Senior Program Manager

Job Type: Full-time

G&H is a world leader in optical designing, testing and manufacturing. As experts in the technology of light, G&H works with customers to provide optical systems, assemblies, and components for demanding applications. Headquartered in Ilminster Somerset, UK with primary operations in the USA and Europe, G&H is recognised for the breadth of their acousto‑optic, electro‑optic, crystal‑optic, fibre‑optic, and precision optic products.

G&H is recognised as the preferred source for OEMs in the life sciences, industrial, and aerospace and defence industries, with a history of quality and excellence that dates back over seventy‑five years.

G&H is a world leader in optical designing, testing and manufacturing. As experts in the technology of light, G&H works with customers to provide optical systems, assemblies, and components for demanding applications. Headquartered in Ilminster Somerset, UK with primary operations in the USA and Europe, G&H is recognised for the breadth of their acousto‑optic, electro‑optic, crystal‑optic, fibre‑optic, and precision optic products.

G&H is recognised as the preferred source for OEMs in the life sciences, industrial, and aerospace and defence industries, with a history of quality and excellence that dates back over seventy‑five years.

Working within the Program management team, the Programme Manager has accountability of programmes running in our Innovation Hub and Ilminster, responsible for the delivery of projects on‑time and under budget and is responsible for enabling new programmes with costed proposals.

This role can be based at either of our South West sites within our Optical Systems division – Ilminster, Somerset or Plymouth, Devon.

• Responsibility for management and delivery of project portfolio with accountability for programmatic, technical and financial performance.
• Work closely with the General Manager OS Division, Head of Defence Programs, Program Management team and Sales & Business Development to create, execute and maintain project plans and statements of work (SOW), detailing task descriptions, deliverables, project schedules through liaising with specialist areas across a matrix organisation in‑line with company processes, procedures and standards.
• Work closely with Engineering, Supply Chain and Operations to deliver programs on time and under budget in all phases, from Design & Development to full scale Production.
• Deliver programmes in line with G&H or customer‑driven processes, standards and project governance requirements.
• Manage and co‑ordinate proposals from concept to contract award, working through the direction of Business Development and Engineering.
• Schedule and lead periodic customer program meetings.
• Take responsibility for identification and realisation of profit improvement on projects.
• Good understanding of contractual requirements.
• Maintain project action plans and drive internal team meetings.
• Apply change, risk and resource management.
• Interface and prepare reports for the GM OS Division, Lead Program Manager and Site Lead.

• Adherence to all Company policies, management systems and standard operational procedures, including legal responsibilities in relation to Health, Safety, Environmental and Quality.
• Working positively to develop and foster good working relationships with colleagues and contracted personnel in order to maintain a culture of mutual respect and dignity.
• Promote and display the G&H values:
  Customer focus, Integrity, Action, Unity, Precision.

• Minimum 5 years (or equivalent experience) of management experience in multi‑million programmes.
• Educated to degree level in a relevant technical, science, engineering or business discipline.
• Technical knowledge in at least one of Mechanical Design, Optics or Electronics.
• Knowledge of commercial aspects of Optics desirable.
• Proven track record in driving and executing on Defence programmes.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.

• 26 days holiday plus bank holidays.
• Company pension (6% contribution).
• Company bonus scheme.
• Health Cash Plan.
• £500…