Atlassian Project Manager

Job Description

Job title: Atlassian Project Manager

Location: Warton – We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements. Please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Salary: £54,793+ dependent on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Shaping and delivering against our strategic Integrated Business Plan (IBP)
• Ensuring delivery of IT projects to time, cost and quality
• Ensuring seamless integration between projects, including transition into Business as Usual support
• Accurate reporting of project status to team members, leadership and external stakeholders
• Managing customer, partner and supplier relationships
• Effective management of RAID
• Developing and tracking project plans, budget and schedule
• Ensuring business, project and quality management processes are effectively applied across projects

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Demonstrable experience in IT project / programme management
• Previous experience of successful deployment of complex IT solutions
• Degree, or equivalent experience in an IT related discipline or Project Management
• Stakeholder management experience
• Excellent communication skills
• Experience with Microsoft Office applications and Microsoft Project

Desirable:

• Experience of budget management
• Experience of IT Software Development Projects and/or Organisational Change Projects
• Experience of delivering projects utilising various methodologies – E.G. Waterfall (Prince, PMP), Agile, ITIL
• Experience with Atlassian and Confluence

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 incentive.

The team:

Would you like to play a key role to help shape and deliver of our Atlassian IT solution supporting BAE Systems AIR Sector?

As an Atlassian Project Manager, you will be responsible for the successful delivery of IM&T enabled solutions of varying complexity, working closely with the Air Sector functions to identify and shape future IT needs.

This role will provide the opportunity to work in a high profile area, offering the opportunity to influence and cultivate the way we work and playing an active role to deliver our Atlassian Strategy.

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.

Closing Date: 7th May 2024 

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.

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