Analysis & Design Project Manager

Job Title: Analysis & Design Project Manager

Location: Portsmouth Broad Oak, we offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: Up to £65,000 depending on skills and experience

This is a great chance to work on the T26 programme, one of the biggest programmes within BAE Systems. This is an opportunity for the individual to lead the T26 Training programme. The company’s success depends on maintaining high standards of customer service and quality delivery. Given that there will probably be many TAFs under contract at any given time, the capacity to multitask and adjust to shifting priorities is essential.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Accountable for the T26 Training team (circa 40 people), project budget, performance, and results
• Direct line management of a small team of project professionals
• Tracking and driving project financials, including Contract Status Reports, invoicing, and monitoring spend versus forecast
• Utilise experience in risk management to address project risks effectively
• Applying strong commercial acumen to project activities
• Ensuring adherence to essential procedures based on personal knowledge of Project Management principles
• Multitasking effectively and providing clear direction, guidance, and support to project teams
• Taking ownership of all project plans and prioritising actions to resolve resource and operational challenges
• Exercising full management authority, including conducting performance reviews and overseeing recruitment
• Managing internal and external stakeholder relationships effectively
  
  

Your Skills And Experiences

• Project Delivery experience working with high value projects
• Recognised as a Project Manager practitioner
• Able to resolve project related problems that do not have routine solutions
• Commercially and financially astute
• Experience with Project Life Cycle Management
• Knowledge of good Bid practice and process
• Awareness of Business Development and keen to develop this further
• Possesses strong and refined communication and diplomacy skills, capable of influencing internal and external stakeholders
• Project Management qualification, degree or equivalent
• Supplier Management is 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 incentive.

The Analysis And Design Team

In order to plan and carry out all contracted analysis and design training as well as business development, this position is a crucial management position in the analysis and design team, with extensive project management expertise acquired by practical experience.

Apart from Type 26, there are many smaller contracts that need to be delivered in shorter amounts of time, frequently to new and expanding customers. The Portfolio Lead will benefit from these contracts if attention is kept on them in terms of timeliness, cost, and quality.

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.

Closing Date: 9th May 2024

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.