Job title: Project Professional Lead

Location: Warton (We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements)

Salary:£52,084+ + dependent upon skills and experience

Referral Scheme Bonus: £1000

Grade: F

What you’ll be doing:

• Project/programme delivery.
• Support development of new business opportunities adjacent to the project/programme.
• Lead business financial objectives for orders, sales, gross margin and cash.
• Understand, analysis and maintain reporting packs to report project/programme performance for schedule, technical, financial and quality objectives.
• Establish and maintain strong stakeholder relationships maintaining regular communications and managing expectations.
• Take responsibility for achieving customer satisfaction.
• Proactively manage emerging risks and opportunities to the benefit of the project/programme.
• Continuous improvement and tailoring of procedures and guidelines for operation of the project/programme, ensuring adherence to the Operational Framework and LCM (Life Cycle Management) mandates.
• Lead and be accountable for a team and ensure a safe and healthy environment that promotes growth within and delivers on its promises.

Your skills and experiences:

• Experience in Project Management Roles with complex capability contracts and capable of understanding complex project management issues.
• Working knowledge and operational experience of the BAE Systems Operational Framework and Life Cycle Management Framework.
• Understanding and experience of the Financial, Commercial and Procurement processes and practices within BAE Systems.
• Capable of establishing credibility and hence influence with stakeholders across the business and the customer
• Capable of understanding the process and organisational issues associated with capability delivery programmes.
• Educated to Degree level or equivalent in a programme management discipline. Chartered Status and / or APMP / APM Practitioner or Prince 2 qualifications would be highly desirable.

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 leave incentive.

The German and Spanish Capability Programmes team:

We have an exciting opportunity to offer a position with full exposure to the breadth of the change lifecycle. We are looking for a rounded Project Manager to deliver the high profile and strategically important E-SCAN Radar programme to our German and Spanish customers.Specifically, this individual will deliver the contract requirements providing Design, Clearance and Equipment enabling our customers to introduce E-SCAN Radar capability to the German and Spanish In Service Fleet. The job holder will be required to work innovatively with the functional teams and customer communities to ensure effective delivery of contractual outputs. International travel required once per month.

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 working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.