IT Project Manager
Job Title: IT Project Manager
Location: Preston or Frimley. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.
Salary: Circa £53,000 dependent on experience
What you'll be doing:
Location: Preston or Frimley. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.
Salary: Circa £53,000 dependent on experience
What you'll be doing:
- Working on complex Cyber Security projects
- You will be responsible for project managing the delivery of medium to large business and enterprise IT projects to cost, timescales, quality and customer satisfaction
- Working with suppliers to define and manage project plans which will achieve the project goals and consequent business outcomes
- Ensuring project delivery adheres to LCM (Life Cycle Management) governance and assurance criteria
- Managing project costs and resources against agreed budgets, taking appropriate action for any overspends and providing accurate forecasts to project completion
Your skills and experiences:
Essential:
- Proven experience of successfully delivering complex projects of size (£500k plus)
- Proficient understanding of project lifecycle management using both waterfall and agile methodologies
- Excellent Senior Stakeholder Management experience, successfully managing 3rd parties as part of delivery
- Experience of working within an environment with mature and established governance practices and processes
- Can demonstrate a good record of delivering business outcomes as part of project delivery
Desirable:
- Formal Project Management training, preferably PRINCE2 Practitioner or APM (PMQ)
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 Cyber Security Project team:
This is a fantastic opportunity to join the Cyber Security project team which is experiencing high growth. You will deliver complex business and IT projects both internally in EIT and globally across the Business Sectors. This role will provide great exposure for you to both internal and external stakeholders and will offer great personal and career development opportunities to build a lasting career with BAE Systems.
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 of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you'll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and 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: 11th July 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.
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- Formal Project Management training, preferably PRINCE2 Practitioner or APM (PMQ)
- Company
- BAE Systems
- Location
- Preston, Lancashire, North West
- Employment Type
- Permanent
- Posted
- Company
- BAE Systems
- Location
- Preston, Lancashire, North West
- Employment Type
- Permanent
- Posted