Project Management Lead – Programme Integration

Job Description

Job Title: Project Management Lead – Programme Integration

Location: Warton. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: £54,793 + depending on experience

What you'll be doing:

• Working closely with the Product Owners, Domain leads and other areas of the FCAS programme and UK & International partners to manage the programme enablers and successful delivery of an International Future Combat Air System.
• Preparing reporting information (data and supporting commentary) for programme and contract reviews.
• Delivery and reporting of operational performance information
• Promoting and implementing agile ways of working to improve delivery priority focus and efficiency across the Programme
• Creating Epics and Features (in Confluence and Jira) to ensure quarterly and shorter Sprint priorities are well defined, agreed and delivered
• Working with wider FCAS Project Management and Control team to ensure accurate integration of programme schedule into the FCAS master schedule and dependencies and handshakes are agreed

Your skills and experiences:

• A good level of experience in managing the delivery of all sizes of projects drawing on all the Project Management skill sets
• Experience working at an early phase of the lifecycle, dealing with volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity
• Proven experience in the management of bid and proposal activity, compilation of multi domain Statement of Work inputs, estimate data and presentation of overall proposal
• Proven stakeholder management abilities and demonstrated experience working across multiple functional areas, at a senior level internally, with partners and customers
• A strong understanding of Commercial and Finance process and budget management capability
• Strong analytical, research, communication and presentation skills
• Experience in Team Leadership and people management, setting objectives to align with programme needs and personal development aspirations
• Ideally professional PM Qualification (e.g. APM, PMQ)

Benefits:

You'll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You'll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Programme Integration team:

As Programme Integration Lead, you will work closely with the Programme Integration Manager, Work Package 3 Product Owners, Domain leads, business & support function leads, other FCAS WP's and UK Partner representatives to manage the WP3 elements and aid successful delivery of an International Future Combat Air System.

You will use your Project Management skills and experience to steer the Work Package 3 Enablers Programme to delivery in line with an agreed schedule, defined budget and with the resources required and deployed.

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 working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.

Closing Date: 16th May2024

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.

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