28 Feb 2025
28 Feb 2025
Birmingham, United Kingdom
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UK Telecoms Lab
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Starting from £70,500 depending on experience
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About the Role
UKTL is building leading edge Telecoms testing facilities to keep our telecommunications networks safe, accelerate the roll-out of new technologies, and grow our world leading telecoms sector to maintain resiliency and security.

Read more about UKTL here!

Join NPL to manage a high-profile programme that is supporting the security and resilience of the critical national infrastructure of the UK and bring real- world benefits. The role will be working with a world leading centre of excellence providing best in class capabilities. It will involve collaborating with a diverse set of internal and external organisations with a strong focus on ensuring the programme delivers towards a broad range of requirements as effectively as possible.

Ultimately, the programmes will ensure secure, resilient communications networks which drives both innovation and economic growth in the UK. Managing these programmes is a major responsibility – and a huge career opportunity.

Your role will role will be based within our Partnerships Team. You will lead on developing, contracting and managing the delivery of one assigned programme. This will involve managing all aspects of programme governance, and ensuring individual projects are effectively defined, resourced and co-ordinated.

You will also manage the performance of a matrix team, developing their capability to ensure the programme reaches its milestones, with all risk and dependencies well-managed.

Effective stakeholder management and engagement will be central to the success of your programme. Your communication skills will also have a wider impact – we want you to champion programme management best practices throughout the organisation and support their wider adoption.

As a trusted and independent national capability, UKTL interacts with standards bodies, Academia, and Government Departments as well as Communications Service Providers and equipment vendors.

Successful Applicants must be able to commute to the UKTL offices in Birmingham with the possibility of hybrid working.

We strive to offer a great work life balance - if you are looking for full time, part time or flexible options, we will try to make this work where business possible. This will be dependent on the kind of role you do and part of the business you work in.
About You
You will be an experienced programme manager who has successfully delivered complex programmes, ideally in an engineering or telecommunications led environment.

You will be adept at coordinating, monitoring and steering individual projects to ensure alignment with programme objectives.

You will have the credibility, passion and experience to engage, influence and build confidence across a wide range of stakeholders at senior level.

You will be highly proficient in programme and project management techniques; you will bring experience of getting the best out of teams operating in a matrix environment.

You will be Managing Successful Programme (Practitioner) or Prince 2 qualified.

Your excellent communication skills will enable you to present complex information effectively to meet the needs of different audiences, to drive progress and decision making

Please note: Applications will be reviewed, and interviews conducted throughout the duration of this advert therefore we may at any time bring the closing date forward. We encourage all interested applicants to apply as soon as practical.

We actively recruit citizens of all backgrounds, but the nature of our work in this specific area means that nationality, residency and security requirements are more tightly defined than others. To work in this role, you will need to have an SC clearance with no restrictions, or you must have the ability to obtain an SC clearance.
About Us
The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is a world-leading centre of excellence that provides cutting-edge measurement science, engineering and technology to underpin prosperity and quality of life in the UK. Find out more about what it is like working here - The measure of us - Overview

NPL and DSIT have strong commitments to diversity and equality of opportunity, and welcome applications from candidates irrespective of their background, gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, or age, providing they meet the required criteria. Applications from women, disabled and black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates in particular are encouraged. All disabled candidates (as defined by the Equality Act 2010) who satisfy the minimum criteria for the role will be guaranteed an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme.

At NPL, we believe our success is a result of the diversity and talent of our people. We strive to nurture and respect individuals to ensure everyone feels valued by treating everyone on the basis of their own individual merits and abilities regardless of their own or perceived identity, as part of our commitment to diversity & inclusion, we ensure we’re creating an environment where all our colleagues feel supported and welcome. More about this on our Diversity & Inclusion page.

We offer a wealth of above industry standard benefits, such as enhanced pension scheme, flexible working, and more that can be found here rewards, benefits and recognition. Our values are at the heart of what we do, and they shape the way we interact, develop our people and celebrate success. To ensure everyone has an equal chance, we’re always willing to make reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process. If you would like to discuss, please contact us.