ATS Senior Project Management Professional

Job Title: ATS Senior Project Management Professional

Location: Towcester- Hybrid, 4 days mandatory onsite, 1 day WFH

Salary: £50,470+ depending on experience

You’re expected to have completed 12 months in role prior to applying for an advertised vacancy and you should also discuss the internal opportunity with your line manager to ensure sustained business continuity and to further support your career development.

We know there may be exceptional individual circumstances that impact this, in the first instance please discuss this with your line manager.

If you don’t feel you can talk to your line manager, you can contact your HRBP.

PLEASE NOTE: Should you be invited for interview; you acknowledge that the Recruitment team will contact you and your line manager regarding your application for this opportunity.

Who we are:

Join BAE Systems and you’ll be part of something bigger. As a valued member of our global colleague network, you’ll bring your unique skills and perspectives to help pioneer progress and protect what matters most. You’ll be trusted to play your part in delivering the advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions of tomorrow – shaping a safer future, for all of us.

Job Description:

Join BAE Systems’ Advanced Technology Solutions organisation and play a key role in delivering innovative technology programmes that support the future of aerospace and defence. Working across Micro and Nano Systems and Microwave Materials projects, you will guide programmes through the full lifecycle, from bid development and planning through to delivery, transition and closure, helping bring emerging technologies from concept into real-world application while supporting future business growth and investment. A significant aspect of your role will be acting as a primary point of contact for customers and stakeholders, building effective relationships and maintaining regular communication to coordinate activities, provide progress updates, manage expectations and support successful delivery. Working closely with engineering, commercial and technical specialists, you will contribute to multi-layered, multi-phase development programmes while further developing your project management knowledge within a highly innovative technology environment.

Core duties:

• Acting as the primary point of contact for internal customers and stakeholders, maintaining effective communication throughout project delivery
• Building and maintaining effective stakeholder relationships, providing timely updates, escalating issues and managing expectations
• Delivering customer-facing project outcomes, ensuring activities are completed to agreed timescales, costs and quality standards
• Identifying, assessing and overseeing project risks and opportunities, supporting successful programme delivery and business targets
• Supporting bid and tender activities, developing project estimates, budgets and cost forecasts aligned to customer requirements
• Producing governance reports and performance updates while collaborating across engineering, commercial and project management teams to deliver programme goals and support team development

Essential Skills:

• Validated experience delivering projects or programmes within a structured, process-driven environment using recognised project management practices
• Significant experience engaging with customers and stakeholders, acting as a key contact and directing day-to-day communications
• Ability to build trusted stakeholder relationships, influence outcomes and coordinate activities across multiple functions
• Experience translating multi-layered customer, business or technical requirements into clear project plans and deliverables
• Demonstrable ability to coordinate multiple priorities, facilitate project progress, identify risks and deliver against agreed goals and timescales

The Project Management Team:

Working at the forefront of Advanced Technology Solutions, this team is responsible for translating innovative research and emerging technologies into funded, deliverable programmes that support BAE Systems’ future capabilities. Collaborating across the Micro and Nano Systems and Microwave Materials businesses, they work closely with engineering, commercial and customer stakeholders to secure new opportunities, manage complex technology development projects and deliver successful outcomes. Their work supports business growth, drives future investment and ensures innovative technologies progress from concept through to real-world application, helping BAE Systems maintain its position at the leading edge of aerospace and defence innovation..

Why BAE Systems?

Here you’ll build a career with purpose and limitless possibilities. With lifelong learning and meaningful work, this is a place where you can grow your career with confidence and be empowered to be your best. You’ll be recognised for your contribution and enjoy rewards tailored to what’s most important to you and your family, support for your financial and personal wellbeing, as well as a balanced lifestyle. In an environment embracing sustainable ways of working and with a strong sense of shared purpose, our supportive culture is a place you can feel you belong and proud of the difference you make.

A place where everyone can thrive:

We’re committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We know that a diversity of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences strengthens our teams and is vital to the work we do.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 23rd November 2026

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.

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