Senior Project Professional

Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

7/14/2025

Job Title: Senior Project Professional

Location: – Warton– 3 days working in the office

Salary: £54,793 + Dependant upon skills and experience



What You’ll Be Doing

Leading delivery of a number of Full Operating Capability (FOC) work packages, with dependency interface management between internal and external stakeholders

Progression of key dependencies from multiple programmes and support from the Service Delivery Units and Functional teams (i.e. Engineering SDUs, Supply Chain & Procurement).

Developing comprehensive Statement of Requirements with relevant SMEs

Detailed planning and mobilisation with internal and external stakeholders

Support to leading internal and external stakeholder workshops and progress meetings

Support to key project reporting including financial and performance reporting, including attendance at monthly performance reviews

Essential

Your skills and experiences:

• Ability to propose tailoring where applicable and in line with Project Management processes within the line of business and/or to ensure the project meets the requirements of the Operational Framework, including implementation of appropriately tailored practices
• Good knowledge and experience of Project Management governance and assurance processes such as Integrated Baseline Reviews and LCM
• Experience of building relationships and negotiating outcomes with internal and external stakeholders
• Ability to capture, evaluate and share best practice
  
  

Desirable

• Ability to influence internal stakeholders to achieve business successGood understanding of line of business or project, its markets, customers, strategic priorities and culture
• Roles typically require a university degree, or an extensive amount of practical knowledge gained through experience
  
  

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 Qatar Typhoon Capability Delivery Team

This role will support the Capability Programme Manager in the delivery of critical Typhoon aircraft capability to the Qatar Emiri Armed Forces, as a phased delivery of aircraft capability and the associated non-recurring support solution. This is a unique opportunity to be part of team that will develop, plan and execute delivery of the FOC solution at a fast pace to an important Customer of the Air Business

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, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also 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: 28th 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.