Senior Project Manager (Defence/Military)
Location: Stevenage or Bristol
Salary: £50,000 £56,000 + Bonus
Working Pattern: Hybrid 23 days per week on-site
*SC Eligibility required*
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Project Manager to join a major Future Combat Air programme, working on one of the most ambitious and challenging programmes within the UK Defence sector.
This is a bid-focused role where you will play a key part in developing and delivering innovative, compelling and commercially viable propositions, working closely with stakeholders across Sales & Business Development, Programmes, Technical and Finance.
The Role
You will be responsible for supporting a portfolio of concurrent and future bidding activities, helping to develop business cases, shape product strategies and ensure bids are delivered to a high standard.
The role will involve:
- Managing and contributing to technically complex bids and business-winning activities.
- Developing Product Business Cases to maximise the probability of bid success.
- Supporting product roadmaps, investment strategies and long-term business planning.
- Working closely with internal and external stakeholders across a complex, international environment.
- Responding effectively to changing customer requirements.
- Championing effective project and bid management practices.
- Managing multiple priorities and solving problems in real time within an evolving environment.
About You
We are looking for an experienced Project Manager with a strong ability to manage stakeholders, solve complex problems and deliver within challenging timescales.
You will ideally have:
- Experience in project management, contract acquisition or business delivery.
- Direct experience managing or writing technical bids, ideally within an engineering or technology environment.
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
- The ability to develop innovative solutions to challenging problems.
- Experience working within complex and ambiguous environments.
- A good understanding of the key considerations involved in successful bids.
- Ideally, experience within the Defence sector.
Whats on Offer?
- Paid overtime opportunities.
- Up to 15 additional days of flexi leave.
- Flexible working arrangements.
- Enhanced parental leave.
- Opportunities for professional project management qualifications and career progression.
If you have strong project management experience and are looking for the opportunity to contribute to a high-profile Defence programme with significant long-term impact, this could be an excellent next step in your career.
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