As a Project Manager leading a diverse team of technical, commercial and project support professionals, you will deliver complicated, innovative and far reaching projects that due to their nature cannot be done by anyone else.

Time, cost and quality is always your primary focus while maintaining standards of governance and risk management to ensure the effective delivery of your work are also key.

What's It Like to Work Here

On paper Dstl is an organisation like any other: we have managers, finance teams, commercial officers etc. BUT our outputs make a real contribution to the safety and security of the United Kingdom. A lot of what we do is a mystery until you join but what we can tell you is - work we are involved in is not limited to the here and now but also visions of the future, next generation iterations and even generation after next. The diversity of our staff is as wide as our work and our people always come first.

Whilst Dstl operates a flexible working approach, this role is not suitable for fully remote working and on site attendance is project dependant.

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Dstl recognises the importance of diversity and inclusion as people from diverse backgrounds bring fresh ideas. We are committed to building an inclusive working environment in which each employee fulfils their potential and maximises their contribution.

We particularly welcome female and ethnic minority applicants and those from the LGBTQI community, as they are under-represented within Dstl at these levels.

Projects Managers joining our team:

• Are able to lead and motivate a diverse team to effectively deliver.
• Possess excellent stakeholder management, both internal and external,
• Have great communication skills (written and verbal) and the ability to influence and negotiate with a wide audience to achieve desired results
• Have commercial project knowledge
• Have strong financial acumen including forecasting and analysis
• Are confident reporting to a Programme Manager on project plans, variances, risks and mitigating actions.

A comprehensive and full list of responsibilities for our Level 5 & 6 Project manager roles can be found in the role profiles attached to this advert.

Our projects address interesting and challenging problems that owing to their sensitivity cannot be done elsewhere and improves the front-line capability of the UK Armed Forces, supports national prosperity, and keeps British citizens safe.