Programme Manager

Join NPL to manage high-profile Estates programmes that help NPL to support the UK industry and bring real- world benefits.

NPL Estates delivers facilities management and construction projects on behalf of DSIT and NPL to provide world-leading facilities for NPL’s science and engineering programmes.

Ultimately, these programmes deliver and maintain the physical infrastructure and bespoke requirements for NPL’s cutting-edge science and engineering activities. Managing these programmes is a major responsibility – and a huge career opportunity. 

Your role will be based within our Estates Team, where you will report directly to the Head of Estates. You will lead on developing, contracting and managing the delivery of assigned programmes. This will involve managing all aspects of programme governance and assurance, ensuring individual projects are effectively defined, resourced and co-ordinated to strict time, quality and cost outcomes. 

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

Effective stakeholder management and engagement will be central to the success of your programmes. 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.

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

Please note: this role requires SC clearance 

Essential Skill

• a minimum of 5 years programme management experience.
• Experience of project management methodologies including waterfall and agile.
• Experience of communication with and delivery to senior executives.
• Good stakeholder management skills.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• A post graduate qualification in finance essential.
• Experience in the negotiation of commercial contracts.
• Experience in procurement activities such as contract specification, tender evaluation, demobilisation and mobilisation activities.
• A good understanding of introducing or adapting technology solutions.
• Experience of working in regulatory environments.
• You must be an experienced programme manager who has successfully delivered large construction programmes and projects, ideally in a technically demanding environment.
• You will be adept at coordinating, monitoring and steering individual projects to ensure alignment with programme objectives.
• You will have the credibility and experience to engage and influence a wide range of stakeholders at senior level.
• Your excellent communication skills will enable you to present complex information effectively to meet the needs of different audiences
  

We actively recruit citizens of all backgrounds, but the nature of our work in specific departments means that nationality, residency and security requirements can be more tightly defined than others. You will be asked about this throughout the recruitment process. To work at NPL, you will need to obtain BPSS security clearance.

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’re transforming. As a national laboratory, we’re exploring even more commercial routes to market and that’s presenting us with greater opportunity – for you and us. Our success relies on the diversity and talent of our people, we strive to nurture and respect individuals to ensure everyone feels valued and supported to excel in their chosen field. This value is at the core of our organisation.

We believe in a culture of fairness by treating everyone on the basis of their own individual merits and abilities regardless of their own or perceived identity, background or any other factor irrelevant to a person’s work. At NPL we are committed to the health and well-being of our employees. Flexible working and social activities are embedded in our culture to create a positive work-life balance, along with a broad range of benefits. NPL’s values are at the heart of what we do and they shape the way we interact, develop our people and celebrate success.

As part of our commitment to diversity & inclusion, we signed up to the Institute of Physics' Project Juno in 2015 as a Juno Supporter. NPL were proud to be awarded Juno Practitioner status in 2018. NPL also joined Stonewall as a Diversity champion in 2015, participating in their annual Workplace Equality Index for the equality of LGBT+ community at NPL. In 2018, NPL became a member of the Business Disability Forum and joined the disability confident scheme as level 1 committed employer.

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.