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Transformation Lead

Employer
Raytheon UK
Location
United Kingdom-Glenrothes
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
12 Dec 2022

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Sector
Defence , Engineering, IT
Job Role
Software Developer
Job Type
Permanent

Job Details

Job Title: Transformation Lead
Req ID:01513758

Summary of Role:
The Transformation Lead PM will be a key role in shaping and delivering the strategic change agenda within the COO's portfolio. Reporting directly to the COO and working with a steering group of he company's most senior leaders, the Transformation Lead will have considerable influence and exposure to key decision makers. They will have ownership of one of the most significant investment programmes authorised by the business in recent years which will be instrumental in realising the enterprise's strategy for business growth.
Main Duties:
  • Lead one of RUKs flagship transformation/investment programmes
  • Shape and identify the opportunities to develop and exploit benefits from the planned investment
  • Engage with stakeholders at all levels to
  • Ensure the agreed goals and objectives of the programme are met, leading a team of cross-functional professionals with at least one major specialist subcontract
  • Work with specialist teams and departments within the business to develop the narrative and messaging which builds coherence and momentum to embrace change
  • Be accountable for the £xxxM programme, working with a programme management team to ensure effective execution and control
  • Develop and steer the relationship with at least one key subcontracted organisation, working with the Supply Chain Management organisation.
  • Act as a full member of the COOs Leadership Team, collaborating positively across the functions of Operations, Programme Management, Quality Assurance, Integrated Business Planning, Facilities, EHS and Security as well as the broader enterprise.
Candidate Requirements:
Essential:
  • Demonstrable ability to implement and manage a complex investment and change programme
  • Understanding of transformation best practice and the management actions required to deliver them
  • Relevant years experience of relevant, recent, demonstrable experience of successful performance in a highly regulated and/or controlled environment, exceeding customer expectations
  • Proven ability as a team player who works well with others and build lasting, constructive relationships both with the customer and inside the business
  • Demonstrate role model High Performance Culture behaviours. Supportive, with the character to anticipate and navigate sensitive and pressurised situations to overcome delivery challenges
  • A capable leader and influencer, able to effect change through the matrix organisation, even where direct hierarchical control does not exist
  • An able communicator in verbal, written and presentational forms including at board level and especially to the customer
  • Able to achieve UK SC clearance
Desirable:
  • Having held a business leadership team role in a high performing organisation
  • Expert knowledge of the change/programme management life-cycle and relevant industry standards, policies and practices
  • Degree qualified in a technical or project management related discipline, or with equivalent non-academic experience
  • Interested in continuous professional development of self and others
  • Raytheon PM Certified Level 2 - or capable of rapidly achieving this level.
  • Able to engage with technical experts with credibility and understanding
  • Drive to create change and continuously improve performance, creative and open to innovation in order to solve complex problems

Company

Raytheon UK is a subsidiary of Raytheon Company. It is a prime contractor and major supplier to the U.K. Ministry of Defence and has developed strong capabilities in mission systems integration in defence, national security and commercial markets. Raytheon UK also designs, develops and manufactures a range of high-technology electronic systems and software at facilities in Harlow, Glenrothes, Gloucester, Waddington, Broughton and Manchester.

 

Raytheon UK has six key sites. Our manufacturing hub is in Glenrothes in Fife where we employ more than 560 people. The aircraft systems integration takes place in Broughton, North Wales. We manage the Sentinel programme from RAF Waddington where we provide training and a wide range of development work for the RAF. At Gloucester and Manchester, our new cyber business centres conduct specialist research and software development work for customers, and finally there’s our technology centre in Harlow.

 

With more than 1,600 employees situated across England, Scotland and Wales, Raytheon UK continues to invest in its infrastructure and people as well as growing its graduate and apprenticeship programmes.

 

Raytheon Company, with 2017 sales of $25 billion and 64,000 employees, is a technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, civil government and cybersecurity solutions. With a history of innovation spanning 96 years, Raytheon provides state-of-the-art electronics, mission systems integration, C5I™ products and services, sensing, effects, and mission support for customers in more than 80 countries. Raytheon is headquartered in Waltham, Mass.

Company info
Telephone
01895 816248
Location
Uxbridge
GB

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