Senior Project Manager – Defence

Overview

As a Project Manager in the Defence-focused Midlands team, you will influence delivery through planning, control, and cross-functional collaboration. You’ll shape programmes to meet client needs, manage scope and cost, and drive governance and change processes. You work with stakeholders to secure successful outcomes on high-profile defence projects. This is a growth space where your impact spans from initial business cases to delivery dashboards and KPI oversight.

Responsibilities

• Influence and support client project delivery through planning, monitoring and controlling
• Interact with the project team to define and interrogate scope of work
• Champion suitable programme and project delivery strategies to secure a successful business outcome
• Define programmes and projects ensuring alignment with client needs
• Promote and foster positive working relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Develop and update detailed schedules, cost information and identify variances from plan; manage remedial actions
• Ensure services are delivered through technical, engineering, project controls, commercial and financial support functions
• Prepare Business Cases and obtain approvals
• Carry out Gateway reviews
• Maintain timely and effective change management processes and procedures
• Prepare regular status reports and dashboards
• Prepare and manage the project plans
• Monitor and advise on status of project KPIs

Key requirements

• Degree level or equivalent in a relevant subject
• Full UK Driving Licence
• MAPM (preferred)
• Security Clearance (preferred)
• APMP – Practitioner (preferred)
• PRINCE2 – Practitioner (preferred)
• Certified Project Management Associate (preferred)

• Stakeholder management
• Relationship building
• Effective communication
• Project planning and scheduling
• Cost information management
• Change management

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