IT Project Portfolio Manager

Job Description

Job Title: IT Project Portfolio Manager

Location: Barrow-in-Furness. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: £56,000 – £61,967 per annum

What you’ll be doing:

• You will have primary responsibility for defining, planning and tracking the projects in your portfolio
• Work closely with stakeholders from different areas of the business, including – regulatory bodies, the external submarines community and suppliers. You will be required to ensure that there is a sound basis for the management and overall delivery success
• You will be responsible for assuring portfolio success for the projects within and ensure that they are adhering to schedule, cost and quality. Also ensuring success against the set targets and measures
• Manage meaningful and supportive relationships across the portfolio team, outsourced project teams and with internal and external stakeholders as required throughout the delivery cycle

Your skills and experiences:

• Have a professional qualification in project management such as APM/Prince2 or other recognised qualifications will be considered
• Hold strong experience within project management, project delivery and portfolio management
• Proven experience of delivering projects to time, cost and quality with an outsourced partner along with working within a strict governance process
• Hold an ability to co-ordinate colleagues, volunteers and contracted parties through expert leadership, motivation, teamwork, supervision and accountability
• Ability to work with and manage external IT system partners and suppliers and capability to manage partners, 3rd parties, projects and stakeholders

Benefits:

You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The IT Digital Workplace & Information Systems team:

By joining the team, you will collaboratively provide project and/or portfolio management expertise to the IT Digital Workplace & information Systems portfolio – ensuring delivery of key projects comprising product, process and system development. This is a great chance to contribute to the enhancement of the department’s project management framework and to ensure current and future projects are delivered in line with good practice project management techniques. We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.

Closing Date: 6th September 2024

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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