Program Manager

Program Manager
Pitstone, Tring, Hertfordshire
£ Competitive

Benefits: 8% Bonus, Excellent Pension, 33 Days Holiday, Dental, BUPA, EV scheme, Workplace nursery scheme, Midday finish on Fridays, Enhanced family friendly policies, Wellbeing programme, Employee assistance programme including health and finance, Onsite subsidised canteen

Skills: Engineering or aerospace experience, strong negotiator, program planning, project management, delegation, risk management

At Safran Electrical & Power, we recognise that aviation needs to innovate and change in order to protect our environment. We believe that future aircraft power systems will be hybrid-electric or full-electric, which is why we are working to develop and deliver advanced electrical solutions to help decarbonise flight.

If you want to help deliver this future, we are looking for enthusiastic and creative people to join our team.

The UK Safran Electrical & Power team has expertise in designing and developing electrical systems comprising generators, power conversion, distribution and control, with developing expertise in electric motors for aircraft propulsion.

As a Program Manager at Safran Electrical & Power you will manage all of the stakeholders in the business line to ensure customer satisfaction and economic performance of a program while monitoring and mastering risk level. You will have reign to shape the program and take ownership of the actions performed within. You will achieve all program objectives and ensure the global coordination of the business line, delivering expected program figures as defined the Medium Term Plan. You will utilise your innovative capabilities and experience within the aerospace sector to develop sound technology roadmaps and a channel to market.

The Role

• Lead all stakeholders of the business line to ensure customer satisfaction and economic performance of the program.
• Take full ownership of the program, having reign to shape the actions taken that will successfully achieve all program objectives.
• Ensure consistency in delivering and meeting customer expectations.
• Management of activities involving and actioned in multiple countries.
• Work in conjunction with other program managers, led by a Senior Program Manager.
• Ensure global coordination of all the activities in the business line to deliver expected program figures.
• Limit and manage the risks generated by program activities to an acceptable level.

Desirable Experience

We are looking for candidates with a range of skills and experience, but we're also keen to help people grow and develop in this role. If you have some or all of the following, we'd love to hear from you:

• Master's degree or equivalent experience to allow successful performance of job expectations.
• Aerospace industry experience essential.
• Experience within industrialisation preferred.
• Leadership and people management skills.
• Previous experience in applying program management standards.
• Ability to conduct negotiations both internally and externally.
• Evidence of written English at interview stage.

Get involved:

We also have a number of groups and forums onsite that you can get involved with, including Women at Safran, STEM ambassadors, employee forum, charity partnerships and wellbeing programme.

Our Wellbeing Programme in Pitstone aims to place employee wellbeing at the heart of our business, and we integrate it within all that we do. The programme is made up of four wellbeing committees; Healthy Minds, Physical, Social & Financial. Our enhanced family friendly policies re-enforce our commitment to providing a workplace that is both diverse and inclusive.