Senior Project Manager

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Senior Project Managers are team-focussed with a clear skill and desire to lead and develop their team of Project Managers.

We have the following opportunities as part of the Heathrow Expansion Mega-programme.
Please clearly state which are you are applying to:

• SPM - Systems Integration
• SPM - Airspace
• SPM - IFS/Assurance
• SPM - Strategic Delivery Planning

You will be experienced at leading multidisciplinary teams on complex and intrusive programmes & projects, and be able to drive continuous improvement and quality through each of your work streams. Developing and nurturing stakeholder and supply chain relationships will be key to the successful provision of flexible solutions for the wider Heathrow Airport team. Contract management, project reporting and adherence to the Heathrow Gateway Lifecycle will ensure that your programmes deliver the agreed benefits back into the business.

• Plan, lead and manage the project team to ensure an integrated, sustainable, and effective solution is delivered which meets the project brief and benefits realisation.
• Establish strong working relationships with key stakeholders and ensure that all user requirements are captured, and approvals are in place to meet schedule dates, as well as understanding regulatory requirements.
• End to end execution planning and management, ensuring clear goals, roles and deliverables are well defined to ensure delivery of the goals and value for money of the expenditure.
• Direct deployment of Safety obligations and initiatives and via everyone involved or touched by the project.
• Ensure the integration of design, development, construction delivery, commissioning and process requirements is achieved using the subject matter experts in the team (including own expertise as appropriate).
• Accountable for reporting of project performance using project controls tools, including earned value and quantitative risk analysis.
• Ensure the project deliverables have been tested, commissioned, and handed into operation in accordance with Heathrow requirements.
• Ensure post project reviews are done and learning and benefits realisation are captured.

• Degree qualification in an appropriate discipline, or equivalent academic achievement
• Professional qualifications (membership of an appropriate institution) or evidence demonstrating continued personal development
• Experience in a range of capital / revenue projects with a clear understanding of project management particularly APM
• Proven track record in planning and implementation of complex projects, within a live operational environment, with multiple stakeholder interfaces
• Experience of commercial and contractual environment

There's something so special about working at the world's most iconic airport. Its sights. Its sounds. Its constant air of excitement. Heathrow is an amazing backdrop to a career filled with unique opportunities.

Every day, you'll discover a world full of fresh possibilities and end the day buzzing with stories to tell, as you encounter people from all cultures, nationalities and experiences. A world full of pride for what we do and no end of exciting career prospects to explore.

It brings out the best in all of us. And inspires everyone to deliver on our ambitious plans. Together, we're working to welcome millions more passengers while ensuring aviation can continue to be a force for good by leading global efforts in sustainability.

Join us on that journey and we'll help you achieve your ambitions too. Supporting you to learn, encouraging you to be yourself, backing you to achieve more than you might ever have imagined. Because there's no place like Heathrow.

We offer competitive salaries and excellent benefits that will support you now and in the future. As well as performance-based annual bonuses and our longer-term Share in Success Bonus plans, we also offer generous annual leave allowances and market-leading pensions. With family friendly policies, access to private health insurance and a wide range of wellbeing tools, we'll support you to be at your best inside and outside work.

And of course, we'll provide varied learning and development opportunities too. Here you'll find everything you need for a fulfilling career journey that can take you in exciting directions.

Our Hybrid working approach offers the opportunity for colleagues in some roles to work from home for an average of two days a week, providing the flexibility to work in an agile way whilst ensuring we deliver for the operational needs of Heathrow. Working arrangements vary from team to team and will be confirmed during the recruitment process. You'll need to be based in the UK and within a commutable distance to Heathrow.

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