As the G7 Project Sponsor, you will be part of a newly formed and growing team and at the centre of the Royal Navy’s Submarine Directorate, Devonport Major Infrastructure. You will work alongside the Submarine Delivery Agency (SDA), Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) and Industry Partners such as Babcock International to lead the delivery of major infrastructure projects. Under delegation from the Senior Responsible Owner (SRO) you will be accountable for realising the outcome (project delivery) against the approved performance, cost and time (PCT) envelop. You will be responsible for identifying the projects purpose and objectives and setting the requirements ensuring alignment to Navy Commands objectives and direction, developing and owning the business case, delivering benefits, capability integration, transition of the new asset into Business as Usual (BAU) and stakeholder management.
The Project Sponsor is a leadership role and enables the MOD to be an intelligent client to industry and provides conditions for project success.
1.Project objective setting and Requirements Management: Ownership of requirements throughout the project life cycle, Developing Infrastructure Requirements, functional requirements, success criteria.
2. Stakeholder Management: identifying, analysing, communicating, and engaging with external and internal stakeholders. Ensuring stakeholder support and commitment to the project success. Ensuring functional managers and subject matter experts relevant to the project are identified, engaged with and their requirements are captured.
3. Project Leadership: Champions the project and protects the benefits. Critical Friend to the Project Manager/ Project through appropriate motivation, support and challenge through understanding of project performance. Ensures the project is set up for success and enables the MoD to be an intelligent client. Ensures the project team has the resources it needs to deliver and keep the project in control.
4. Owns the Business Case and the Approval and Assurance Plan: Develops the Integrated Approval and Assurance Plan (IAAP), develops the Business Case and manages the development of supporting artefacts, manages approvals process including the MOD Cat A processes and outnotes. Issues and controls delegations to the Project Manager.
5. Applies governance to the project: develops and applies effective governance to the project and provides timely decision making.
The post will be based in HMNB Devonport with potential occasional travel to other defence locations including NCHQ Portsmouth, London Main Building and other MOD or Suppler sites. This post is advertised at 37 hours per week.