Senior IT Security Project Manager

Location(s): UK, Europe & Africa : UK : Guildford || UK, Europe & Africa : UK : Gloucester || UK, Europe & Africa : UK : Leeds || UK, Europe & Africa : UK : London 

Job Title: IT Project Manager - Fixed Term Contract from Jan 25 - Dec 27

Requisition ID: 121174

Location: This position will be hybrid, you must be local to any of our DI offices in Leeds, Guildford, London or Gloucester

BAE Systems Digital Intelligence is home to 4,500 digital, cyber and intelligence experts. We work collaboratively across 10 countries to collect, connect and understand complex data, so that governments, nation states, armed forces and commercial businesses can unlock digital advantage in the most demanding environments.

Division overview: Functions

At BAE Systems Digital Intelligence, we pride ourselves in being a leader in the cyber defence industry, and the business could not operate without all the dedicated work of our Functions teams. From Finance & Operations through Communications & Marketing, to HR and Site Operations and more, our Functions teams enable our divisions to implement ground-breaking digital transformations and crucial defence software.

As part of Functions, you will be supporting and partnering with our global business from the backline, being a strategic advisor within your specialist area, and ensuring the business runs smoothly and efficiently. We all have a role to play in defending our clients; and this is yours.

Role summary

As a Project Manager for you will responsible for managing the delivery of critical projects specifically relating to cyber security.
Working with our team across IT and Security, you will establish and ratify requirements, as well as initiating, structuring and leading projects of variable risk and complexity through to completion. You will maintain stakeholder engagements with key individuals at a senior level across the organisation, resolving issues and making recommendations to mitigate project delays.

What you'll be doing

•    Accountable for the end-to-end project delivery of PPM initiatives, working across group and local functions within agreed budget and timelines.
•    Manage related project budget and deliver high quality service transition into BAU
•    Manage key stakeholders, owning the project communication and alignment between the business and technology team at management and project levels
•    Ensure all projects meet the gate or check point criteria as set out in company project governance framework
•    Accountable for Integration, Implementation, rollout strategy and communication to stakeholders
•    Responsible for creating and maintaining a project RAID log and liaising with the corporate risk register owner for those items applicable at that level
•    Responsible for identifying owning departments of tasks and obtaining alignment across resource and cost needs
•    Responsible for identifying owners of tasks within project plan and ensuring tasks are completed on time and on budget
•    Delivering regular stakeholder reports
•    Maintaining contact plan with all internal stakeholders and ensuring all aware of project scope and progress

What we're looking for

Established experience in delivering projects in complex environments, preferably with experience of cyber security.

Sound written and verbal communication skills, with experience of delivering briefs and presentations.

Sound experience of working with Microsoft Office and project tools such as Microsoft Project.

The ability to work independently; this role is primarily remote working.

Previous security clearance is desirable but not essential.

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.”

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