The Alan Turing Institute is seeking a Programme Manager within their Programme Management Unit.

Role Purpose

Programme Managers oversee and manage delivery of research projects within the designated programme/s, within funding parameters and to meet agreed delivery milestones and impact objectives. We anticipate that the postholder will to demonstrate initiative, balance and accountability in addition to the core values of Turing and their commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion as described in the Turing’s EDI Principles and Our Values (below).

The post holder plans, organises and communicates the start-up of individual projects and initiatives and is responsible for oversight of ongoing activities within the Programme. Funding may originate from Research Councils, external partners and sponsors, or Turing core funding.

Programme Managers report either to a Senior Programme Manager or the Director of Programme Management, and may have line management responsibility for one or more Research Project Managers. Their relationships are broad and varied, spanning a diverse team of academic research and business staff within the Institute, together with researchers and operational and senior stakeholders within partner organisations (both university partners and funding partners).

This post holder will support the Institute’s Defence and Security programme. The Programme Manager is responsible for facilitating smooth operational links between the partner universities and research institutes as well as close working within The Alan Turing Institute to deliver high-quality research projects, research programmes, and knowledge exchange in data science and AI.

Duties and Areas of Responsibility

• Oversee the delivery of millions of pounds of data science and AI research, training and knowledge exchange programme initiatives, ensuring they are managed to business requirements, specification, time and budget
• Provide support, advice, and challenge to the Programme Director and Senior Programme Manager in the implementation of robust programme management processes and protocols. Ensure the programme complies with Institute policies and governance.
• With the PI and Industry lead and other colleagues, shape the programme strategy and set, implement, and regularly review programme objectives and activities, in alignment with the Institute’s strategies.
• Foster, grow and develop the research community engaging with the programme through activities that meet the mutual needs of the programme and the research community.
• Manage the budget for some aspects of the programme, which includes estimating proposal/project costs, forecasting, tracking actuals, and reconciliations.
• Highlight impact, outcomes, outputs of the programme and promote its successes with stakeholders.
• Monitor all activities, review risks, issues and progress, taking actions or escalating as necessary to ensure minimum impact on programme.
• Deliver regular updates and communications of programme information, highlighting risks and opportunities to stakeholders, internally and externally. Cultivate strong relationships with programme stakeholders.
• Responsible for performance management and professional development of one or more Research Project Managers (where applicable).
• Cultivate strong relationships with programme stakeholders, including strong open working relationship with funders, strategic partners and delivery partners across the programme.

Requirements

• Degree or equivalent level of professional qualifications and/or experience with a demonstrated interest in data science and artificial intelligence
• Formal training in one or more project management processes (APM, MSP, Scrum, Lean, Agile, Prince II etc.) as well as familiarity with project management tools and software.
• Budget management and financial processes; experience working with Finance on budget planning, reporting, reconciliations;
• Experience negotiating, managing and monitoring contracts;
• Must be eligible to hold a UK Security Check (SC) clearance and obtain that within 6 months of the commencement of their employment, or in such longer period as the Institute may in its absolute discretion consider reasonable to obtain such clearance
• Demonstrated programme and project management and organisational skills
• Experience managing multi-disciplinary projects, involving external and internal partners
• Experience facilitating research using sensitive data, including an understanding of information governance requirements;

This full time post is offered on a permanent basis. 

Please find below a link to the advert, job description and application form.

https://cezanneondemand.intervieweb.it/turing/jobs/programme_manager_defence__security_21922/en/

Closing date: Monday 2^nd May 2022, 23:59pm.

Should you have any queries, please email recruitment@turing.ac.uk.