Project Manager – Gloucester – National Security West

Location(s): UK, Europe & Africa : UK : Gloucester 

BAE Systems Digital Intelligence is home to 4,500 digital, cyber and intelligence experts. We work collaboratively across 10 countries to collect, connect and understand complex data, so that governments, nation states, armed forces and commercial businesses can unlock digital advantage in the most demanding environments.

Job Title: Project Manager 
Requisition ID: 123178

Location: Gloucester – We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.
Grade: GG10-GG11

National Security Gloucester Overview

The National Security business in Gloucester is growing and there are an increasing number of opportunities to work with a range of National Security clients to provide solutions that have a real impact.

Be part of a growing team that not only delivers for its clients but also gives back to the community with plenty of opportunities to get involved with local community engagement and outreach activities to help build tech and cyber skills in the region.

Project Manager

We are looking for a Project Manager to join our team following continuous growth and success in the UK Government sector. 

What you could be doing for us:

• Developing and managing teams, including managing their delivery and performance and providing appraisal and support to their development
• Preparing and maintaining schedules for project activities and events, taking account of dependencies and resource requirements, showing the critical path, reporting and tracking milestones, resource levelling, baselining and tracking reporting, contingency and risk adequately covered in the plan
• Identifying, addressing and resolving differences between individuals and/or interest groups
• Maintaining definitions of the requirements of projects
• Developing and agreeing budgets for projects and controlling forecast and actual costs against them including production of financial reports
• Managing both internal and external stakeholders, taking account of their levels of influence and particular interests

What background are we looking for?

• Excellent stakeholder management experience is essential having interacted with various levels of stakeholder, internal and external in your previous role
• You will need to be a motivated individual who is willing to help out the wider business unit wherever possible
• Be an engaging person, with all the different projects teams in the Gloucester office this is essential as you will be the focal point for organising and running different teams
• Have lead small projects in a previous role and are up to date with various forecasting methodologies
• Able to juggle different tasks and projects well alongside one another

How we will support you:

• Work-life balance is important; you’ll get 25 days holiday a year and, via our flexible benefits package the option to buy/sell and carry over from the year before
• Our flexible benefits package includes; private medical and dental insurance, a competitive pension scheme, cycle to work scheme, taste cards and more
• Don’t know a particular technology or skill? Your learning and development is key to your future career and we are here to support that
• You’ll be part of our bonus scheme

Life at BAE Systems Digital Intelligence 

We are embracing Hybrid Working. This means you and your colleagues may be working in different locations, such as from home, another BAE Systems office or client site, some or all of the time, and work might be going on at different times of the day.

By embracing technology, we can interact, collaborate and create together, even when we’re working remotely from one another. Hybrid Working allows for increased flexibility in when and where we work, helping us to balance our work and personal life more effectively, and enhance well-being.

Diversity and inclusion are integral to the success of BAE Systems Digital Intelligence. We are proud to have an organisational culture where employees with varying perspectives, skills, life experiences and backgrounds – the best and brightest minds – can work together to achieve excellence and realise individual and organisational potential.