Senior Project Manager
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About the Role
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 Senior Project Manager at our MOD Boscombe Down site, where you will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology in partnership with some of the most brilliant minds.
The Role
As a Senior Project Manager you will be responsible for delivery of high value or complex Projects in our Aviation Engineering Centre and Investments portfolio and tasked with ensuring our commitments to our internal and external stakeholders are met. Our projects have a diverse and complex stakeholder community, both internal and external to the company.
Day-to-day, you will bring effective management and delivery of the projects to agreed baselines, developing and growing customer relationships, securing associated follow-on sales, supporting major bids and successfully contributing to the overall strategy and business targets.
The Air & Space business within QinetiQ is involved in a wide variety of exciting projects and programmes, from innovative research, through to modifications or complex flight trials across all domains. As a member of our project management community, you can expect to be leading teams to deliver projects in the UK, as well as supporting international opportunities as we continue to grow.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Delivery of high value (£5m per annum) or complex projects
- Development and maintenance of positive engagement with project customers, partners and suppliers
- Successful delivery of the Project outcomes
- Maintenance of forecasts, both financial and resource demand signals
- Application of governance requirements (including lifecycle, project and independent reviews as appropriate) for foundation sales and delivery work
- Reporting progress on all accountabilities to the Business
Essential experience of the Senior Project Manager:
- Ability to manage multiple stakeholders simultaneously with sound communication skills
- Requires proven track record in delivering complex technical projects, dealing with demanding timescales, uncertainty and risk
- Experience delivering projects to up to 3 different customers
- Previous experience delivering into Defence, Aerospace or Engineering an advantage
Essential qualifications for the Senior Project Manager:
- Demonstrable capability to APM PMQ or equivalent
We value difference and we don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.
This role is 37 hours per week based at our MOD Boscombe Down site.