Software Work Package Manager

Job Description

Job title: Software Work Package Manager

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

Salary: Up to £60,000 depending on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Monitoring of progress against plans & implementation of corrective action, as agreed with Software WPM
• Responsibility for delivery of software releases implementing new or modified customer requirements and/or defect clearance
• Responsible for ensuring the team meet their deadlines
• Accountable for the quality of all work in the team and ensuring the team follow well-defined processes
• To aid in the production of estimates for future software development
• Management of budgets, monthly progress reporting and monthly estimates

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Knowledge and experience in use of software design and development processes including AGILE
• Previous experience of managing budgets including monthly tracking of spend and projected ‘Costs to Complete’
• Management of software teams and resourcing of the workload within the teams
• Ability to manage multiple programmes concurrently

Desirable:

• Substantial experience of managing software development teams

Applicants should ideally be Degree qualified or have equivalent experience, likely to be in a technology, engineering, science or IT related discipline.  

Applicants should be a Chartered Engineer or hold another equivalent professional registration with a relevant institution.

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 team:

As a Software Workpackage Manager you will be leading teams to deliver capabilities for a range of products that shape and bring together the software that will be used throughout the Royal Navy fleet. You will be planning and delivering work across a variety of projects in a role that spans people, financial, reporting and technical responsibilities. You will be actively engaged with other teams on the projects, as well as suppliers and customers and you will get involved in the evaluation of new and emergent technology and the potential insertion of such technology to keep our product portfolio competitive in the market place. With prospects of gaining recognised qualifications and opportunities to evolve within the project, this is a great opportunity to get involved in work that matters. 

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 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: 20^th January 2025

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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