Project Manager – Delivery

Job Description

Job title: Project Manager – Delivery

Location: Barrow-in-Furness. We’re offering hybrid and flexible arrangements with a requirement to attend site 3 days per week as a minimum

Salary: £56,667 plus dependent on skills and experience with executive car allowance on top

What you’ll be doing:

·        You’ll assume the lead role in understanding, influencing and shaping the programme delivery and business requirements to develop a contracting strategy / solution for the remainder of the Dreadnought Programme

·        Be responsible for managing, developing and maintaining strong peer relationships with internal customers and other key influencers, including but not limited to the Contract Management, Programme Delivery, Finance, Commercial and Estimating teams to develop a fit for purpose contracting solution for the remainder of the Dreadnought programme

·        Foster effective joint working at an enterprise level between the customer, including the Dreadnought Alliance and Submarines Delivery Agency to align on the future contracting solution

·        You’ll ensure the compliance with internal and external governance and regulatory requirements, including Lifecycle Management and the Single Source Contracting Regulations

·        Work closely with the Project Manager to ensure a full alignment between campaign activities and strategic win themes to the intended contracting solution

·        You’ll be required to provide leadership support and ensure the alignment with enterprise level initiatives that enable future programme and contract delivery, including ensuring coherency to the wider Submarines Portfolio Acquisition activities

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

·        You’ll be an experienced professional with an extensive knowledge of Project Management (tools, techniques, practices)

·        Be able to resolve project-related problems that do not have routine solutions, but the norm is to follow established procedures

·        You’ll have a good understanding of the Business environment for your own project and team

·        We’d like you to be a recognised as a Project Management practitioner

·        Be able to demonstrate a good awareness of commercial practices within own project area

·        Have developed communication and diplomacy skills. Be able to persuade and influence internal & external stakeholders

Desirable:

·        Knowledge of the Ministry Of Defence’s Approval system would be beneficial

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 Dreadnought New Business Team:

This is an exciting opportunity to be a part of a delivery team and be involved in a strategically important project whilst holding a leadership role. There will be the chance to work with both internal and external stakeholders and the opportunity will open up future career prospects and progression.

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: 24th November 2023

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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