Programme Lead – Early Lifecycle in Bristol

At Rolls-Royce we are proud to be a business that has truly helped to shape the modern world and are committed to always being a force for progress; powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere. By joining Rolls-Royce, you will have the opportunity to work on world-class solutions, supported by a culture that believes individuality is our greatest strength, and all perspectives, experiences and backgrounds help us innovate and enable our high-performance culture.

The Early Lifecycle team is at the heart of securing the future growth of the Defence business. We are delivering tomorrow's technology fast, by bringing together the company's best engineers, programme managers and business professionals. Working in partnership with Governments, primes and new technology companies across the globe, we deliver future solutions, new and innovative power and propulsion concepts, technology, and applications to meet the customers' emerging requirements.

An exciting opportunity for a Programme Lead has arisen within our Defence Early Lifecycle team to support the full range of activities from managing contract finances and external customer interactions to supporting our business teams and sub-systems in the co-ordination of engineering and technology work packages. In all areas these roles involve working with a range of key business stakeholders to support the delivery of key programme milestones thus enabling the delivery of our Defence Combat strategy for the next 50 years.

What you will be doing:

• Accountable for the successful delivery to cost, specification and time for a defined package of work.
• Establish, develop and maintain the documentation necessary to deliver the package of work.
• Act as the focal point for all aspects related to the packages of work.
• Provide information necessary to make management decisions.
• Ensure the creation and management of an integrated set of plans/schedules.
• Organise and chair schedule review meetings and provide reports where executive decisions need to be made.
• Provision of basic guidance to others regarding the Project Management processes and the operation of the project management systems/tools/methods.

Programme Management Team (Governance):

• Review and report the status of projects in accordance with the project plan and agreed with the Programme Manager.
• Assist the Project Manager in the development of project management documents such as project budgets, project schedules, scope statements and project plans.
• Manage and report variances to project baseline and report programme Key Performance Indicators.
• Review programme data. Identify and report trends, highlight anomalies and corrective action if performance is outside specification.
• Accurate reporting to relevant stakeholders in accordance with the defined timescales.

Who we’re looking for:

• Being a part of Rolls-Royce you’ll know we put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple and make a difference with and in everything we do. These principles form our values and behaviours and are an essential component of our assessment process and are fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.
• Network across Stakeholders and develop key relationships which is critical for this role.
• Display excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to easily build rapport within all levels of an organisation.
• Demonstrate initiative and self-motivation.
• Indicate a good level of knowledge and experience of Microsoft Office tools.

Rolls-Royce are committed to being a respectful, inclusive, and non-discriminatory workplace where individuality is valued, diverse perspectives fuel innovation, and everyone can thrive.