IT Project Manager

at  BAE Systems

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 – Maternity Cover
Location: London/Guildford/Gloucester or Leeds – Hybrid
This role is expected to be based both in the office and homeworking, ideally 3 days in the office and 2 remote with potential travel both within and outside the UK.

• Work with key stakeholders to understand the business needs and create a project management plan to align with the same.
• Work with the teams and stakeholders to initiate project requests and prepare business cases for financial and business benefit approval.
• Create project schedules, allocate resources and manage progression to plan, supporting the allocated members with their tasks, managing RAID, scope, budgets and using Change Control for baseline deviations ad re-sets.
• Align and maintain alignment of project objectives with company goals, and make sure the project documentation, ensuring traceability of governance and assurance applied throughout the project lifecycle.
• Work on multiple projects simultaneously, across various geographical regions.
• Foster partnerships with customers, stakeholders and sponsors, whilst ensuring that appropriate communication and project reporting forums and processes are in place.
• Manage the project inputs and outputs whilst assuring quality standards in accordance with the baselined PMP and in-house governance and assurance processes.
• Manage the process of risk identification, mitigation, and the resolution of issues realised.
• Managing team size of 5 to 20 resources (matrix), project duration most often 5+ months, budget from multiple N*£100k up to £1m.