Programme Manager - Modification Flowline

The Modification Flowline Programme Manager is responsible for the coordination, direction and oversight of the portfolio of simple modifications within Civil Aerospace, delivered through a high-volume flow-based model. The role holder manages a team of MFL Project Leads to deliver outcomes and benefits aligned to Value Stream strategic objectives, ensuring modifications are processed at pace, to quality, and within budget. The Programme Manager acts as the single point of accountability for MFL portfolio performance, chairing APQP governance events, managing the MFL budget, and ensuring the team delivers against Value Stream commitments.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate, direct, and oversee the portfolio of simple modifications within Civil Aerospace through a high-volume flow-based model.
• Manage a team of MFL Project Leads to deliver outcomes and benefits aligned to Value Stream strategic objectives, ensuring modifications are processed at pace, to quality, and within budget.
• Serve as the single point of accountability for MFL portfolio performance, chairing APQP governance events, managing the MFL budget, and ensuring the team delivers against Value Stream commitments.
• Monitor, control and address deviations from plan, managing risks, dependencies, and change (including re-sequencing, de-scoping, and acceleration) in line with Value Stream priorities.
• Chair Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) governance events, ensuring design maturity gates are achieved, quality and airworthiness standards are met, and deliverables are formally accepted at each phase.
• Prioritise and sequence modifications in collaboration with Value Stream Programme Executives and the ACT Portfolio Leader, ensuring alignment to strategic objectives and delivery commitments.
• Integrate across all flowline projects and organisational boundaries, coordinating component modifications and interdependencies to deliver programme outcomes and benefits.
• Manage key stakeholder relationships and communications, influencing expectations and providing clear, structured status reporting to senior stakeholders.
• Coach and develop the team of MFL Project Leads, ensuring clear roles, responsibilities and workload allocation, fostering a high-performance culture.
• Own and manage the MFL programme budget and MSP operational relationship, ensuring spend control, accurate forecasting, efficient resource utilisation, and delivery of contracted outputs.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in programme or project management within a complex, high-volume engineering or manufacturing environment, with accountability for delivery, performance and outcomes.
• Recognised programme or project management certification (e.g., MSP, PRINCE2, PMP or equivalent).
• Detailed knowledge and practical application of Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), including leading design maturity gates and ensuring compliance to quality and airworthiness standards.
• Demonstrated experience leading change and transformation initiatives, driving continuous improvement in cycle time, throughput, quality and operational efficiency.
• Strong experience operating within agile, lean, or flow-based delivery environments, with a focus on throughput optimisation, waste reduction, and value stream alignment.
• Proven ability to manage cross-functional stakeholders and influence at senior levels within complex organisational structures and governance frameworks.
• Experience managing programme budgets, resource planning and utilisation (including blended internal and supplier/MSP models).
• Experience leading and developing high-performing teams, with a track record of coaching, performance management and driving a culture of accountability and professionalism.

Benefits

• Flexible benefits including life insurance, gym discounts, tax‑free cycling, generous annual leave, retirement savings, group life assurance, income protection, shares (Buy One Share Get One Free), digital GP access, employee assistance, and live well programmes.