Overview In this role you will lead and deliver defence projects within a secure environment, coordinating cross‑functional teams to meet milestones, budgets, and objectives. You will report to senior stakeholders and ensure governance and security requirements are upheld. The position offers impact through managing complex, stakeholder‑driven workstreams in a regulated setting. This permanent opportunity in Corsham is ideal for an SC‑cleared PM looking to shape delivery in defence. You will drive timely, compliant outcomes with a strong focus on risk mitigation and quality.
Responsibilities - Lead projects from initiation to delivery with clear milestones and deliverables
- Create and maintain project plans and schedules
- Monitor progress, manage risks/issues/dependencies, and implement mitigations
- Oversee governance, reporting, and stakeholder communications
- Coordinate multidisciplinary teams across workstreams
- Manage resources, budgets, and delivery priorities
- Engage senior stakeholders to provide updates and support decision‑making
- Ensure adherence to processes, governance, and security requirements
- Drive delivery on time while upholding quality and compliance
Key requirements - Proven experience as a Project Manager
- Active SC security clearance
- 4–5 years defence project delivery experience (preferred)
- Strong project planning, scheduling, risk management and reporting
- Experience managing stakeholders across complex organisations
- Ability to coordinate multiple workstreams and manage competing priorities
- Excellent communication, organisation and problem‑solving
- Ability to work in secure and highly regulated environments
- communication
- organization
- problem-solving
- project planning
- scheduling
- risk management
