Senior Project Manager

Overview

In this role you drive delivery of complex infrastructure and technology change within the Cyber Security Division. You lead cross-functional delivery teams, owning plans, controls and verification activities to ensure successful outcomes for defence and government customers. You will manage multiple interdependent changes across infrastructure, software upgrades and cyber-security initiatives, with a focus on robust governance, risk control and stakeholder engagement. You join a hands-on, delivery-led environment that values resilience, clear decision-making and constructive challenge to protect delivery baselines.

Pay / Benefits

• time to recharge with up to 12 flexi-days
• pension scheme with employer contribution
• mental health support and financial advice
• free access to 4,000+ online courses
• flexible benefits including private healthcare and gym memberships
• hybrid working options

Responsibilities

• Lead projects and changes across the full lifecycle from mobilisation to closure.
• Maintain integrated project schedules, baselines, milestones, dependencies and recovery plans.
• Produce and maintain core artefacts (PM plans, RAID logs, governance packs, progress reports).
• Coordinate multiple concurrent deliveries with prioritisation across resources and contractual milestones.
• Identify cross-project risks and dependencies; escalate with evidence and recommendations.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams (engineering, architecture, security, test, service management) and collaborate with Finance, Commercial, suppliers and customers.
• Integrate security, accreditation and assurance activities into delivery plans and evidence.
• Translate contracts and business needs into measurable delivery outcomes and acceptance criteria.
• Develop and maintain requirements catalogues with end-to-end traceability; drive verification and validation matrices.
• Create and review test strategies, plans, specifications, scripts and readiness evidence; support test outputs as needed.
• Plan and control integration, verification, validation, transition and customer acceptance; ensure evidence is complete and auditable.
• Drive defect, concession and acceptance-action resolution with technical specialists and customers.
• Deliver against contract baselines, manage scope and change, and provide robust impact assessments.

Key requirements

• Proven leadership of complex infrastructure and platform projects across the full delivery lifecycle.
• Ability to produce high-quality project artefacts in a matrix environment.
• Advanced planning, scheduling, dependency, RAID, change and recovery-management capability.
• Experience with requirements management, traceability, verification, testing and customer acceptance.
• Strong financial and commercial awareness including budgeting, forecasting and scope control.
• Experience managing multiple concurrent deliveries and prioritising constrained resources.
• Strong negotiation, influencing, conflict-resolution and written communication skills.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary technical teams and suppliers without direct line authority.
• Sound governance and assurance capability with auditable records.

• negotiation
• resilience
• clear communication
• delivery lifecycle management
• planning and scheduling
• RAID management

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