SIMULATION DELIVERY MANAGER in Banbury

This role has been created to bring structure, coordination and forward planning to a growing portfolio of simulation and training programmes. The business is running multiple programmes in parallel, each with small, highly capable engineering teams. While delivery is strong at an individual level, there is a need to better coordinate engineering effort, manage priorities, and maximise resource utilisation as scope and demand continue to increase. This role is about making delivery smarter, more structured, and sustainable as demand grows.

IN A NUTSHELL

This role is ideal for someone who wants to:

• Play a key coordination role across high-profile defence simulation programmes.
• Move away from siloed or repetitive Project Management work.
• Help an organisation scale sensibly and efficiently.
• Grow into ownership as programme complexity increases.

ROLE PURPOSE

The Simulation Delivery Manager will sit between the customer and the engineering teams, acting as the focal point for:

• Coordinating engineers across multiple programmes.
• Managing internal resources, time allocation and priorities.
• Ensuring deadlines (often fixed, especially on defence programmes) are met.
• Providing structure without slowing delivery; customers already have their own Programme Managers on the overall programme this role focuses on internal delivery, resourcing and coordination, rather than classic end-to-end PM ownership.

KEY CHALLENGES THE ROLE ADDRESSES

• Engineers are currently working on multiple projects, but time and effort are not optimally planned.
• Some engineers are effectively doing bits of programme management alongside delivery.
• Increasing workload means the organisation needs to get ahead of resourcing issues, not react to them.
• Delivery is strong but needs to work better as a coordinated holistic approach; this role introduces clarity around who is doing what, when, and for which customer, while remaining agile.

WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU

This is not a heavyweight, paperwork-driven PM role. It suits someone who:

• Has experience coordinating delivery across multiple projects.
• Enjoys a fast-moving, varied workload rather than long, repetitive programmes.
• Is highly organised and comfortable juggling competing priorities.
• Can interface confidently with customers and engineers.

Ideal backgrounds include:

• A Project Manager who has done long-term PM work and wants something more dynamic.
• An engineer (Systems / Software) moving into their first PM / delivery role.

A software or systems engineering background is desirable but not essential—this role is about coordination and delivery, not technical ownership. They specifically want someone who will be challenged and stretched, not someone used to delivering the same programme repeatedly (e.g. highly repetitive certification-only environments).

ESSENTIAL SKILLS / PROVEN ABILITY

• Proven ability in MS Project.
• Cost modelling and estimation.
• Resource scheduling and progress tracking.
• Experience working in an Agile-Waterfall hybrid development environment.

ADDITIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION: We seek an individual who has worked in a military / defence environment / industry within the last 12 months or who is capable of obtaining security clearance (SC level minimum).