VP Programme Delivery & PMO, GBS Poland

Full time / Hybrid

Cracow, Poland

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. 

Launched in March 2025, the Kraków R-R Global Capability Centre represents an exciting new chapter in the growth of Rolls-Royce Group Business Services. Designed to support global operations and employee services, the Centre is rapidly evolving into a key hub for enabling operational efficiency and strengthening global business processes. With a fast-growing team, it delivers exceptional services across finance, procurement, HR, Data Analytics and Service Management. This is a place where your expertise can drive real impact - enhancing operational excellence, shaping streamlined global processes and contributing directly to the long-term success of one of the world’s most respected engineering companies. Join us and be part of building something exceptional. 

The Vice President, Programme Delivery & PMO is responsible for establishing and growing a Programme Delivery capability within the Poland or India GCC. The capability will initially support service transitions, strategic programmes and change initiatives within GBS. Over time, the role will help shape how programme delivery capability can be used more broadly across GBS, ensuring the team remains flexible, relevant and aligned to evolving business priorities. The role is accountable for leading complex programmes and transitions, building stakeholder confidence, driving effective change management, and developing a high-performing delivery team. The role is crucial in shaping global GBS programme management methodologies, operating models, governance frameworks, tools and career frameworks. It is responsible for trusted, high-quality delivery of transition and other projects that are critical to the success of our GBS organisation, which is in a substantial growth phase.

What you will be doing:

• Build the team, capability, reputation and trust within GBS and with our customers.
• Lead service transitions into the GCC and ensure successful mobilisation, stabilisation and benefits realisation. Deliver committed transition projects into the GCC so that they land on time, to cost and quality expectations, and with a strong customer experience.
• Act as a trusted partner to customers considering transitions, strategic programmes or change initiatives.
• Build credibility for the Programme Delivery capability and help shape a sustainable pipeline of work aligned to business priorities.
• Lead stakeholder engagement, communications and change management activity required to ensure programmes are adopted, embedded and deliver sustainable outcomes.
• Act as a senior point of leadership for strategic, cross-functional and non-BAU programme activity within the Global Capability Centre.
• Provide programme leadership for strategic initiatives beyond transition activity, supporting the development of a scalable programme delivery capability over time.
• Own portfolio visibility, prioritisation, dependency management and capacity planning for programme delivery activity within the GCC, ensuring resources are aligned to the highest-value business priorities.
• Establish clear governance, reporting and operating rhythms for programme delivery, including senior stakeholder updates, risk escalation, milestone tracking and benefits visibility.
• Drive continuous improvement in programme delivery practices, using data, lessons learned and standard methods to improve delivery confidence, transparency and outcomes.
• Build and lead a high-performing Programme Delivery team within the GCC.
• Coach and develop talent within centrally defined people and capability frameworks.
• Work in close partnership with the GBS Service Management organisation to deliver an integrated customer experience.
• Support consistency of service delivery, governance and reporting across both Poland and India GCCs.

What you will need:

• Typically 12+ years' experience in programme delivery, transition, transformation, GBS, Shared Services or Global Capability Centre environments, including experience leading complex programmes and senior stakeholder engagement.
• Significant experience in a Global Business Services, Shared Services or Global Capability Centre environment.
• Proven experience leading large-scale transition projects (e.g. multi location, multi function)
• Experience operating in large, complex and highly matrixed multinational organisations.
• Strong executive stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Experience leading geographically dispersed teams.
• Strong commercial awareness and customer focus.
• Ability to navigate organisational complexity and governance without losing delivery momentum.
• Excellent communication skills: verbal and writing in English

Desirable:

• Experience supporting GCC growth and scale-up activities.
• Experience managing multi-country programme portfolios.
• Professional qualifications such as MSP, PMP, PRINCE2, MoP or P3O.
• Experience within aerospace, engineering, manufacturing or similarly complex global organisations.
• Experience running or working closely with operations in a GBS, Shared Services or Global Capability Centre environment, with an understanding of the operational challenges associated with transition,stabilisation and service delivery.

What do we offer:

• Annual bonus based on financial results and employee performance evaluation.  

• Employer financed private healthcare at LuxMed for employees. Additional packages can be purchased.

• Group life insurance

• Subsidy for glasses/contact lenses worn for work, up to the amount of PLN 600 gross, every two years

• Subsidy for extra-curricular activities within the cafeteria system on the myBenefit platform/subsidy for Multisport cards, up to the amount of PLN 100 gross per month

• Internet and electricity allowance for remote work, in the amount of PLN 100 gross per month

• Increased funding for the Employee Capital Plans (PPK) program; Rolls-Royce Sp. z o.o. contributes 3% to this program

• Additional vacation days based on length of service

• Hybrid work model (min. 2 days from office)

• Flexible start time between 7:00 AM and 9:00 AM

• Work in a modern office located in the Krakow center – the Unity Tower (ul. Lubomirskiego 20)

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

Please note that all applicants will be subject to Poland right-to- work check as part of the recruitment process