Programme Manager

Job Title: M365 Programme Manager

Location: Preston/Frimley. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Referral Scheme Bonus: £1,000

Grade: GG13

You’re expected to have completed 12 months in role prior to applying for an advertised vacancy and you should also discuss the internal opportunity with your line manager to ensure sustained business continuity and to further support your career development.

We know there may be exceptional individual circumstances that impact this, in the first instance please discuss this with your line manager.

If you don’t feel you can talk to your Line Manager, you can contact your HRBP.

PLEASE NOTE Should you be invited for interview; you acknowledge that the Recruitment team will contact you and your line manager regarding your application for this opportunity.

What you’ll be doing:

Leadership of an IT Agile programme delivering products, projects and services across BAE Systems

Lead, motivate and support all team members through all that they do, ensuring the well-being on an individual basis as well as the collective whole

Support the scrum masters and project managers to deliver their squad and project objectives and enable success / operational excellence by removing blockers

Drive delivery and proactive management of squads and projects within the, largely, Agile programme against the prioritised backlog

The point of contact for any squad and project issues, supporting resolution with customers and partners in a collaborative way

Deliver succinct reporting across the programme in a timely manner, with focus on squad and project performance reporting to senior leadership

Your skills and experiences:

Experience of project and programme management delivery in complex, challenging environments to both national and International Customers

Recognised project management qualification or equivalent experience

Competent team leadership experience

Management of supplier and partner performance

Agile delivery experience at a Programme level

SAFe delivery experience

M365 delivery experience

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The EIT M365 portfolio team

Working with our partners to deliver critical business value to underpin and enhance the M365 Product delivered to our organisation worldwide. We work with our partners, MoD and internal Customers across all Sectors to deliver both strategic and tactical solutions. You will have the opportunity to grow in this role and support the transition in new ways of working with a growing number of partners and the conception of One DDC.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

We welcome applications from all suitably qualified people, who are BAE Systems employees and have been in their current role for 12 months or longer.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 8th December 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.