Job title: Project Manager
Location: Romsey or Woking
Salary: up to £80k plus 6% bonus and £1,000 DV bonus per annum

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I am looking for an experienced Project Manager for a client of mine who are a world-class engineering and technology company, with a trusted and long-standing record of delivery spanning research & development, products, managed services, and consultancy, serving customers across the globe. The markets they operate in are broad, but they are frequently cross-cutting at engineering and delivery levels; markets include Defence, National Security and Future industries.

Primary Job Purpose

• Consistently execute contracts fully to schedule, cost and quality
• Professionally interface-to and manage external Customers, Subcontractors and Partners, and internal Business Functions (balancing the needs of the business and the needs of stakeholders)
• Create trusted and enduring relationships, building value for both the customer and the client.
• Plan for and successfully mobilise contracts.
• Identify, prioritise and mitigate/manage risks & issues associated with bidding & delivery.
• Bid with confidence; knowing schedule, cost & quality factors are fully considered.
• Report/forecast accurately against key performance measures/indicators (KPIs)
• Continually improve delivery capability in parallel to bids & contracts

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 stakeholder's expectations as appropriate
• Ensuring all project artefacts (both deliverable & non-deliverable) are appropriately controlled and produced to a high standard - includes plans, estimates, specifications, architecture & design documents, software, test plans & results, manufacturing data, etc.

Education and Qualifications

• Appropriate Project Management qualifications (eg APM, PMI, Prince2)
• SAFe/Agile qualifications

Knowledge, Skills & Experience

• Project Managers will be APM PMQ qualified or equivalent or working towards a qualification.
• Experience in either products and product development or research and consultancy.
• Experience in delivering IT delivery projects using agile principles and methods.
• Knowledge of Scrum
• Experience of the use of JIRA would be desirable.

If you are interested in this role or wish to apply, please feel free to reply to this advert or call me.