Project Manager

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Job title: Project Manager

Location: Warton (We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements)

Salary: £52,084+ + dependent upon skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Project/programme delivery

• Support development of new business opportunities adjacent to the project/programme

• Lead business financial objectives for orders, sales, gross margin and cash

• Understand, analysis and maintain reporting packs to report project/programme performance for schedule, technical, financial and quality objectives

• Establish and maintain strong stakeholder relationships maintaining regular communications and managing expectations

• Take responsibility for achieving customer satisfaction

• Proactively manage emerging risks and opportunities to the benefit of the project/programme

• Continuous improvement and tailoring of procedures and guidelines for operation of the project/programme, ensuring adherence to the Operational Framework and LCM (Life Cycle Management) mandates

• Lead and be accountable for a team and ensure a safe and healthy environment that promotes growth within and delivers on its promises

Your skills and experiences:

• Experience in Project Management Roles with complex capability contracts and capable of understanding complex project management issues

• Working knowledge and operational experience of the BAE Systems Operational Framework and Life Cycle Management Framework

• Understanding and experience of the Financial, Commercial and Procurement processes and practices within BAE Systems

• Capable of establishing credibility and hence influence with stakeholders across the business and the customer

• Capable of understanding the process and organisational issues associated with capability delivery programmes

• Educated to Degree level or equivalent in a programme management discipline. Chartered Status and / or APMP / APM Practitioner or Prince 2 qualifications would be highly desirable

Benefits:

You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual leave incentive.

The Capability Programmes team:

We have an exciting opportunity to offer a position to a rounded Project Manager that will deliver high profile and strategically important capability programmes to our customers. Specifically, this individual will integrate the technical programmes delivering Design, Clearance and Equipment that will enabling our customers to introduce cutting edge capability to our Typhoon operators and production programmes. The job holder will be required to work innovatively with the functional teams and customer communities to ensure effective delivery of contractual outputs. International travel required once per month.

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, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals.

We also 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 working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.