Programme Integration Lead – Defence

Overview

As Integration Lead in the Defence team, you coordinate multi-project delivery within a highly regulated Air Defence programme. You will align objectives, deliver integrated plans, and manage interfaces, milestones, risks, and governance to ensure on-time, compliant outcomes. The role sits in an integrated client team, emphasizing collaboration across clients, consultants, suppliers and delivery partners. This is a security-sensitive position with SC clearance considerations and a focus on continuous improvement and knowledge sharing.

Pay / Benefits

• car allowance
• hybrid working
• medical health cover
• life insurance
• pension scheme
• annual salary reviews

Responsibilities

• Coordinate integration activities across multiple projects, workstreams, and delivery teams
• Manage interfaces, dependencies and milestones to support delivery
• Synchronise integrated programme plans with project objectives and delivery schedules
• Facilitate collaboration between client, consultant, supplier and delivery stakeholders
• Monitor performance and report progress, risks and delivery challenges
• Identify, manage and escalate programme risks, issues and interdependencies
• Support governance, assurance and decision-making processes
• Drive consistency in reporting, controls and delivery standards
• Support mobilisation, transition and readiness activities
• Promote continuous improvement and knowledge sharing across the integrated client team

Key requirements

• Experience leading programme integration, programme management, PMO or complex project delivery
• Experience managing dependencies, interfaces and stakeholders across large and complex programmes
• Strong understanding of governance, planning, reporting and risk management principles
• Experience in Defence, Aerospace, Infrastructure, Nuclear or other regulated environments
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management and influencing skills
• Degree-qualified or equivalent professional experience in project management, programme management, engineering or related discipline
• Current SC clearance or eligibility and willingness to obtain/maintain UK security clearance

• communication
• stakeholder management
• influencing
• programme governance
• planning
• risk management

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