Head of Project Controls & Planning

Job Title: Head of Project Controls & Planning

Location: Farnborough, England, United Kingdom

Role Type: Permanent - Full Time

Global Grade: GG15

Location: Farnborough or Malvern with three days per week on site

Role ID: 19924

Role Purpose:

• Lead and transform the Project Controls Office for the UK.
• Be responsible for the policy and key process for Project Controls and Planning across the Group.
• Lead the Project Controls for the UK and drive improved productivity and performance through robust controls and discipline.
• Improve project planning and baseline controls to be more effective and impactful.
• Lead the consolidation of the UK PMO's into a single engaged and efficient Project Controls Office for the UK.
• Improve the management and balance of risk across the UK portfolio.
• Develop the capability to deliver the UK Portfolio and fulfil our requirements.
• Improve the managing of risk and opportunities across the portfolio.
• Deputise for the Group Portfolio Director.

Key Accountabilities

1. Delivering the right leadership for the changes required to improve project controls and planning to enable the change in performance required at QinetiQ.
2. Standardising and simplifying our process, practice and reporting to make them more effective and efficient and easy to follow.
3. Building a portfolio of the businesses Bids, Projects of Records & Projects of Concerns management system.
4. Improving the talent and capability across the Control & Planning teams.
5. Implementing a right sized solution based on complexity and volume modelling.
6. Delivering standardised and intelligent reporting to the business as a service.
7. Providing the second line of assurance across the Group for Project Controls.
8. Improving the configuration controls of our Project Baselines and Configuration Management of change.
9. Implementing an effective risk and opportunity management process and practice across the group.
10. Improving the project forecasting process to enable early warning on schedule and cost variations.

Key Capabilities & Knowledge

• Strategic mind-set: understand QinetiQ strategy to deliver a P3M community capable of delivering the ISP.
• Risk Management: Understand financial and delivery risk and manage accordingly.
• Collaboration and influence: work effectively with and influence across QinetiQ to generate a positive impact on business performance.
• Customer oriented: serve and build value-added relationships with customers whether internal or external.
• Results oriented: focus on improvement of accurate forecasting and time, cost and schedule excellence.
• Change Leadership: transform and align the business through its people to drive continuous improvements and energise the whole team through any changes.
• People and Organisational Development: develop long-term skills and capabilities of the team to ensure talent development and succession planning.
• Team Leadership: focus, align and build effective teams across the sector, including the development of P3M skills and process, supported by appropriate tools.
• Improve project outturn predictability across the portfolio.
• Deliver PCO professional standards, policy and procedures.
• Deliver to internal service delivery plan, supported by appropriate tools and processes.
• Maintain and improve employee engagement.
• Accurate workload forecasts for demand planning across the business.
• Management of risks, issues and changes at the business level.

Experience & Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Technical or business field is preferred.
• Advanced degree in an appropriate field is preferred.
• International experience, operating effectively with international stakeholders and boundaries.
• Extensive cross-discipline Project Controls experience.
• Extensive governance and assurance delivery experience.
• Professional body chartership.
• Extensive experience in Project Controls - employers often look for candidates with years of experience in cost control, scheduling, and risk management.
• Leadership & management skills - since this is a senior role, strong leadership and decision-making abilities are crucial.
• Data analytics & change control - the ability to analyse project data and implement change control processes is highly valued.

Why Join QinetiQ?

As we continue to grow into new markets around the world, there's never been a more exciting time to join QinetiQ. The formula for success is our appetite for innovation and having the courage to take on a wide variety of complex challenges.

Benefits

• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance.
• Competitive holiday allowance, with the option to purchase additional days.
• Options to join Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance and Dental Insurance.
• Employee discount portal: personal accident insurance, travel insurance, restaurants, cinema tickets and much more.
• We are proud to support the armed forces community by honouring the armed forces covenant and maintaining our gold award standard in the defense employer recognition scheme.
• Volunteering opportunities - helping charities and local community.

Please note that all applicants for this role must be eligible for SC clearance, as a minimum.