PMO Manager

PMO Manager

Vacancy Reference: CLA- 448

Position: Full-time

Location: Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK

Salary: £60,000 - £65,000

At Callen-Lenz, we are expanding the limits of what is possible. We specialise in crewed and uncrewed aircraft operations and technology and having recently received investment into the business we are going through a period of rapid growth and development and are looking for key roles to assist with these changes. Callen-Lenz offers innovative and customer-focused UAS solutions through our 4 key business strands: technical services, products, platforms and operational services. We are looking for individuals to help drive forward our expansion, placing you at forefront of UAS development in the UK.

Our Values

• Innovation

• Integrity

• Collaboration

• Excellence

Why Work for Us

Based in the heart of rural Wiltshire, close to the Historic city of Salisbury you will join our rapidly growing, friendly and multi-disciplined team, working on a range of diverse and interesting projects, leading the way in this exciting field and witnessing the full lifecycle of our products. The Callen-Lenz team are passionate about what we do, and we are searching for individuals to grow with us as we expand into the aerospace industry.

Our benefits include:

• 25 days annual leave per year (plus bank holidays)

• Buy/Sell holiday policy up to 5 days either way

• Pension Scheme via Royal London

• Company contributed Share Incentive Plan.

• Green Car Scheme

• Life assurance scheme (6x basic salary)

• Income protection policy (75% of basic salary)

• Private Health Insurance via Bupa

• Private Dental insurance via Bupa

• Enhanced Maternity and paternity

• 1 Professional membership reimbursed per year

• 1 paid volunteering day per year

• Access to an independent financial advisor year round

• Training & development opportunities

About the role

As the PMO Manager, you will help to establish and manage the Project Management Office to drive delivery of programmes and projects to cost, time, and quality by setting and embedding governance, standards, processes, and reporting. You will ensure projects deliver measurable benefits in line with strategy, commercial commitments, and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Establish, develop and manage a professional Project Management Office within the Company.

• Working with and across a strong team of Project/Programme Managers to develop and maintain high-quality, integrated schedules.

• Manage the development and evolution of PM processes.

• Actively support the PMs in tracking progress against the project schedule, including forecasting of potential problem areas and proposing mitigation measures.

• Actively manage the development and implementation of a robust, scalable Integrated Resource Planning process and toolset.

• Provide critical path and schedule risk analysis support.

• Assess the impact of change to the project planning baseline.

• Manage the definition and generation of standardised outputs to support routine Project Review Boards and ad-hoc reporting/governance as required.

• Providing planning and scheduling expertise in support of a project/programme team.

• Establish and Maintain Earned Value Management within the projects and programmes team

• Perform other related duties when required.

Health & Safety

• Demonstrate in daily activities a commitment to health and safety in the workplace by always ensuring tasks are performed in the safest possible manner.

• Report all hazards and incidents that the individual is party to, or observes, in the correct manner.

• When required or directed, participate in any health and safety training.

Qualifications

• Formal PMO qualification (e.g. P30 APMP, PMQ, PMP or Prince 2).

• Preferably educated to first degree level in a STEM subject, but relevant skills and experience are key requirements.

Skills and Experience

Essential:

• Knowledge and experience of using best practice project planning processes and toolsets.

• Proven ability to quickly understand the operating landscape and establish own priority activities as a self-starter.

• Demonstrable experience in the development, integration, and analysis of project plans for both development and production projects.

• Demonstrable experience of defining and implementing process change within an organisation.

• Ability to manage priorities and lead a team to work to challenging timescales.

• Experience in generating and analysing project. performance data (schedule, resource, and cost), including SRA/Critical path analysis.

• Clear communication and presentation skills, both verbal and written, and the ability to foster collaborative working relationships with colleagues at all levels.

• Experience utilising MSP and JIRA.

Desirable:

• Experience of a PMO function within the Aerospace and Defence sector.

• Experience in establishing earned value management best practices in an organisation.

• Experience implementing new PM toolsets into an organisation is highly desirable.

• Experience of Hybrid, customer led, project management methodologies.

Personal Attributes

• Must be a British Citizen or have an existing right to work in the UK.

• Ability to commit to occasional national and international travel.

• A full valid UK driving license.

• Ability to hold Security Clearance - 5 years residence in the UK.

Callen-Lenz is an equal opportunities employer, committed to building an inclusive working environment. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age. It is essential that the successful candidate must, by the start of their employment have permission to work in the UK. Proof of identity and eligibility to work in the UK will be required prior to commencement of employment.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.