Project Manager

We are seeking a Project Manager to assist us in delivering a brand new solution within the Defence Sector.

To be considered for this position you are required an active DV clearance

This role is crucial, carrying a high level of direct accountability and responsibility. You will contribute directly and positively to the business performance in the delivery of the program by:

• Taking personal accountability for the performance of a portfolio of projects, comprising low, moderate, and high complexity projects
• Understanding and translating business strategy and objectives into actions and outcomes that optimize profitability and support growth

What you'll be doing:

• Overseeing overall project costs and managing all project elements
• Delivering technical equipment/systems to client sites, ensuring enablers, administration, and maintenance are in place, and handing over to the operational delivery structure
• Coordinating with multi-stakeholder counterparts to align our plan with the client's master plan, informing, involving, and gaining support from all stakeholders
• Creating, implementing, or following processes for service delivery adhering to approved quality levels (H&S, ECR, Security, ISO...)
• Managing projects to meet client and our requirements, meeting timescales, budget, acceptance criteria, quality criteria, tolerance, contractual commitments, and agreed service levels post-cutover
• Planning and coordinating our delivery teams, monitoring and controlling progress against the agreed baseline plan for pre-event, event, and post-event activities

What you’ll bring:

• Industry qualifications (Prince 2, Agile) and real-life experience in project management
• Experience working with the MoD and their suppliers (people, processes, and estate)
• Supported the delivery of complex technical systems
• Skilled in delivering against the ECR process

If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we’re looking for, please do apply, we’d love to hear from you!

Employment Type: Full-time
Location: Hertfordshire area
Security Clearance Level: DV Clearance required
Internal Recruiter: Josh
Salary: £45,000 to £60,000
Benefits: £5,400 car allowance, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, private medical, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund

Loved reading about this job and want to know more about us?

Sopra Steria’s Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions to Central Government clients. The work we do makes a real difference to the client’s goal of National Security, and we operate in a unique and privileged environment. We are given time for professional development activities, and we coach and mentor our colleagues, sharing knowledge and learning from each other. We foster a culture in which employees feel valued and supported and have pride in their work for the customer, delivering outstanding rates of customer satisfaction in the UK’s most complex safety- and security-critical markets.

We embrace difference as a source of creativity, innovation and competitive advantage and are striving to become a more diverse organisation. We welcome applications from people with a diverse variety of backgrounds and identities. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation or marital status. We have partnered with Vercida, the UK's largest diversity and inclusion focused careers site, where all our vacancies are available in an accessible format.

If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, to enable you to perform to the best of your ability, please let us know when completing your application. We participate in the Disability Confident scheme and are committed to offering an interview to any candidate with a disability, who meets the minimum criteria for the role. If you believe this could apply to you, please let us know when completing your application.