Project Manager – UK Defence
Package: £50,400 – £56,000 (salary dependent on experience) + Benefits
Role ID: SF20126
Are you ready to be part of the future? At QinetiQ, we’re not just imagining tomorrow – we are creating it. From cutting‑edge defence technology to ground‑breaking innovations our mission is to empower and protect lives. Join us as a Project Manager at our Farnborough, Bristol or Hurn site, where you will work with some of the most brilliant minds in the industry.
The Role
As a Project Manager in our UK Defence function you will be the figure head and focal point for projects, leading multidisciplinary teams to ensure successful achievement of internal and customer objectives.
Day‑to‑day you’ll drive delivery against time, cost, and quality targets, lead planning and bids, manage stakeholders and data, build strong relationships, and proactively steer performance, risks, and outcomes to success.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Development of clear and compelling customer proposals
- Managing all stakeholders & supporting functions to ensure the system data is updated regularly and reflects the latest expectations for the work
- Acting as the champion for what you are delivering, providing project briefs to management/business development and attending coordination meetings to demonstrate synergies between ongoing projects and higher‑level ‘campaigns’
- Establishing and growing strong & trusted relationships with customers, partners and suppliers
- Ensuring all activities across project delivery are conducted in line with the Operating Framework
Essential experience of the Project Manager:
- Track record of successful delivery of projects and programmes to defined cost, timescale and budget
- Experience of framework management or delivering projects within a commercial framework mechanism (e.g. Engineering Delivery Partnership – EDP)
- First‑hand experience of acquisition processes
- Experience delivering projects to three different customers
- Understanding of SAP
- Experience of AGILE PM
Essential qualifications for the Project Manager:
- Industry recognised qualification such as Prince2, AMP, PMP
We value difference and do not have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education. Provided you can demonstrate the required level of experience and willingness to learn, we would like to hear from you.
This role is 37 hours per week based at Farnborough, Bristol or Hurn with a minimum average site attendance of three days per week.
Benefits
- Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
- Generous holiday allowance, with the option to purchase additional days
- Options to join Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance and Dental Insurance
- Employee discount portal: Personal Accident Insurance, Travel Insurance, Restaurants, Cinema Tickets and more
- Support for the Armed Forces community – honouring the Armed Forces Covenant and maintaining our Gold Award status in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme
- Volunteering opportunities – helping charities and the local community
We encourage applications from all candidates and are a disability‑confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing
All applicants for this role must be eligible for SC clearance, as a minimum.
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