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
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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 procedure s.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 testin g.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 organisatio n.
Primary Duties & Responsibiliti es:
Work with Product Management, Operations, and Sales leaders to develop the company's technological innovation and development strat egy;Lead a team of director-level reports, emphasising timely and cost-effective execut ion;Reorganise and bolster the larger team as needed to ensure alignment with future goals and growth commitme nts;Contribute to the creation and delivery of company and functional objecti ves;Introduce pertinent KPIs to measure and improve performance against those objectives and customer commitme nts;Provide technical direction and oversight for both engineering and program organisational developm ent.Job Qualificati ons:Extensive demonstrable experience in successful change management and organisational transforma tionBachelor's degree (or higher) in related discipline (Electrical Engineering, Computer Scie nce)10+ years of Engineering experi ence10+ years of Management experi ence10+ years of Programme delivery experi enceSpace industry experi enceStrong experience with diverse engineering disciplines (Mech, Hardware, FPGA, Softw are)Financial acumen and strong experience with managing budgets and delivering business cases (R&D, CapEx, P&am
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