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Form of workJob Title: Head of IT & Digital Programme -Submarines
Employer:Rolls Royce
Location: Derby, United Kingdom
Salary:
Employment Type: Permanent
Reference Number: 12212_JR6113898-1
Job Details:
Job Description
Head of IT & Digital Programme – Submarines
Derby / On-Site
Why Rolls Royce?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Head of IT & Digital Programme
to join the Rolls-Royce Submarines Business in Derby.
We’re a leader in propulsion system design and development for the Royal Navy’s nuclear submarine fleet and the sole provider and technical authority.
Join us and we’ll provide an environment where you can be yourself. An inclusive, digital-first culture that invests in you, gives you a platform for continuous learning, and access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities to grow your career.
As part of the IT/Digital organisations 1st Line management team, the Head of IT & Digital Programme role is an exciting opportunity to shape the Rolls-Royce Submarines delivery business unit following the adoption of our new Unity contract with the MoD.
We offer excellent development, a competitive salary and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.
Your needs are as unique as you are. Hybrid working is a way in which our people can balance their time between the office, home or another remote location. It’s a locally managed and flexed informal discretionary arrangement. As a minimum we’re all expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons, on average three days per week.
What you will be doing:
You will identify internal and / or external customer product and / or service needs and develop a strategy to meet those needs.
- Execute the developed strategy on behalf of the IT & Digital Director to meet identified and anticipated customer requirements.
- Be accountable for ensuring all project / programme / portfolio activities are delivered with account of the full project and product lifecycle and in line with company standard processes.
- Direct the delivery of the portfolio of projects against the agreed Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) in line with company standard processes.
- Be accountable for stakeholder interface management and successful delivery of stakeholder requirements.
- Provide leadership, direction, and knowledge within their area of responsibility and be responsible for providing accurate information to gain commitment, funding and resources to deliver the project / programme for the IT & Digital Director.
- Form part of the Senior Leadership team.
Who we are looking for:
At Rolls-Royce we embrace agility, are bold, pursue collaboration and seek simplicity in everything we do. These principles form our values and behaviours and are an essential component of our assessment process and are fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.
- Significant experience in the governance and management of projects and / or programmes / portfolio of increasing complexity within a matrix management organisational structure, with competing business priorities and requirements, predominately in engineering, high hazard industrial environments, which include significant IT enablers, and a unionised work force.
- You will be able to demonstrate a breadth of organisational understanding across a range of business and functional areas, ideally with experience including some time in a non-IT/Digital function (ie. purchasing, commercial, engineering management etc).
- You will have strong leadership, diplomacy, interpersonal relationship, and people management skills.
- You will be able to share the techniques and approaches that you have used in a range of collaborative and adversarial situations, both in individual and team environments and with external parties to deliver results.
- You will have led complex projects in more than one context, domain or sector across the entire programme lifecycle.
- Member of a professional body and working towards RPP (Recognised Project Professional) qualification or equivalent.
We are an equal opportunities employer. We’re committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives. And the more perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of respect and appreciation, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.
You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy at Our people Rolls-Royce
To work for Rolls-Royce Submarines you need to hold a Security Check (SC) clearance without any caveats to that clearance. Rolls-Royce will support the application for Security Clearance if you don’t currently already have this in place. Due to the nature of work the business conducts and the protection of certain assets, you must hold a UK nationality. Any dual nationals will require additional scrutiny and background checks prior to commencing work with RRSL.
Closing date: 05th of January 2024
Job Category
Digital
Posting Date
24 Nov 2023; 00:11
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