Location: Role can work out of Romsey, Gloucester or Woking min 2 days per week onsite
Clearance: SC clearance is essential
Day Rate: £650 - £695 a day
IR35: Inside
Skills:
+Extensive experience in managing hardware / software bids up to £5m
+SC clearance
+MOD
+Sole British national - due to nature of the project
We're looking for an experienced Project Manager to deliver complex hardware/software programmes within a defence environment, including work with the UK Ministry of Defence.
Areas of Responsibility:
Project Definition and Scope Defining the project's purpose, goals, objectives, and specific deliverables in collaboration with stakeholders to ensure a clear understanding of what needs to be accomplished.
Planning and Scheduling Creating a comprehensive project plan, including a detailed timeline, milestones, and dependencies, and developing a realistic schedule to ensure the project stays on track.
Resource Management Identifying, recruiting, and allocating necessary resources (people, equipment, materials, finances) to specific tasks and ensuring they are used efficiently throughout the project.
Budget Management Estimating project costs, developing a detailed budget, monitoring expenses regularly, and taking corrective action to ensure the project remains within financial constraints.
Team Leadership Assembling, organizing, motivating, and leading the project team, providing guidance, resolving conflicts, and fostering a collaborative and productive work environment.
Risk Management Proactively identifying potential risks and issues, assessing their potential impact, developing mitigation strategies, and adapting the plan as needed when unexpected obstacles arise.
Monitoring and Control Tracking project progress against the established plan, measuring performance using key indicators, and implementing corrective measures to address variances in scope, time, or cost.
Communication and Stakeholder Management Serving as the central hub for all communication, providing regular updates to clients and stakeholders, managing their expectations, and ensuring their satisfaction with the project's outcomes.
Documentation and Reporting Maintaining thorough documentation of all project activities, decisions, changes, and progress, and preparing status reports for stakeholders and future reference.
Quality Assurance Ensuring that all work is completed to the required standards and that the final deliverables meet the quality criteria set during the planning phase.
Project Closure Formalizing the completion of the project, obtaining final approval from the client, archiving project records, and documenting lessons learned for future projectsKnowledge & Experience Required:
Excellent Stakeholder Management and demonstrable experience of building excellent relationships both internally and with key client stakeholders.
Extensive experience in managing hardware / software bids and projects that range from conceptual research through to sub-system development, delivery, and support of programmes up to £5m.
Experience in rapid prototyping and accelerating development projects for UORs
Able to work through complicated situations whilst maintaining communications with multiple stakeholders.
Solid financial and commercial awareness and experience of negotiation.
Must be flexible and willing to contribute where needed in the business cycle to further the team's success.
Pre-sale / bid delivery experience and a thorough understanding of the business lifecycle.
Proved track record of successfully delivering bids and projects.
Able to operate in a deadline focussed environment
Experience of working with the UK Ministry of Defence, preferably taking a leading role delivering framework / product projects
Experience in products, product development and research and consultancy
Able to lead effectively in a multi-functional team
Risk and Opportunity management experience
Demonstrated ability to multi-task across multiple bids/platforms
Commercial awareness / frameworks
Experience of developing and managing Subcontractor Relationship Management and collaborative working
Experience of working with complex international suppliers/ programmes.
APM PMQ/ PMI / Prince 2/ Agile/ PMP Qualifications.
Bidding training/qualifications welcomedIf you'd like to discuss this Project Manager role in more detail, please send your updated CV to (url removed) and I will get in touch
Salary description
£650.00 - £695.00 per day