Programme Manager

Purpose

The programme manager is responsible for the management and coordination of all activities related to the fulfilment of assigned customer orders for ACS (UK) Ltd, from the time a program is handed over by the sales department until programme closure. You will be required to lead an Integrated Project Team (IPT) structure and have primary responsibility to maintain the programme performance and adherence to contractual obligations in respect to delivery, quality, cost and weight criteria.

• Management of programmes through the full product life cycle from sales handover to programme closure with complete budgetary responsibility for project delivery, cost, quality and weight requirements as defined by the contract.
• Manage customer programmes from sales handover through the full product lifecycle to programme closure, with full responsibility for delivery, cost, quality, weight, and budget performance.
• Lead complex engineering projects involving certification testing, third‑party integrations, bespoke customer solutions, design development, and production activities.
• Act as the primary customer contact, leading meetings, resolving queries, coordinating resources, and escalating unresolved issues to senior management when required.
• Develop, maintain, and control project plans, ensuring contractual milestones, deliverables, gate reviews, and technical documentation are completed on schedule.
• Negotiate project scope, due date changes, and deliverables with customers, OEMs, and internal stakeholders while maintaining programme baselines.
• Manage programme scope, budgets, change proposals (MCPs/CCPs), service bulletins, and financial impacts, ensuring timely approvals and implementation.
• Maintain comprehensive programme documentation, including action logs, meeting minutes, gateway checklists, audit records, risk registers, concessions, and project trackers.
• Lead and coordinate the Integrated Project Team (IPT), assigning resources, managing priorities, resolving conflicts, tracking dependencies, and ensuring accountability.
• Oversee BFE activities and IFE test equipment readiness, ensuring required materials, software, and systems support testing and production requirements.
• Drive overall programme performance by leading key project milestones (ITCM, PDR, CDR, FAI), monitoring progress, financial performance, OEM ratings, and project reporting.
• Deliver projects against contractual KPIs, including on‑time delivery, budget adherence, quality standards, weight targets, milestone achievement, and customer satisfaction.
• Previous project management experience, ideally within aircraft interiors, including experience managing project profit and loss.
• Hold a degree in Engineering, Science, Business, or a related field, with formal project management qualifications (e.g. APM PMQ, PRINCE2, Agile) considered desirable.
• Demonstrate strong customer relationship management, negotiation, communication, presentation, problem‑solving, organisational, and Microsoft Office/MS Project skills, with the ability to perform under pressure and work independently.
• Be willing to travel domestically and internationally as required, meet security and export control requirements, and comply with personnel security vetting standards.

• Travel among sites will be required to support PM functions and visits. Some international travel may also be required to support the needs of the project to which you will be allocated.

Please note; numerous positions at AVIC Cabin Systems UK LTD are governed by security and export control regulations. These rules indicate that elements such as your nationality or any prior nationalities you may have held, and your birthplace can influence the positions you are qualified to undertake within the organisation. All candidates must at least meet the baseline personnel security standard.

Additionally, certain roles demand elevated levels of national security vetting.

ACS UK ltd is an equal opportunities employer