Air Data & Analytics Project Manager

BAE Systems; Tamworth; Hybrid; GBP 61,000 - 71,000; Full time

Job summary

Join BAE Systems as an Air Data & Analytics Project Manager in Warton, where you will lead diverse projects in an agile environment. Your role emphasizes team performance management and collaboration across business sectors to deliver data solutions that meet strategic objectives. With competitive benefits and a commitment to diversity, this position is vital for driving innovation in the Air sector.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible health and wellbeing benefits

Private health plans

Shopping discounts

Annual incentive eligibility

Qualifications

• Strong technical and business delivery management background.
• Experience in people management and stakeholder interaction.
• Strong project management methodologies knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage data and analytics projects ensuring quality and budget are met.
• Promote agile working methods to enhance delivery efficiency.
• Represent project progress to management and stakeholders.

Skills

Technical delivery management

Change management

Stakeholder management

Education

Professional Project Management Qualification (e.g. APM, PMQ)

Job description

Job Title: Air Data & Analytics Project Manager

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

Salary: £ 61110 + Depending on Skillset

What you’ll be doing:

• Lead and manage Air data and analytics projects day-to-day, ensuring prioritisation meets operational challenges and that delivery is achieved against agreed schedule, budget and quality

• Promote and embed agile ways of working across the team to drive delivery efficiency, prioritisation and responsiveness to change

• Manage all aspects of team performance including reviews, pay decisions, recruitment and disciplinary actions as required

• Train, coach and support the Data & Analytics Delivery Teams, fostering morale, collaboration and continuous improvement across complex project portfolios

• Act as the escalation point for the Data & Analytics Team, ensuring Business Needs and tasking are resolved to completion

• Represent project progress to senior management and key stakeholders, reviewing delivery against time, cost, quality, risks and issues

• Collaborate with SDUs, Functional Leads, Product Owners and SMEs to understand strategic requirements and manage successful scoping and delivery of initiatives

• Facilitate project documentation reviews, apply consistent governance, support audits and drive capacity planning and resourcing to maximise operational efficiency

Your skills and experiences:

Essential

• Strong technical and business delivery management background with the ability to plan and implement change in an agile, fast-moving environment

• Ability to translate complex business problems, solutions, and data-related information for different audiences

• Experience in people management, including setting objectives aligned with programme needs and personal development aspirations

• Strong knowledge of project management methodologies, processes, documentation, and governance

• Experience managing stakeholders across multiple functional areas, including senior internal stakeholders, partners, and customers

Desirable

• Ability to lead and motivate teams to enable complex project delivery

• Confidence to challenge the status quo through bold behaviours and utilisation of past experience

• Professional Project Management Qualification (e.g. APM, PMQ)

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Air Data & Analytics Team :

Join the Air Data & Analytics team at the forefront of digital transformation within BAE Systems. Our team is responsible for the successful delivery of a wide range of Data and Analytics projects, directly supporting key business objectives across the Air sector.

We work closely with functional leads across the business and wider sectors to deliver high-impact data solutions that meet performance, budget, and customer requirements. As part of our strategic evolution, we’re driving the integration of advanced Data and AI capabilities - helping shape the future of the organisation and delivering cutting-edge insight directly to our customers.

Our work also involves close collaboration with leading capability partners including Microsoft and IBM, placing us at the heart of innovation within the industry.

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 of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and 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 at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 1st July 2025

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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• Complete a short diversity & inclusion questionnaire

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