At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead a multi-million-pound portfolio, ensuring successful delivery and strategic direction.
- Company: Join a leading defence company with a focus on innovation and collaboration.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, career advancement opportunities, and exposure to senior leadership.
- Other info: Dynamic environment with opportunities for mentoring and professional growth.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in transforming military training while developing your leadership skills.
- Qualifications: Experience in managing large programmes and strong stakeholder engagement skills.
The predicted salary is between 80000 - 100000 £ per year.
Overview The Programme Director role is accountable for the successful delivery of a multi‑hundred‑million‑pound portfolio within the Team Fisher consortium, supporting the Royal Navy's training transformation.
The role provides strategic leadership across complex programmes spanning systems integration, through‑life equipment support, and advanced training design.
The postholder will lead a Raytheon Integrated Programme Team, ensuring delivery to cost, schedule, and performance, while maintaining strong customer relationships and driving continuous improvement across the programme.
There will be significant exposure to Senior Leadership and excellent opportunities to advance within the company.
This role reports to the Associate Director of Training Transformation Services.
Training Transformation Business delivers a wide range of programmes across four key areas: Training Integration, Training Equipment, Training Delivery and Training Simulation, to military customers and other defence companies.
Main Duties Provide strategic direction across all programme elements, aligning delivery with customer outcomes and consortium objectives.
Maintain full accountability for programme performance, including risk, opportunities, and overall delivery confidence.
Drive recovery and resolution of complex delivery challenges where required.
Act as the senior interface to the Royal Navy, MOD, and Team Fisher partners.
Build and sustain trusted relationships at senior levels, ensuring alignment and effective collaboration.
Operate effectively within a multi‑partner consortium environment, balancing commercial and collaborative priorities.
Ensure alignment across delivery partners, including Capita and other industry stakeholders.
Lead and empower Integrated Product Teams and Programme Management teams across multiple disciplines.
Ensure effective coordination across Engineering, Supply Chain, Finance, Training Design and Support functions.
Champion robust PMO governance, ensuring effective controls, reporting and assurance across the portfolio.
Full accountability for financial performance, including forecasting, EAC, and cost control.
Ensure compliance with Raytheon standards, contractual requirements, and regulatory obligations.
Develop and mentor programme leaders and emerging talent, strengthening organisational capability.
Actively support Raytheon's culture and people initiatives, including participation in forums and continuous improvement activities.
Qualifications Proven experience leading large, complex, multi‑disciplinary programmes (typically £100m+).
Strong track record in defence, training, or engineering‑led environments.
Experience operating within collaborative programmes or consortium delivery models.
Exceptional stakeholder management skills, including engagement with senior customer representatives.
Strong financial and commercial acumen, with ownership of programme P
