Project Delivery Lead (DO178)

This role is based full-time on-site, working directly alongside customer engineering and assurance teams throughout programme execution. 

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of a complex DAL D to DAL A software assurance programme.
• Develop and maintain integrated programme plans, schedules, dependencies and delivery roadmaps.
• Manage delivery against agreed milestones, contractual commitments and assurance evidence submissions.
• Own programme RAID management (Risks, Assumptions, Issues and Dependencies).
• Lead programme governance forums, delivery reviews and customer reporting activities.
• Coordinate multi-disciplinary engineering, software assurance, verification and quality teams.
• Monitor programme performance against schedule, cost, resource and quality metrics.
• Manage change requests, scope evolution and re-baselining activities where required.
• Drive issue resolution and escalation management across internal and customer stakeholders.
• Ensure delivery readiness of engineering environments, toolchains, processes and supporting infrastructure.
• Maintain close engagement with customer representatives, technical authorities and programme leadership.
• Support commercial management activities including forecasting, resource planning and delivery assumptions.
• Ensure compliance with aerospace and defence governance requirements throughout programme execution.
• Promote a strong delivery culture centred on predictability, quality, accountability and continuous improvement.

• Degree qualified in Engineering, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, Project Management or a related discipline.
• Recognised project management qualification such as PRINCE2 Practitioner, APM PMQ, PMP or equivalent is desirable.
• Professional registration or membership of a relevant engineering institution is advantageous.

• Proven delivery leadership of complex engineering or software development programmes.
• Strong programme planning, scheduling and dependency management capability.
• Experience managing delivery performance against fixed customer milestones.
• Excellent stakeholder management and customer-facing communication skills.
• Strong RAID management and governance experience.
• Ability to coordinate multi-disciplinary engineering teams across multiple workstreams.
• Commercial awareness including resource planning, cost management and change control.
• Experience operating within regulated or safety-critical engineering environments.
• Strong reporting, presentation and executive briefing capabilities.
• Ability to make decisions and maintain programme momentum under schedule pressure.

• Knowledge of DO-178 software assurance processes and objectives.
• Understanding of airborne software certification and Design Assurance Levels (DALs).
• Experience supporting software assurance uplift or certification transition programmes.
• Aerospace, defence, marine or other highly regulated industry experience.
• Familiarity with software development lifecycles, verification activities and configuration management.
• Experience working within customer sites and integrated delivery teams.
• Knowledge of systems engineering, quality assurance and compliance frameworks.
• Experience leading geographically distributed engineering teams.
• Demonstrable experience delivering complex engineering work packages with fixed external milestones and customer-facing governance.
• Proven track record of managing programmes involving multiple technical disciplines and external stakeholders.
• Experience leading delivery within regulated, safety-critical or mission-critical environments.
• Experience managing programme risks, dependencies and resource constraints to achieve delivery objectives.
• Experience supporting large-scale engineering transformation, assurance or compliance programmes is highly desirable.

• This role requires regular on-site presence at the customer facility. Due to programme requirements and stakeholder engagement activities, candidates should expect the majority of work to be undertaken on-site.

• Collaborative working environment – we stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients and our peers through good times and challenges  
• We empower all passionate technology loving professionals by allowing them to expand their skills and take part in inspiring projects   
• Expleo Academy - enables you to acquire and develop the right skills by delivering a suite of accredited training courses  
• Competitive company benefits
• Always working as one team, our people are not afraid to think big and challenge the status quo 

• As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we have committed to:
• Ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible
• Communicating and promoting vacancies
• Offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job
• Anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required
• Supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long term health condition, enabling them to stay in work at least one activity that will make a difference for disabled people

“We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age”. 

We treat everyone fairly and equitably across the organisation, including providing any additional support and adjustments needed for everyone to thrive