Senior Project Manager

This vacancy is open to permanent and fixed-term BAE Systems employees only. While agency workers have access to relevant permanent opportunities, this role has been designated as an internal opportunity and therefore only permanent and fixed-term employees of BAE Systems are eligible to apply.

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Senior Project Manager

Would you like to lead large and complex business and enterprise projects within the Enterprise IT domain? We currently have a vacancy for a Senior Project Manager at our site in Preston.

As Senior Project Manager you will lead projects ranging from Infrastructure to Products & Applications, across IT domains, and include business change delivery to support transition and transformation priorities aligned to business strategy and roadmaps.

You will be expected to shape, mobilise, plan and lead projects whilst adhering to internal BAE Systems delivery assurance processes and will be required to collaborate across EIT to address lessons learned, share good practice and continuously improve delivery management.

This is an exciting role offering you the opportunity to work on a portfolio of new campaigns, in new territories, where you will see the long-term business outcome of the work you’re supporting.

Your main responsibilities as a Senior Project Manager will include: 

• Lead and manage the delivery of large and complex projects with high business impact.

• Provide strong and effective leadership to the delivery team and suppliers; taking appropriate action to address issues.

• Working with multiple suppliers to define and manage project plans which will achieve the project goals and consequent business outcomes

• Identifying and effectively managing business drivers and project objectives to be delivered by the overall scope of work; this may involve supporting the development of the business case with key stakeholders.

• Providing timely and concise project communications to stakeholders through formal and informal communication and reporting channels and including project boards.

• Ensuring project delivery adheres to LCM (Life Cycle Management) governance and assurance criteria.

• Identifying and proactively managing project level risks, issues, opportunities, dependencies and constraints.

• Leading business change to ensure adoption and realization of project benefits.

• Managing project costs and resources against agreed budgets, taking appropriate action for any overspends and providing accurate forecasts to project completion

• Accountability for the delivery of the project to time cost and schedule in accordance with business success criteria and customer satisfaction.

• Ensuring Business benefits are tracked and delivered where applicable as part of project delivery, and driving improvements in customer satisfaction.

• Ensuring all project control systems have up to date high quality data relating to the project.

• Collaborating with PMO on knowledge transfer, lessons learned and simplification of project management processes, as appropriate, and as part of ongoing continuous improvement.

• Identifying and capturing lessons learned as part of project closure

• Participating in activities and function wide initiatives as a member of the EITS PPM Delivery Management function.

Your skills and qualifications:

Essential:

• Experienced professional with extensive knowledge of Project Management (tools, techniques, practices)

• Strong knowledge of Project Finance Funding & Business Case Management

• Proven experience of leading significant IT projects and programmes, incorporating successful business change delivery, to meet strategic business objectives

• Strong experience of managing complex supply chains to achieve successful project outcomes

• Proficient understanding of project lifecycle management

• Proven experience of both waterfall and agile project delivery methodologies in complex situations

• Experience of working within an environment with mature and established governance practices and processes

Desirable:

• Experience delivering projects in the IT Services domain

Location: Preston

Grade: GG12

Shared Services

If you’d like to make a real difference where it counts, BAE Systems is the place for you.

From keeping soldiers, sailors and pilots safe to helping countries prosper, from developing the next generation of supersonic aircraft to investing in the next generation of super-smart talent – at BAE Systems, we work together to give our customers an essential edge in protecting the things that really matter. Lives, livelihoods, ways of life.

As part of the Shared Services team, you’ll be at the heart of this endeavour – working closely with our air, maritime, land and cyber and intelligence businesses to support our customers around the world.

We are committed to supporting work life balance for all our employees and embrace a range of modern working practices, which aim to enhance flexibility for individuals whilst also enabling business performance.  Flexibility provisions vary by role but include; hybrid working arrangements, flexible working patterns and shift working.

There are endless opportunities to grow at BAE Systems, and we will build upon the diversity of your experience through supporting your movement across our organisation. Our mission is to support our colleagues reach their full potential and so you’ll always find something new that will continue to inspire and provide an exciting and varied career that continues to play a crucial role in creating a secure tomorrow for generations to come.

We believe when you bring together different people and different perspectives it inspires creativity and drives innovation. It helps us fulfil our purpose and it's integral to our culture. We want everyone to be heard and respected, allowing us all to develop in an inclusive workplace and thrive together. 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.

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