Project Manager – Defence – SC Cleared.

Overview

In this role you will lead delivery of defence-related projects within the UK Ministry of Defence framework, ensuring on-time, on-budget, and compliant outcomes. You will work with cross-functional teams to shape and monitor programmes, mitigate risks, and capture learnings. The position offers exposure to complex, high-stakes programmes and supports national security objectives. You will be part of a mission-driven environment focused on performance, safety, and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Understand and deliver in accordance with organisational policies, processes, and procedures
• Support the development and assurance of business cases within wider approval processes
• Analyse, develop, support, and manage timely and cost-effective delivery of client projects
• Influence, support, and expedite client project delivery through planning, monitoring, controlling, and reporting of project performance
• Identify and manage project assumptions and dependencies
• Identify slippage and risk, and implement remedial or mitigating actions while ensuring safety and environmental compliance
• Coordinate services across technical, engineering, project controls, commercial, and financial support functions
• Maintain project records accurately in line with policy
• Capture learning from experience and apply continuous improvement techniques to project delivery

Key requirements

• Significant track record of successfully delivering defence projects within time, cost, and quality constraints
• Ability to operate autonomously with authority and build key relationships
• Consultancy focus with ability to scope wider client requirements and opportunities
• Expertise in P3M practices, methodologies, and their application
• Highly skilled in coaching and mentoring
• Willingness to attain security clearance (UK residency last 5 years)

• coaching and mentoring
• autonomy and relationship-building
• consultative client engagement
• P3M practices
• PRINCE2 or Agile Practitioner
• MSP Practitioner

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