Senior Project Manager

Job Summary

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005041

Location:

United Kingdom, England, Capability Green, Luton

Salary Range:

Competitive

Closing Date:

This vacancy may close at any time, if this role is of interest to you we recommend you apply as soon as possible.

The Opportunity

A Senior Project Manager is required within the EW Sensors IPT to deliver multiple projects across a variety of products, utilising strong internal and external Customer facing skills.

The role will cover all aspects of Project Management including, Stakeholder Management, Lifecycle Management, Team Leadership, all aspects of the Monthly Project Review cycle, Risk Management and Financial Management. The Senior Project Manager will be responsible for Project execution and delivery, with particular emphasis on achieving Customer commitments. Cross project, IPT and Product alignment and Dependency Management are key. This role will also require heavy involvement and ownership on behalf of the IPT for business winning, including contract capture requirements and decision making for the benefit of the Surveillance & Protection Technologies (S&PT) Sector.

Life at Leonardo
With a company funded benefits package, a commitment to learning and development, and a flexible approach to working hours focused on the needs of both our employees and customers, a career with Leonardo has never offered as many opportunities or been more accessible to as many people.

* Flexible Working: Flexible hours with hybrid working options. For part time opportunities, please talk to us
* Company funded flexible benefits: Access to private healthcare, dental schemes, Workplace ISA, Go Green Car Scheme, technology and lifestyle options (£500 annual allowance)
* Holidays: 25 days plus bank holidays, option to buy/sell leave and to accrue up to 12 additional flexi leave days per year
* Pension: Award winning pension scheme (up to 10% employer contribution)
* Wellbeing: Employee Assistance Programme with access to free mental health support, financial wellbeing support and network groups to demonstrate our ongoing commitment to diversity & inclusion (Enable, Pride, Equalise, Reservists, Carers)
* Lifestyle: Discounted Gym membership, Cycle to work scheme
* Training: Free access to more than 4000 online courses via Coursera
* Referral Incentive: You can earn a reward for successfully referring a friend or family member
* Bonus: Scheme in place for all employees at management level and below

For a full list of our Company benefits please visit our website.

What you will do

* Overall Ownership and Management of multiple projects across a variety of products
* Schedule, Cost and Quality adherence
* Dependency identification and Management
* Project Risk and Opportunity Management
* Management of internal and external Stakeholders / Customers
* Internal reporting to IPT Lead and/or Sector VP
* Presentation at Sector and Line of Business project reviews to present project summary status
* Ensure adherence to Company’s Lifecycle Management (LCM), as appropriate and tailored to suit
* Internal liaison with Engineering and Production Managers as required
* Liaison with Functional Groups to ensure projects are appropriately resourced to achieve successful execution
* Accountability for Contract and Project delivery

What we are looking for

* Demonstrated ability to manage multi-disciplined Engineering teams
* Demonstrated experience with complex projects in a military environment
* Demonstrated experience of delivering complex export projects
* Demonstrated ability to operate with multiple senior Stakeholders
* Demonstrated strong Customer relationship skills
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills
* Demonstrated experience in all aspects of project planning, scheduling, work package management, sub-contract management and cost control
* Degree qualified or equivalent, ideally in a business or engineering related discipline.
* Meet the requirements for registration as a full member of the Association of Project Managers (APM).