Business Operations Manager role responsible for delivering a major defence equipment contract to the MoD.

A great opportunity has arisen for a Programme Manager / Operations Manager to work for a leading defence supplier design company in the South Wales area. This role will be working on the delivery of new military equipment over the next 10 years.

The Business Operations Manager is responsible for delivering critical aspects of the contract. The role requires effective co-ordination of the programme's projects and management of their inter-dependencies including oversight of any risks and issues arising. It also includes the co-ordination of necessary change and realisation of projected benefits across all impacted or impacting Defence Lines Of Development (DLODs).

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JOB DESCRIPTION & REQUIREMENTS

Responsibilities for this role

The Business Operations Manager will reside within the Program Management organization. They will be responsible for aspects of the business such as establishing and monitoring program schedules and budgets. This includes maintenance of the Performance Management Baseline and associated artefacts.
- Owner of the Program Management Plan
- Schedule performance analysis and metrics, to include customer deliverables.
- Programme metrics production and analysis incl. EVMS
- Schedule and budget corrective action recommendation
- CDRL delivery and MOD review feedback coordination
- Deliver internal and external management reports including MOD MPR and Annex CC
- Coordinates PM team and functions in accordance with the RACI
- Establishing business processes across the organization.
- Establishing business metrics beyond program-specific metrics. This would include a balanced scorecard approach, working with Business Development and Finance to establish business plans

The role is crucial for creating and maintaining focus, enthusiasm and momentum. The Business Operations Manager is responsible for the overall integrity and coherence of the programme. They will develop and maintain the programme environment to support each individual project within it and ensure effective integration between dependant broader business functional departments, projects or interdependent programmes.

Requirements for this role

- Experience of delivering large defence equipment programmes
- Effective leadership, interpersonal and communication skills.
- The ability to command respect and to create a sense of community amongst the members of the project teams.
- Proven and Demonstrable knowledge of techniques for planning, monitoring and controlling programmes.
- Proven and Demonstrable experience of managing and working within high intensity and significant design, development and delivery programmes.
- Demonstrable, strong financial and commercial acumen.
- Good understanding of capability delivery, following models such as the UK MoD Defence Lines Of Development (DLOD).
- Good understanding of the procurement process including negotiation with third parties.
- Expert knowledge of programme and project management methods including APM BoK, MSP and PRINCE2.
- Good knowledge of budgeting and resource allocation procedures.
- Sufficient credibility to advise project teams on their projects in relation to the programme.
- The ability to find ways of solving or pre-empting problems.

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Due to the nature of the work at this site, applicants must be capable of achieving SC level UK security clearance. Current clearance is not a requirement.

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