. We offer meaningful and engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance. We provide an employment package that attracts, develops and retains only the best in talent. Our reward scheme includes:

• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• 33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)
• Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme)
• Dynamic Working

Who We Are:

The Logistics Commodities & Services Transformation (LCST) Programme for the UK Ministry of Defence is a critical effort to enhance and improve the UK’s defence supply chain. The programme provides essential services such as storage and distribution for the MOD's materiel, including a global freight service and the procurement and inventory management of 70,000 commodity NATO Stock Number (NSNs). Working together as Team Leidos we are helping to transform the UK's defence supply chain by providing an integration of a complex mixture of services, at low risk, using a modern suite of systems that will deliver one version of the truth. For the first time, the MOD will see the whole picture, as it is happening.

What Makes Us Different:

Purpose: you can use your passion and abilities at Leidos to keep the people you care about safe. We are at the forefront of machine learning, AI, cyber security and solutions. Using your skills in the technology frontline by helping to build a safer world. You can inspire change.

Collaboration: having flexibility to do your job is one of our core benefits, enabling you to become part of our extraordinary team. We have been empowering our people to work flexibly for years. Whether you work from home, the office or on customer sites, we will give you the digital tools and the flexibility to work smarter and align your needs and ours.

People: Leidos empowers people from every background to be themselves and gives you the tools to learn new skills by enabling growth whilst developing. We believe that extraordinary people need opportunities to grow, to be inspired and to inspire others. At Leidos, we invest in technical academies, career rotations and a career development plans that enhance your future.