Senior Program Manager - Aerospace

Cobham Mission Systems are looking for a Senior Program Manager to be responsible for leading the A330 IPT, managing multiple projects and delivering the agreed scope within planned quality, time and cost parameters. In addition this role will drive customer and stakeholder satisfaction. Motivating the whole team to deliver the business case and margins will be key and expected. This role is based in Wimborne, Dorset and reports into the Program Director for Air to Air Refuelling EROW.

As a Senior Program Manager your skills and qualifications will ideally include:

• Excellent leadership skills and interpersonal skills (communication, motivation and persuasion) with demonstrable management experience, both direct and indirect.
• Good experience of working in a complex environment with complicated Aerospace products or systems preferably degree educated (or equivalent relevant experience) plus sufficient experience of managing Aerospace projects through life.
• Accredited Project Management qualification
• Strong knowledge of the functional disciplines and experience of managing supply chain partners
• Knowledge and demonstrable experience of programme and project management techniques

As a Senior Program Manager your main responsibilities will involve:

• Deliver programme to agreed time, cost, quality and benefits parameters.
• Direct, motivate and provide leadership for the programme team.
• Organise, coordinate and direct the programme activities.
• Ensure effective and open communication throughout the programme team and with stakeholders.
• Lead the planning efforts and resolve resource conflicts across projects
• Manage relationships with key customer personnel
• Direct the supply chain for the programme
• Integrate the reporting for the programme across all of the projects making best use of available PMO capabilities

About Cobham Mission Systems

The most capable critical control solutions for extreme environments.

As the world's leading supplier of critical control solutions, we help our customers to increase the safety and mission capabilities of their personnel and equipment in extreme environments.

Our proven and trusted solutions in air-to-air refuelling, life support, weapons carriage and unmanned systems, deliver assured performance and class-leading through-life costs that enable our customers to bring complex projects to market quickly, and with minimal risk.

About Cobham plc

Cobham is a leading global technology and services innovator, respected for providing solutions to the greatest challenges, from deep space to the depths of the ocean.