What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Programme Manager position at Ricardo?
Overview
Role: Senior Programme Manager
Location: Van Buren Township, Michigan - Hybrid
Role ID: 2025-2982
Our vision is to create a safe and sustainable world.
Ricardo plc is a global strategic, environmental, and engineering consulting company. With over 100 years of engineering excellence and employing close to 3,000 employees in more than 20 countries, we provide exceptional levels of expertise in delivering leading-edge and innovative cross-sector sustainable products and solutions. Every day, we enable our customers to solve the most complex and dynamic challenges to help achieve a safe and sustainable world.
The Role
As a Senior Programme Manager at Ricardo, you will lead the delivery of complex, multi-disciplinary engineering projects for global clients across a range of sectors. Acting as the primary customer interface, you will ensure successful execution from programme award through to delivery, managing cross-functional teams, mitigating risk, and achieving operational, technical, and commercial outcomes in line with client expectations and corporate standards.
Key Responsibilities
Lead the delivery of high-value, technically complex engineering projects to time, cost, and quality targets
Serve as the senior customer contact, building strong client relationships and ensuring high satisfaction
Ensure adherence to Ricardo’s internal project management processes and governance
Define project scope, objectives, and deliverables in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders
Develop detailed project plans, resource requirements, and risk and opportunity assessments
Monitor project progress, budget, and timelines; resolve issues and escalate as necessary
Coordinate effectively across engineering, commercial, enabling, and delivery functions
Provide clear and regular updates to stakeholders, including reporting on cost, delivery, and quality
Drive continuous improvement through lessons learned and knowledge sharing
Support and mentor junior programme management staff
Negotiate project scope changes and manage contractual variations
Ensure strong communication and coordination across all project participants
Occasional travel may be required, depending on project needs
Key Competencies and Experience
Degree-qualified in a relevant engineering or technical discipline
Minimum 5 years’ experience delivering multi-disciplinary engineering projects at a senior level
Professional project management background; APM or PMI affiliation beneficial
Proven experience managing risk, resources, and commercial exposure in complex projects
Skilled in report writing, proposal development, and stakeholder communication
Proficient in Microsoft Office and Microsoft Project; SAP ERP experience advantageous
Strong negotiation, analytical, and problem-solving skills
Ability to influence and lead cross-functional teams without direct line management
Customer-focused mindset with sensitivity to commercial and operational priorities
Excellent verbal and written communication, including presenting to clients and leadership
Working here
You will be warmly welcomed into our workplace where every voice matters. We are diverse thinkers and doers, coming together to create a culture of inclusion. We will support you to find your place.
We will encourage you to use your passion and expertise to make a positive impact through the projects you work on. Your knowledge and desire to bring about change will be invaluable in helping deliver innovative solutions that support communities across the globe in becoming safer and more sustainable.
Work life balance
We offer flexible approaches to work, whether that is working from home, being in the office, or as a hybrid worker. We're happy to discuss flexible working arrangements. Wellbeing is at the core to our culture, allowing employees to flourish and to achieve their full potential.
Benefits
We want you to know how much you are valued. Your remuneration and benefits package will reflect that. You will receive a range of benefits which include support for your physical and mental health.
Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion statement
We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, creed, gender identity. sexual orientation, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, marital or parental status (IL only), height, weight, national origin, citizenship status, age, domestic violence victim status, arrest record or conviction record (MI only), genetic information, military or veteran status or disability, or any other classification protected by applicable federal, state, or municipal law. VEVRAA Federal Contractor.
Next steps
Once you have submitted your application a member of our Recruitment Team will be in touch. Please be aware that the timing can vary dependent on the volume of applications that we receive for each role and in some cases, we may start to review applications prior to the closing date.
Ricardo is a Disability confident employer please advise the recruitment team via recruit@ricardo.com if you require any adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment process.
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