Delivery Lead — Digital & IT Projects (Hybrid)

Rolls-Royce; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous Annual Leave

Retirement Savings Trust

Group Life Assurance

Group Income Protection

Employee Shares matched

Job summary

Rolls-Royce invites applications for a Project Manager in our Digital & IT Team, based in Derby/Bristol with hybrid work (minimum 3 days on site). This full-time role focuses on delivering complex, business-critical projects with clear governance and benefits realization.

You will own delivery, manage sponsors and delivery teams, oversee third-party contracts, and ensure robust cost control while maintaining momentum in changing environments. Closing date: 30/10/2026.

Qualifications

• Track record delivering large, complex or transformational projects.
• Ability to lead through ambiguity and complexity.
• Strong problem-solving, critical thinking and systems-thinking.
• Experience managing third-party suppliers and contracts.
• Strong commercial acumen with budgets and forecasting.
• Excellent stakeholder management in matrix environments.
• Organised, accountable and delivery-focused.
• Proactive communication to raise issues early.
• Pragmatic, flexible, resilient with collaborative approach.

Responsibilities

• Deliver with accountability: end-to-end ownership for planning, managing and delivering projects to agreed time, cost and quality outcomes.
• Lead through others: build trusted relationships with sponsors, stakeholders, delivery teams and third-party partners.
• Manage suppliers and quality: oversee third-party Statements of Work and deliverables, holding partners to account and ensuring outputs meet agreed standards and acceptance criteria.
• Surface and resolve issues early: identify and escalate risks, issues, assumptions and decisions clearly and constructively.
• Bring commercial and financial control: manage budgets, supplier performance, resource burn and reporting in line with PPMO processes, ensuring value for money and effective cost control.
• Plan resources effectively: maintain clear resource plans, communicate current and future needs, and support informed decision-making around capacity and capability.
• Apply robust governance: work within standardised delivery frameworks and apply PPMO standards consistently, bringing rigour without unnecessary bureaucracy.
• Adapt and stay pragmatic: comfortable operating in complex, ambiguous and changing environments, adapting plans while maintaining momentum and focus on outcomes.
• Improve how we deliver: embrace lessons learned, contribute to continuous improvement and help drive greater efficiency, consistency and delivery excellence.
• Prioritise safety and compliance: embed safety, regulatory and compliance considerations into project planning and execution.

Skills

Delivery leadership

Stakeholder mgmt

Budget management

Risk management

Supplier management

Commercial acumen

Communication

Ambiguity handling

Job description

Rolls-Royce invites applications for a Project Manager in our Digital & IT Team, based in Derby/Bristol with hybrid work (minimum 3 days on site). This full-time role focuses on delivering complex, business-critical projects with clear governance and benefits realization.

You will own delivery, manage sponsors and delivery teams, oversee third-party contracts, and ensure robust cost control while maintaining momentum in changing environments. Closing date: 30/10/2026.