Job Title: Project Manager
Location: Preston, Lancashire. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.
Salary: Circa £55,000 depending on experience
What you’ll be doing: - Manage and deliver small to medium-sized projects within a wider Data programme environment
- Take full accountability for successful project delivery in line with agreed scope, schedule, budget, and quality standards
- Monitor and report on project performance, including financials, risks, and progress against milestones
- Establish and maintain effective communication with customers, suppliers, and internal teams to manage expectations and ensure alignment
- Identify, assess, and manage risks and opportunities to support the achievement of project objectives
- Ensure all activities comply with internal governance, operational frameworks, and lifecycle management (LCM) processes
- Drive continuous improvement within the project by refining processes and adapting best practices where appropriate
Your skills and experiences: Essential
- Ability to plan and manage project schedules from initiation through to delivery
- Skilled in tracking budgets and controlling project costs to meet financial targets
- Experienced in identifying and managing risks and issues throughout the project lifecycle
Desirable
- Project management qualification (e.g. APM, PRINCE2, or equivalent)
- Experience working in IT or data-focused project environments
Benefits: As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.
The Data Team: You will be part of a dynamic project management team within the Data function, playing a key role in delivering small to medium-sized projects in a data-driven environment. Working alongside a variety of business functions, you’ll be instrumental in managing projects that may involve new and emerging technologies, with potential sub-contracts and multiple interconnected workstreams. Reporting to the Head of Project, you will collaborate closely with other project managers and CAMs to ensure the successful delivery of a complex programme, making a significant impact on the overall objectives of the business. This is an excellent opportunity to work within a global company, contributing to impactful projects that drive innovation and business success.
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 at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.
Closing Date: 21st May 2025
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
#LI-SS1
#LI-Hybrid
