Programme Manager FCAS

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Bristol, England, GBR
In-Office
Senior level
Aerospace • Defense
The Role
Lead and manage resourcing and capability for the GCAP programme, own resourcing processes, headcount metrics and strategic workforce planning, line-manage programme leads, coordinate across Rolls‑Royce business units and stakeholders, and drive capability development and reporting to reduce resource risk to delivery.
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Job Description

GCAP Resource Manager

Filton Bristol

Management level C

Why join Rolls-Royce?

At Rolls-Royce we are proud to be a business that has truly helped to shape the modern world and are committed to always being a force for progress; powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere.

By joining Rolls-Royce, you'll have the opportunity to work on world-class solutions, supported by a culture that believes individuality is our greatest strength, and all perspectives, experiences and backgrounds help us innovate and enable our high-performance culture.

An exceptional opportunity for a Resourcing Programme Manager has arisen to join our GCAP Programmes Team.  In this ever-changing economic landscape, Future Programmes finds themselves in a more competitive and demanding world than ever before. There is an opportunity for a Programme lead capability and resourcing Manager to minimise risk of resource related risks to customer delivery.

 

The GCAP Programme team is working within a complex contractual environment which will require a much more strategic approach to working as “One Rolls-Royce” across our Defence, Civil, Electrical and Central businesses as well as working closely with our industry partners and customer on strategy and approach.

 

Working across the directorate the Programme Manager for programme lead capability and resourcing will be the focal point for all things programme lead and resourcing across the GCAP programme.  Our Programme Managers are considered key leadership roles within the department with accountability for ensuring we successfully deliver on our commitments in support of our business strategies.

 

What you will be doing:

 

The Programme lead capability and resourcing programme manager will own, and manage resourcing requirements and processes to ensure successful fulfilment of the programme needs, whilst also having line management responsibility for our programme leads:

  • Direct line management accountability for the GCAP programme team PL population.
  • Leadership for the PL community across future programmes. Rolling out changes, training, initiatives and developing a high performance culture.
  • Manage the load signal, key interfaces and resource agreements across the GCAP Programme and with the wider Rolls-Royce Enterprise (Civil, Electrical, Operations, IT, etc)
  • Owning the process, decision forums and data associated with resourcing and headcount metrics, including strategic workforce planning.
  • Act as Rolls-Royce focal point on all programme related resourcing activities for GCAP, whilst also taking on initiatives to develop the wider teams capabilities.

 

Who we are looking for:

 

At Rolls-Royce we embrace agility, are bold, pursue collaboration and seek simplicity in everything we do.  These principles form our values and behaviours and are an essential component of our assessment process and are fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.

  • Resourcing Project/Programme Management and Resourcing Process experience.
  • Management Reporting, Interpreting, Preparing and Presenting across a wide stakeholder audience
  • Strong Stakeholder management experience capable dealing with ambiguity
  • Data Management
  • Strategic and visionary capabilities
  • Experience working within a Defence organisation is desirable, however experience in a large complex engineering or infrastructure environment

To work for the Rolls-Royce Defence business, an individual has to hold a Security Check clearance. Rolls-Royce will support the application for Security Clearance if you do not currently already have this in place. Due to the nature of work the business conducts and the protection of certain assets we can only progress applications from individuals who are a UK national or, in MOD and Government body approved cases, a dual national. 

 

Please be aware that the priority will be given to employees identified as being at high risk. 

 

The professional level and the salary of the position will be dependent on the skills and experience of the successful candidate. 

 

It is advised that you inform your current manager of your application for this role. 

 

Our vision is to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that shaped our history continues into our future. Our multi-year transformation programme aims to turn Rolls-Royce into a high-performing, competitive, resilient and growing company. Join us, and it can be your future vision too.

 

Rolls-Royce are committed to being a respectful, inclusive, and non-discriminatory workplace where individuality is valued, diverse perspectives fuel innovation, and everyone can thrive.

 

Grade: Management level C

For further information please contact:  Lizzie Moore - [email protected]

Job Category

Project Management

Posting Date

09 Jul 2026; 00:07Posting End Date16 Jul 2026

Skills Required

  • Resourcing project/programme management and resourcing process experience
  • Management reporting, interpreting, preparing and presenting to wide stakeholder audiences
  • Strong stakeholder management and ability to operate with ambiguity
  • Data management and ownership of resourcing/headcount metrics
  • Strategic workforce planning and strategic/visionary capability
  • Direct line management experience (managing programme leads)
  • Experience working within a Defence organisation or large complex engineering/infrastructure environment
  • Eligibility for UK Security Check clearance (UK national or approved dual national cases)

Rolls-Royce Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Rolls-Royce and has not been reviewed or approved by Rolls-Royce.

  • Retirement Support Retirement support is strengthened by a U.S. 401(k) program and recent Indianapolis agreements that enhanced retirement benefits. This foundation is complemented by an ongoing company emphasis on competitive retirement provisions across regions.
  • Equity Value & Accessibility Equity value is broadened through a global employee share plan with a broad-based grant in 2024. A matched-purchase program introduced in 2025 further extends access to share ownership.
  • Flexible Benefits Flexible benefits are highlighted through a holistic, choice-based package and flexible working principles under the People Deal. Regional tailoring provides options spanning wellbeing, recognition, and other locally relevant rewards.

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Year Founded: 1906

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