Electronic Warfare – Senior Project Manager

Southampton, Hampshire
CBSbutler Holdings Limited trading as CBSbutler

Electronic Warfare – Senior Project Manager

Rate: 850 – 950 a day DOE

Clearance: DV Cleared preferred. May take MoD SC

Location: Southampton

Work pattern: Hybrid – 3 / 4 days a week on site

Company:
You will join a world leading consultancy delivering technical innovation to the MoD

The role:

You will supporting Innovation, R&D, Product Projects and Bids within the Electronic Warfare domain.

This opportunity requires experience of working with the UK Ministry of Defence, preferably taking a leading role delivering framework / product projects.

Key Responsibilities:

• Building and actively managing project teams
• Successfully deliver bids and contracts to target schedule, cost and quality levels; this means fully understanding the governing contract and delivering it on time and in full (OTIF)
• Identifying, prioritising and actively managing risks & issues associated with bids & live contracts; includes appropriate and timely escalation.
• Providing timely and accurate forecast information and project reporting, managing both internal and external stakeholders expectations as appropriate
• Ensuring all project artefacts (both deliverable & non-deliverable) are appropriately controlled and produced to a high standard, in-line with internal QMS – includes plans, estimates, specifications, architecture & design documents, software, test plans & results, manufacturing data, etc

Skills required:

• Experience in either products and product development or research and consultancy.
• Experience in delivering IT delivery projects using agile principles and methods.
• The ideal candidate will have extensive knowledge of Portfolio Management
• Appropriate Project Management qualifications (e.g., APM, PMI, Prince2)
• SAFe/ Agile qualifications
• APM PMQ qualified or equivalent or working towards a qualification
• Knowledge of Scrum
• Behaviourally – this is key. Must be able to fit in, negotiate and talk openly with all stakeholders.
• Technically – experience of working within a complex, multi team environment and the processes of such.