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Please note this role does offer hybrid working, our model sets out a 60% onsite / 40% home working split but this can be discussed on a case by case basis.
Overview
Join us to help enable Tokamak Energy’s ambitious strategy to bring clean energy through fusion and develop related business applications to position the company as a leader in sustainable energy.
This role will directly report to our CTO and sit at the heart of Tokamak Energy in delivering our strategy, ensuring the organisation is able to articulate value delivered and return on investment to current and future investors and clear line of sight to our strategy.
This role will manage and be accountable for programme milestones, KPIs and delivery for the company. It influences across the business and is a key interlocutor with the Leadership Team to build and deliver a centre of excellence for planning and programme management.
This role will lead a team of Programme and Project Managers who are already driving a range of exciting developments on time, to deliver within budget and to meet our commitments. Over the next year, this role will support the team in acceleration towards our next ST40 upgrade and test campaign (first ever US DOE and UK DESNZ collaboration in fusion), delivery of the DOE MS programme Phase 1 milestones and several partnerships with UK AEA. It will drive effective use of resources, aiding our magnet business, TE Magnetics, in its role to commercialise HTS magnets for fusion and other applications.
Key Deliverables
* Lead a team of Project and Programme Managers to deliver our exciting projects on our path to fusion. This role will be key in recruiting, coaching and developing, building and managing a delivery team function, supporting the core team with personal growth and career development.
* Implement programme management best practice in all of our technology and product development as well as design and test programmes (including support of budget, risk and resource planning in conjunction with other business functions).
* Deploy adaptable programme management that allows us to implement fit for purpose governance on programmes of different size and complexity.
* Drive delivery across the portfolio by instilling the appropriate planning behaviour and an improvement mindset.
Requirements
* Bring substantial experience in delivery or Programme Management of large projects (>£100m).
* Bring experience building, driving and managing innovative programmes in ambiguous, volatile environments where one needs to pivot fast and excellent risk management is paramount.
* Be able to take a holistic view organisation-wide, but also to deep dive into plans and resolve issues/remove blockers.
* Be a skilful communicator and facilitator and able to draw ideas from others and have experience of interfacing with scientific and engineering teams.
* Bring experience operating in a matrixed environment (using influence to achieve results through others rather than through direct management).
* Be comfortable leading change.
* Have emotional intelligence with demonstrable people management competence.
* Be qualified in any of the following: PRINCE 2, APM, MSP, MoP, MoR, Agile Project Management or P3O – or with experience to demonstrate appropriate PM skills/capability.
About Us
What if there was a limitless, safe, clean, low-cost energy source, providing much needed global energy security? What if that energy source could also help reduce climate change? We believe that’s fusion energy. Tokamak Energy is a leading global commercial fusion energy company based near Oxford, UK. We have an unrivalled track record designing and operating spherical tokamaks; the optimal route to commercial fusion energy.
Come and be a part of a dynamic and innovative team who are striving to provide a solution to one of humanity’s greatest challenges: clean and sustainable energy for all.
Important Information
Please note that any personal data submitted to Tokamak Energy will be processed in accordance with the GDPR and related UK data protection legislation.
If you do not meet all the listed criteria for this position, we would still welcome your application.
Entry into employment with Tokamak Energy and progression within employment will be determined only by personal merit and the application of criteria which are related to the duties of each post and the relevant salary structure. In all cases, ability to perform the job will be the primary consideration.
No applicant or member of staff shall be discriminated against because of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.
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