Job Title: IM&T Project Management Specialist
Location: Scotstoun, Glasgow. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.
Salary: £55,000 + depending on skills and experience
What you’ll be doing: - Leading programme/project leads and/or service owners to adhere to the agreed portfolio management approach and timetable and ensuring that the appropriate information is provided to agreed timelines
- Taking full responsibility for activities within a significant segment of an organisation where the advice given, and decisions made will have a measurable impact on profitability or effectiveness of the organisation
- Selecting of appropriate methods, tool, and techniques from plan-driven/predictive approaches or more adaptive (iterative and agile) approaches
- Establishing the contribution that technology can make to business objectives, defining strategies, validating, and justifying business needs, along with conducting feasibility studies, producing high-level and detailed business models
- Preparing business cases, overseeing development and implementation of solutions, whilst considering the implications of change on the organisation and all stakeholders
- Planning and leading the improvement activities identifying alternative solutions, assessing feasibility, and recommending solutions which exploit new technologies and automation
Your skills and experiences: Essential:
- A good level of experience in supporting the delivery of medium sized projects within a portfolio
- Stakeholder management skills
- Budget management and controls experience
- Relevant vocational qualification or equivalent experience e.g. HNC/Prince 2/APM
Desirable:
- Experience of working in an IT function
- Familiarity with IT trends and good practice
- Relevant IT degree or business degree
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 IM&T Project Management team: This is a small team with plans to grow in the future to keep up with the expansion of IM&T future programmes. You would be involved in the management of major applications upgrades, Combat System upgrades and other functional future programmes from IM&T. This role would give you the opportunity to work with a range of both internal and external stakeholders. This is an exciting opportunity which could lead to career growth and development for you, and support towards achieving further qualifications.
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: 6 th January 2025 - Interviews for this position will take place week commencing 13 th January.
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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