Performance Manager – People & Resources

Job Title: Performance Manager – People & Resources

Location: Rochester; Kent

Salary: Circa £65,000 depending on experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Plan, allocate, and manage project management resources across product lines
• Lead full recruitment, onboarding, and job advertising for the project management function
• Support retention, reward, and recognition initiatives to enhance employee engagement
• Provide guidance on performance management and talent development for line managers
• Ensure consistent application and compliance to people policies and standards across the business
• Deliver day-to-day people support, resources administration, and policy compliance
• Manage budgets and financial oversight for the project management function
• Drive continuous improvement and automation of project management processes

Your skills and experiences:

Essential

• Background in project management or functional operations
• Experience in developing and growing talent in teams
• Experienced in planning, allocating, and optimising project management resources across teams
• Managed budgets and financial oversight for a team or function
• Led process improvements and implemented more efficient ways of working

Desirable

• Project management qualification such as APMQ or equivalent
• Experience in Power BI considered highly advantageous

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The People & Resources Team:

This is a brand new and high-profile opportunity within a dynamic team of eight, offering the chance to shape the organisation’s approach to people and resource management from the ground up. Based onsite in Rochester, you will take ownership of workforce planning, resource allocation, performance management, and retention initiatives, ensuring the business has the right people in the right roles at the right time. You will provide expert people support, uphold compliance, and maintain high-quality management standards. This is a rare opportunity to make a tangible impact, influence processes, and drive engagement and excellence throughout the business.

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 of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and 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 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: 9th February 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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