Job Description
VP Engineering & Programme Management
Competitive Salary
Essex
Our client, a market leader within the Defence / Space industry, is currently looking for a VP of Engineering & Programmes to review, analyse, and evaluate business procedures in order to improve day-to-day operations, ensuring smooth processes.
* With an emphasis on product development, program management, and the expansion of overall system engineering capabilities, the VP of Engineering & Program Management position is responsible for supervising the creation, execution, and enhancement of Space Imaging engineering and program execution procedures.
* The role necessitates technological creativity, leadership, programmatic, communication, and global team-building abilities in addition to broad engineering domain competence in hardware, mechanical, optical, firmware, software, image processing, and testing.
* The chosen applicant will be a motivated, high-energy person with experience in the space industry who has demonstrated project delivery success in a senior position. They will have examples of comprehensive change management as well as experience expanding an organisation.
Primary Duties & Responsibilities:
* Work with Product Management, Operations, and Sales leaders to develop the company's technological innovation and development strategy.
* Lead a team of director-level reports, emphasising timely and cost-effective execution.
* Reorganise and bolster the larger team as needed to ensure alignment with future goals and growth commitments.
* Contribute to the creation and delivery of company and functional objectives.
* Introduce pertinent KPIs to measure and improve performance against those objectives and customer commitments.
* Provide technical direction and oversight for both engineering and program organisational development.
Job Qualifications:
* Extensive demonstrable experience in successful change management and organisational transformation.
* Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in related discipline (Electrical Engineering, Computer Science).
* 10+ years of Engineering experience.
* 10+ years of Management experience.
* 10+ years of Programme delivery experience.
* Space industry experience.
* Strong experience with diverse engineering disciplines (Mechanical, Hardware, FPGA, Software).
* Financial acumen and strong experience with managing budgets and delivering business cases (R&D, CapEx, PL).
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