Lead Project Professional – Bid

Job Description

Job Title: Lead Project Professional – Bid

Location: Barrow in Furness. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: Circa £45k depending on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Performing advanced project reporting & scheduling
• Leading a small project or a work package of a larger project
• Identifying, assessing and managing risks to the success of the Bid Project Lifecycle
• Consolidating expertise from multiple sources, including third party experts, to provide coherent advice to further organisational objectives
• Undertaking advanced problem solving
• Attending on the job training as appropriate
• Deputising for the Project Manager as appropriate

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Previous Bid Management experience
• Strong stakeholder management experience with ability to influence decisions.
• An ability to gather information, supporting the development of solutions and of implementation approaches
• APM qualified or qualified by experience

Desirable:

• Contract Management experience
• Understanding of BAE Business processes

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 SSNA Bid Management team:

Join our SSNA Bid Management Team and become a part of shaping the future of our business! As a team member, you will support the start of the lifecycle for the latest and most advanced attack submarine. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the contract of future work through internal processes. You will have the chance to understand the scope, financials, and commercials for the bid, enabling it to be contracted and negotiated. Collaborating with various functions of the business and at all levels, up to Managing Director level, will provide great exposure for consideration for future roles.

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: 23^rd 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.

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