Develop Directorate – Develop Programme Manager

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Navy Develop is the Navy’s Capability Design Authority. It is responsible for articulating the force and capability requirements of the future based upon Head Office policy and Navy strategic planning, ensuring that our capability plans are problem-led, mission-focussed and threat/risk aware. It also acts as the through-life capability sponsor for all Navy capabilities – advocating for and enacting major portfolio changes to address capability shortfalls and drive towards the Navy of tomorrow.

The role of Programme Manager is to support the Senior Responsible Owner (SRO) and Programme Director in managing and leading the Programme through management of Programme deliverables and artefacts, co-ordination and assurance of delivery of the assigned Programme applying best practice leadership, programme controls and management discipline.

Each programme is managed through the development phase within Develop Directorate before in most cases transitioning to another Directorate for Delivery. Although the Develop Directorate has a Sub Portfolio Office (Sub-PfO) of P3M resources (including specialists in Risk, Scheduling, Benefits and Programme Controls) to support Programmes/Projects in the longer term, ‘start up’ Programmes may be provided resource from the Project delivery Performance (PDP) Team part of the Performance Group.

The post holder will lead an assigned Programme and any wider programme team to achieve co-ordination and assurance of delivery, they are accountable to the Programme Director.

Some Of The Programmes To Be Supported Include

Future Afloat Support Base: Purchase of a vessel from the commercial market to operate as an Afloat Support Base in the Gulf.

T32/Multi Role Support Ship (MRSS): A single programme to deliver two capabilities that will form the backbone of the Future Commando Force Littoral Response Groups.

Persistent Operationally Deployed System (PODS): Delivery of modularised capability in future platforms. This will enable efficient and cost-effective adaptability of future RN ships as well as accommodate the spiral development of such capabilities.

Future Air Defence System (FADS): Delivery of air defence from the mid-2030s as a replacement for the T45 destroyer.

Sting Ray Mid-Life Upgrade (SRMLU): Sustain an Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) attack capability with an updated weapon optimised against future maritime threats.

Multi Role Ocean Surveillance (MROS): Delivery of two platforms, the first being a commercially purchased vessel which will deliver a Seabed Warfare capability and the second will be a platform capable of Deep-Water Military Data Gathering and is likely to be a design and build.

Future Military Data Gathering (FMDG): Delivery of a new approach with a shift away from bespoke military vessels to deliver a hybrid mix of commercial and military solutions collecting oceanographic and hydrographic data.

Naval Strike Network (NSN): Deliver the enabling digital infrastructure within maritime combat systems for the augmentation of maritime forces with fully integrated and connected uncrewed Force Elements.