Atlassian Project Manager

BAE Systems; Tamworth; On-site; GBP 42,000; Full time

Job summary

An international defence company is looking for a Junior Project Manager - IT in Warton. The role involves project planning, task management, and stakeholder engagement using Atlassian tools. Ideal candidates should have experience in an IT environment and strong communication skills. This position offers various employee benefits and opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible discounted health and wellbeing benefits

Private health plans

Shopping discounts

Potential eligibility for annual incentive

Qualifications

• Project management experience is desirable.
• Skills in risk management and stakeholder engagement.
• Ability to communicate project progress and issues.

Responsibilities

• Define project scope, objectives, and deliverables.
• Manage task coordination and support collaboration.
• Prepare and distribute project status reports.

Skills

Experience within an IT environment

Excellent written communication

Excellent verbal communication

Education

Qualification at Level 3 within IT discipline

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Job title: Junior Project Manager - IT

Location: Warton

Salary: £41,361

What you’ll be doing:

• Project Planning: using the Atlassian toolset, define agree project scope objectives, deliverables and timelines, creating plans with tasks dependencies and resources
• Task Management: Contributing as an active member of the project team, assisting with task coordination, supporting collaboration and communication, and using Atlassian tools to help keep the project on track through its lifecycle
• Stakeholder Engagement: identify project stakeholder, communicate project progress risks and issues, and manage stakeholder relationships
• Risk Management: Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks and issues
• Quality assurance: Ensure quality standards are adhered to throughout the project. Throughout the project conducting regular reviews
• Communication and reporting: Facilitate regular project meetings to review progress, discuss issues, and make decisions. Prepare and distribute project status reports, updates, and other communications to stakeholders

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Experience within an IT environment or qualification at Level 3 within IT discipline
• Excellent written and verbal communication

Desirable:

• Previous project management experience
• Experience using toolsets such as Jira or Confluence

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 Atlassian Project Team:

You’ll be joining our Atlassian System Competency Centre: a collaborative team of around 50 people dedicated to delivering high-quality projects that support our organisation’s tools and systems. We operate a buddy system to help new starters settle in quickly and offer both project management (PMDY) and Agile training to support your professional growth. While most of our work is internal, we also partner with external suppliers such as DXC. Our supportive environment, focus on continuous learning, and commitment to internal development make this a great place to build your project management career.

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: 27 th August 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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