IM&T Project Manager
// Role Summary
Lead the delivery of small to medium-sized IM&T projects or work packages, ensuring successful outcomes aligned with strategic business objectives. This role requires strong project management skills, stakeholder engagement, and a solid understanding of various project methodologies.
// Key Responsibilities
- Manage IM&T projects from inception to completion, meeting cost, time, and quality targets.
- Coordinate project activities, manage risks, budgets, schedules, and stakeholder communications.
- Utilize a range of project management methodologies, including Agile and Waterfall.
- Support business change and transformation initiatives.
- Contribute to continuous improvement through lessons learned and best practices.
- Requires a minimum of Baseline Personnel Security Standard clearance.
// Role Specification
About the Role
As an IM&T Project Manager at BAE Systems, you will be instrumental in delivering small to medium-sized projects, or specific work packages within larger programmes. Your primary responsibility will be to ensure these projects successfully support operational and strategic business objectives.
Key Responsibilities
- Coordinate all project activities, including planning, risk management, budget control, scheduling, and stakeholder engagement to ensure the successful delivery of technology, business change, and transformation initiatives.
- Operate within established governance frameworks, ensuring projects meet agreed targets for cost, time, quality, and customer satisfaction.
- Collaborate effectively with internal teams and external partners to achieve project goals.
- Drive continuous improvement by capturing lessons learned, sharing knowledge, and adopting best practices.
- Manage aspects of the Project lifecycle to meet customer/user needs and achieve financial or other targets.
- Provide advice and guidance on effective use of measures and measurement plans, and implement improvements to measurement capability.
- Support users through transition and change, liaising with project teams, and monitoring business readiness, training, engagement, and productivity outcomes.
- Identify stakeholder communication needs, translate engagement strategies into actionable plans, and serve as a primary point of contact for communication.
- Manage issues and resolutions, capture lessons learned, and assess engagement effectiveness using stakeholder feedback.
- Select and apply appropriate methods, tools, and techniques, including plan-driven/predictive or adaptive (iterative and agile) approaches.
Essential Skills and Qualifications
- Good knowledge of project management methodologies such as Agile, Waterfall, and PRINCE2.
- HNC / Computer Science Degree and vocational qualification or equivalent experience (e.g., PRINCE2 Foundation / APM).
- Experience in commercial awareness and financial acumen for budget management and cost control.
- Proven experience in managing multiple projects simultaneously.
Working at BAE Systems
Join BAE Systems and become part of a team dedicated to protecting what matters most. We offer a career with purpose and limitless possibilities, fostering lifelong learning and meaningful work. You will be empowered to grow your career with confidence, recognized for your contributions, and enjoy rewards tailored to your needs. We are committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported, recognizing that diversity strengthens our teams and is vital to the work we do.
Please note that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to security and export control restrictions. This means your nationality, previous nationalities, and place of birth can affect your eligibility for certain roles. All applicants must achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Higher levels of National Security Vetting may also be required, typically necessitating 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK.