Junior Project Manager

Location(s): UK, Europe & Africa : UK : London 

BAE Systems Digital Intelligence is home to 4,500 digital, cyber and intelligence experts. We work collaboratively across 10 countries to collect, connect and understand complex data, so that governments, nation states, armed forces and commercial businesses can unlock digital advantage in the most demanding environments.

Job Description

Are you passionate about working with cutting-edge technology and self-motivated to find innovative solutions to complex challenges as part of a team who help keep the UK safe?  Join BAE Systems as a Project Manager

The successful applicant will have a good understanding of agile and waterfall Project Management fundamentals in a software engineering or technology systems integration setting, and will be able to apply this knowledge independently. They will have strong communication skills and an ability to manage relationships with customers, colleagues and suppliers.  They will be adaptable, resilient and motivated by delivering the best outcomes for our customers. Typically they will be responsible for managing a single routine delivery or supporting a Senior Project or Delivery Manager to manage a complex delivery. 

What you'll be doing:

• Preparing, maintaining and tracking basic schedules for project activities, taking account of dependencies and resource requirements;,
• Using Agile tooling to track progress and plan activity
• Producing progress reports, identifying and capturing RAID items and escalating with the client and within the business as appropriate;
• Working closely with our customers and stakeholders to provide progress updates and respond to evolving requirements;
• Maintaining the stakeholder register, recognising that different levels of stakeholders have different levels of interest and influence on a project or programme;
• Promoting BAE Systems Digital Intelligence in all actions, acting in a morally, legally and socially appropriate manner.

Not only will your team be directly making a huge impact upon the systems you work on, you’ll be doing it for an organisation who makes a huge impact to the security of the UK.

About you

You will have experience in many of the following:

• Strong written and verbal communication skills;
• Fundamental understanding of agile and waterfall PM methodologies, toolsets, process and governance;
• Two years Project Management experience demonstrated in a professional role within a business or project setting:
• Experience with delivering software or infrastructure projects in an Agile or Waterfall environment;
• An understanding of the factors that contribute to successful project delivery and stakeholder management;
• Ability to think creatively to solve problems;
• Experience managing small teams (< 5 people) including managing their delivery and performance; providing appraisals and supporting their development;
• Competency with common tools such as MS Excel and Word, Atlassian suite, Gitlab, MS Project;
• A desire to co-locate with colleagues in a BAE or customer office at least three days per week.

It would be great if you also had experience in some of these, but if not we’ll help you with them:

• APM Project Management Qualification or equivalent;
• An agile delivery qualification such as SAFe;
• Experience managing project finances including forecasting and reporting costs to completion;
• Experience generating project management reports and metrics.

Security Clearance is required for this vacancy. If you are not currently Security Cleared, you will need to be eligible for this and willing to go through the process.

How we will support you

• Work-life balance is important; you can work around core hours with flexible and part-time working
• You’ll get 25 days holiday a year and the option to buy/sell and carry over from the year before
• Our flexible benefits package includes a competitive pension scheme, cycle to work scheme, taste cards and more
• You’ll have a dedicated Career Manager to help you develop your career and guide you on your journey through BAE
• You’ll be part of our company bonus scheme
• You are welcome to join any/all of our Diversity and Support groups.  These groups cover everything from gender diversity to mental health and wellbeing.

About our team

Our people are what differentiates us, they are resourceful, innovative and dedicated. We have a mix of generalists and specialists and recognise that this diversity contributes to our success. We recognise the benefits of forming teams from a mix of disciplines, which allows us to come up with cutting edge, high quality solutions. Our breadth of work across the Public Sector provides diverse opportunities for our people to develop their careers in new areas of expertise and with new clients.

You’ll be part of a big company, but we try to create a culture that feels like a small one.  The work will stretch you and be challenging, but we encourage a healthy work-life balance. Most of all, we know teams who work well together also perform well.  We’ll do everything we can to ensure you have fun at work, and in social activities outside of it whether that’s virtually or in person, as conditions allow.

You will be joining our National Security business which is the largest area within our UK business. Our mission is to be the most trusted partner for our National Security clients in delivery of their core mission. At the end of 2020 we had over 700 employees working across our security and law enforcement customers. This year, we are looking to build on our success and grow even further by recruiting over 100 new members to our team.

We have a rich history of working within National Security. In fact, we have over 40 years’ experience of delivering advice and solutions to our customers in this sector, supporting them in carrying out their vital missions.

More about BAE Systems

You will work for a division of BAE Systems who helps nations, governments and businesses around the world defend themselves against cyber crime, reduce their risk in the connected world, comply with regulation, and transform their operations.  We’re a consultancy and products business and employ smart, motivated individuals who work together across a range of projects and products.  You’ll get to work on a variety of different systems for different customers throughout your career with us.   We’re passionate about Diversity and Inclusion in our workforce and the people you’ll work with will reflect this.  We employ over 4,000 people across 18 countries in the Americas, APAC, UK and EMEA

For more information please visit our website: https://www.baesystems.com/en/cybersecurity/national-security

Help us secure a connected world.  Apply now and be inspired.

Life at BAE Systems Digital Intelligence 

We are embracing Hybrid Working. This means you and your colleagues may be working in different locations, such as from home, another BAE Systems office or client site, some or all of the time, and work might be going on at different times of the day.

By embracing technology, we can interact, collaborate and create together, even when we’re working remotely from one another. Hybrid Working allows for increased flexibility in when and where we work, helping us to balance our work and personal life more effectively, and enhance well-being.

Diversity and inclusion are integral to the success of BAE Systems Digital Intelligence. We are proud to have an organisational culture where employees with varying perspectives, skills, life experiences and backgrounds – the best and brightest minds – can work together to achieve excellence and realise individual and organisational potential.