PMO Manager

Elbit Systems Ltd Overview 

ESUK has four wholly owned subsidiaries as well as two joint ventures. In total, over 500 personnel are employed by ESUK, in high tech roles in the defence, aerospace and rail sectors. ESUK’s parent company is Elbit Systems Ltd. (ESL), listed on the NASDAQ and TASE stock exchanges as ESLT.  

ESL is a global high technology company engaged in a wide range of programmes throughout the world. Developing and supplying a broad portfolio of airborne, land and naval systems and products for defence, homeland security and commercial aviation applications. 

The Role 

Location - Bristol 

Reports to - Head of PMO 

Direct Reports - N/A 

Security Clearance requirements: - SC  

Project

This role will cut across multiple projects in each BU and will reside in the Central PMO function. 

Role 

Reporting directly to the Head of PMO, whilst working proactively with other Senior Team members across all Business Units, the PMO Lead will help support the delivery of the strategic and operational plans for all Bids & Projects within ESUK. While implementing the plans, the PMO Manager must look for efficiencies and effectiveness in terms of managing Schedules, Financial Cost Control, Risk & Opportunity, Reporting Metrics (particularly EVM) and all other aspects within the Programmes to create stability and a level of control which will enable senior management to make decisions and help manage their Projects with the information provided. 

The principal purpose of the role is to look at the way each Programme is operating and ensure consistency across the business as much as possible, whilst also providing support, guidance, and mentorship to all PMO Staff while adhering to ESUK policies and procedures. 

The role will look at improvements to processes, tools and ensuring that the PMO function is operating as efficiently as possible with the aim of providing the best quality service and information to the business.

Responsibilities include:  

• Producing resourced, time phased schedules, taking account dependencies and resource requirements when required 

• Developing and agreeing budgets for projects and/or programmes and managing actual and forecast costs against them when required 

• Identifying and monitoring project and/or programme and/or portfolio risks (threats and opportunities), planning and implementing responses to them and responding to other issues that might affect the project and/or programme and/or portfolio when required 

• Consolidating and documenting the fundamental components of projects and/or programmes and/or portfolios (scope, schedule, resource requirements, budgets, risks, issues and quality) 

• Schedule and Cost risk analysis 

• Provide consistent approach for Project Control across all Business Units 

• Analyse Project Financial information 

• Sales & Ops Planning (S&OP) - Resource management - Supply & Demand across all Business Units for ESUK 

• Provide reporting to senior management & stakeholders 

• Facilitate Change Control Process 

• Provide Bid / New Business support when required 

Person Specification

Essential Skills and Experience 

• A proven track record in all elements of Project Control, Risk Management and Resource Planning 

• Experience with costing, scheduling and scoping multi-million-pound projects 

• Understanding of Project management principles 

• Experience in presenting data to both internal and external customers 

• Experience of bid capture 

• Knowledge of the UK MoD process and procedures 

• Practical ‘hands on’ attitude with the ability to operate independently 

• Association Project Management qualification 

• Knowledge of commercial and defence programmes 

• Experience of full budget control 

• Experience with Risk Predict! Controller and Analyser