ASTRID Programme Manager

Job Title:

ASTRID Programme  Manager

Location:

Frimley/Christchurch/Yeovil/Portsmouth. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements. Please  speak  to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Salary:  £67,000+ depending on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing :

Accountability for order intake, revenue and margin targets for the ASTRID contract

Managing  the ASTRID customer relationship with Dstl and key interfaces across customer stakeholders

Accountability for monitoring  KPIs , Supply Chain health, and other framework performance metrics to  lead  customer meetings

Accountability for delivering service excellence to external customers, including senior stakeholder engagement across the entire MOD and other government departments

Working with colleagues within BAE Systems to maximise the strategic value of the ASTRID framework and influence the framework strategy

Managing  and addressing ASTRID framework-level risks, issues and opportunities, and  leading  on continuous improvement of the framework

Managing  the ASTRID project plans and priorities to address resource and operational  challenges

Leading  continuous improvement within ASTRID to drive efficiencies and effectiveness within the Project  Management  Office (PMO)

Line  management  of the ASTRID PMO team, undertaking all line  management  duties, including  objective  setting, development plans and performance reviews

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

Experienced Programme  Management  practitioner

Demonstration of change  management  to support continuous improvement

Leadership  and people  management  capability (ideally prior experience in a people  leadership  capacity, or able to develop into people  leadership  through capability and behaviours)

Excellent stakeholder  management  skills and collaborative approach

Desirable:

Previous experience in supplier  management

Qualification in relevant field (eg. Project  Management  qualification) and ideally LCM Assessor status

Knowledge of/experience in operational  analysis  and framework  management

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 team:

The ASTRID Framework was established by the Ministry of Defence in 2020 to provide  analysis  and  decision  support services across the defence, security and resilience domains. ASTRID is now delivering a broad portfolio of over 100 projects per year, ranging widely in scope, value and complexity.

As ASTRID Programme  Manager  you will  lead  a team of Project Managers delivering programme obligations under the contract, ensuring we deliver valuable outcomes for our customers and meet internal financial and business  objectives . You’ll be working very closely with customers including DSTL and MoD.

This role will provide you with an  excellent opportunity  to develop your career within a unique role at BAE Systems. You’ll help shape the future of DSTL’s contracting frameworks as well as deliver valuable outcomes in key areas such as operational  analysis , scientific research, and  decision  support.

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.

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:  6th February 2026

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.

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