AMS PSR

On behalf of the Met Office, we are looking for a Project Director (Inside IR35) for a 6 month hybrid contract based in Exeter.

As a Project Director, your main responsibilities will be to:

• Ensure the successful delivery of two generations of supercomputing capabilities and associated services consistent with the outsourced managed services agreement with Microsoft.
• Ensure all internal and third-party dependent and enabling capability changes are delivered as needed and are effectively enabling the delivery of the outsourced supercomputing services.
• Ensure the interfaces and interdependencies between these core responsibilities and the wider strategic change activities across the organisation are known and being managed effectively.
• Ensure the changes are effectively implemented into the existing operational capabilities and the organisational services and business continuity capabilities are maintained or enhanced through the relevant transition stages.
• Ensure all third parties are effectively delivering to the organisational strategic plan and are can reasonably adapt to changing Government and organisational challenges.
• Ensure the investment returns are optimised and where needed the delivery is adjusted to support the same outcomes.

Essential:

• A proven track record of successfully delivering complex programmes. Relevant certifications include: Managing Successful Programmes (MSP) - Practitioner, APM Chartered Project Professional, or Project Leadership Programme.
• Experience of delivering programmes with a high level of complexity, these are generally characterised as having a high degree of risk or uncertainty, are large in size, politically sensitive, technically complex, and with a large number of stakeholders.
• Leadership and management skills, demonstrating the ability to lead and motivate multi-disciplinary teams to deliver beneficial Programme outcomes. Draw upon extensive experience to resolve a wide range of issues with differing levels of complexity.
• Well established supplier management skills, ideally including Cloud hyperscalers or large international organisations. This will need to be complimented with demonstratable experience in contract management, supply negotiation or service management.
• The ability to influence both internal and external stakeholders who are typically part of existing contractual and reporting arrangements, as well as multi-disciplinary team, working to ensure engagement and delivery of results.

Desirable:

• SC Clearance is an essential requirement for this role, as a minimum you must be willing & eligible to undergo checks. Please note, due to the exceptional requirements of this position (short-term nature of this role and speed at which we require a postholder in situ) preference may be given to candidates who meet all of the essential criteria and hold active security clearance.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident 

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, the Met Office guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".