Head of Project Controls & Planning in Farnborough

Global Grade: GG15

Location: Farnborough or Malvern with three days per week on-site

Role Type: Permanent – Full Time

Role ID: 19924

Role Purpose

• Lead and transform the Project Controls Office for the UK.
• Be responsible for the Policy and key process for Project Controls and Planning across the Group.
• Lead the Project Controls for the UK & drive improved productivity and performance through robust controls and discipline.
• Lead the improvement of project planning and baseline controls to be more effective and impactful.
• Lead the consolidation of the UK PMO’s into a single engaged and efficient Project Controls Office for the UK.
• Improve the management & balance of risk across the UK Portfolio.
• Be responsible for developing the capability to deliver the UK Portfolio and meet customer requirements.
• Be responsible for improving the management of risk and opportunities across the Portfolio.
• Deputise for the Group Portfolio Director.

Key Accountabilities

• Delivering the right leadership for the changes required to improve project controls and planning to enable the change in performance required at QinetiQ.
• Standardising and simplifying our process, practice and reporting to make them more effective and efficient and easy to follow.
• Building a Portfolio of the businesses Bids, Projects of Records & Projects of Concerns management system.
• Improving the talent and capability across the Control & Planning teams.
• Implementing a right sized solution based on complexity and volume modelling.
• Delivering standardised and intelligent reporting to the business as a service.
• Providing the 2nd Line of assurance across the Group for Project Controls.
• Improving the configuration controls of our Project Baselines and Configuration Management of change.
• Implementing an effective risk and opportunity management process and practice across the group.
• Improving the project forecasting process to enable early warning on schedule and cost variations.

Key Capabilities/Knowledge

• Strategic mind-set: understand QinetiQ strategy to deliver a P3M community capable of delivering the ISP.
• Risk Management: Understand financial and delivery risk and manage accordingly.
• Collaboration and Influence: working effectively with, and influencing across QinetiQ to generate a positive impact on business performance.
• Customer oriented: serving and building value-added relationships with customers whether internal or external.
• Results Orientated: focused on improvement of accurate forecasting and time, cost and schedule excellence.
• Change Leadership: transforming and aligning the business through its people to drive continuous improvements, energising the whole team through any changes.
• People and Organisational Development: developing the long-term skills and capabilities of the team to ensure talent development and succession planning.
• Team Leadership: focusing, aligning and building effective teams across the Sector, including the development of P3M skills and process, supported by appropriate tools.
• Improve project outturn predictability across the Portfolio.
• Deliver PCO professional standards, policy and procedures.
• Deliver to Internal service delivery plan, supported by appropriate tools and processes.
• Maintain and improve employee engagement (as measured through Peakon).
• Accurate workload forecasts for demand planning across the business.
• Management of risks, issues and changes at the business level.

Experience & Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Technical or business field is preferred.
• Advanced degree in an appropriate field is preferred.
• International experience, operating effectively with international stakeholders and boundaries.
• Extensive cross-discipline Project Controls experience.
• Extensive governance and assurance delivery experience.
• Professional body chartership.
• Extensive Experience in Project Controls – Employers often look for candidates with years of experience in cost control, scheduling, and risk management.
• Leadership & Management Skills – Since this is a senior role, strong leadership and decision-making abilities are crucial.
• Data Analytics & Change Control – The ability to analyse project data and implement change control processes is highly valued.

Why Join QinetiQ?

As we continue to grow into new markets around the world, there’s never been a more exciting time to join QinetiQ. The formula for success is our appetite for innovation and having the courage to take on a wide variety of complex challenges.

As a QinetiQ employee, you’ll experience a unique working environment where teams from different backgrounds, disciplines and experience enjoy collaborating widely and openly as we undertake this exciting and rewarding journey. Through effective teamwork, and pulling together, you’ll get to experience what happens when we all share different perspectives, blend disciplines, and link technologies; constantly discovering new ways of solving complex problems in a diverse and inclusive environment where you can be authentic, feel valued and realise your full potential.

Visit our website to read more about our diverse and inclusive workplace culture: www.qinetiq.com/en/careers/life-at-qinetiq

Our Benefits

• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance.
• Competitive holiday allowance, with the option to purchase additional days.
• Options to join Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance and Dental Insurance.
• Employee discount portal: Personal Accident Insurance, Travel Insurance, Restaurants, Cinema Tickets and much more.
• We are proud to support the Armed Forces community by honouring the Armed Forces Covenant and maintaining our Gold Award standard in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.
• Volunteering Opportunities - helping charities and local community.

Our Recruitment Process:

We want to make sure that our recruitment process is as inclusive as possible and we aspire to bring out the best in our candidates by creating an environment where everyone feels valued, heard and supported.

If you have a disability or health condition that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your Recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Many roles in QinetiQ are subject to national security vetting being completed, applicants who already hold the appropriate level of vetting may be able to transfer it upon appointment. A number of roles are also subject to additional restrictions, which mean factors such as nationality or previous nationalities may affect the roles that you can be employed in.

Please note that all applicants for this role must be eligible for SC clearance, as a minimum.