Enterprise Project Manager

Resource Area for Teaching; Portsmouth; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

SubSea Craft is seeking an Enterprise Project Manager to drive strategic growth and expansion across its global footprint. You will lead cross-functional projects from concept to implementation, ensuring delivery on time and within budget while aligning with business objectives.

The role requires hands-on delivery experience in business transformation, facilities development, site establishment, or enterprise change programmes, working with senior stakeholders and external partners to secure

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering complex business expansion projects.
• Experience managing cross-functional stakeholders across locations.
• Strong communication and coordination skills at all organisational levels.
• Proficiency with MS Project/Jira and familiarity with Power BI reporting.
• Solid understanding of planning, scheduling, cost management, risk management and reporting processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning and delivery of strategic growth and expansion projects, ensuring scope, schedule, budget and objectives are met.
• Maintain accurate project plans, governance artefacts and provide timely progress updates.
• Coordinate activities across Operations, Facilities, Finance, HR, IT, and Supply Chain with external partners.
• Ensure resource forecasting, milestone tracking and delivery assurance with planning/controls teams.
• Establish project structures and governance for new locations and capabilities.

Skills

Project planning

Stakeholder management

Communication

Delivery management

Tools

MS Project

Jira

Power BI

Job description

• Salary: Up to £60,000 DOE
• Full Time
• Permanent

Role Overview

We are looking for an Enterprise Project Manager with a strong focus on delivering strategic business growth initiatives across SSC's global footprint. This role is critical in supporting the expansion of the organisation through the planning and delivery of new operational sites, including servicing facilities, manufacturing locations, business operations centres, and other strategic investments.

Working within a dynamic environment, you will be responsible for managing complex, cross-functional projects from concept through to implementation, ensuring that initiatives are delivered on time, within budget, and aligned to business objectives. You will work closely with senior stakeholders, operational leaders, facilities teams, and external partners to coordinate activities, manage dependencies, and drive successful outcomes.

This is a delivery-focused role suited to someone with hands-on project management experience in business transformation, operational expansion, facilities development, site establishment, manufacturing, or enterprise change programmes.

Who we are:

SubSea Craft is a fast growing, privately-funded, UK-based innovative maritime technology company specialising in next-generation, high-performance watercraft and systems. We operate at the intersection of advanced engineering, cutting-edge design, and user-centric innovation, delivering safe, effective, and enabling solutions for both commercial and defence applications.

What we offer:

• Annual Leave – Entitlement to 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• Wellbeing Day - An additional Wellbeing Day each year to focus on personal health and wellbeing.
• Private Healthcare – Access to comprehensive private healthcare coverage to support your physical and mental wellbeing.
• Life Assurance and Critical Illness Cover – Comprehensive protection including Life Assurance (4x salary) and Critical Illness Cover for added financial security.
• Family Leave – Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• Christmas Leave – A Christmas shutdown is typically observed.
• Professional Development – Commitment to ongoing learning and career growth, supported by training programmes and access to LinkedIn Learning.
• Pension Contribution – pension scheme with the option to contribute via salary sacrifice
• Flexible Working – Opportunities for flexible working arrangements to promote work–life balance.
• Inclusive Culture – A professional environment that values diversity, innovation, and collaboration.
• Offsite Parking available.

Responsibilities will include:

• Lead the planning and delivery of strategic growth and expansion projects, ensuring performance against scope, schedule, budget, and business objectives.
• Maintain accurate project plans, reporting, and governance artefacts, providing clear and timely updates on progress, risks, issues, and resource requirements.
• Coordinate activities across business functions including Operations, Facilities, Finance, HR, IT, Supply Chain, and external partners to ensure successful project delivery.
• Work with planning and project controls teams to ensure accurate resource forecasting, milestone tracking, and delivery assurance.
• Support business growth initiatives by establishing project structures, governance frameworks, and delivery processes for new locations and operational capabilities.
• Engage with senior stakeholders to ensure alignment on strategic objectives, project priorities, and delivery outcomes.
• Support the implementation of project controls, including schedule management, cost tracking, risk management, and benefits realisation.
• Identify project risks and issues early, developing mitigation strategies and recovery plans in collaboration with stakeholders and delivery teams.
• Manage the end-to-end delivery of new site establishment projects, including servicing facilities, manufacturing operations, business management centres, and other operational locations.

Qualifications and Experience:

Required:

• Proven experience delivering complex business expansion, operational growth, facilities, manufacturing, or enterprise transformation projects.
• Experience managing cross-functional stakeholders across multiple business disciplines and geographical locations.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, and coordination skills, with the ability to influence at all levels of the organisation.
• Proficiency with project management tools such as MS Project, Jira, or equivalent, and familiarity with reporting tools such as Power BI.
• Strong understanding of project planning, scheduling, cost management, risk management, and reporting processes.

Note: Due to the nature of work undertaken at SubSea Craft, the selected candidate must be capable of meeting the security requirements of the position, which would include as a minimum existing right to live and work in the UK, Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS), with UK National security clearance required for certain roles.*

Values:

Our people are our greatest asset, we continually strive to provide an excellent working environment to enable our team to do their best work. We have an agile professional workforce: weare founded on the belief that our people are valued and our business is trusted, inclusive and commercially-adept.

What we expect from you:

• Teamwork, mutual respect and collaboration
• Initiative and independent working
• Honesty and integrity
• Business and commercial awareness
• Agility, adaptability and continuous development

We are committed to building an inclusive, diverse workplace where everyone can thrive. If you require any support or adjustments to interact with us, please let us know.

*Please note that all offers of employment are conditional and subject to satisfactory DBS, driving licence and reference checks. A criminal record will not automatically disqualify candidates from employment. We will consider criminal record information alongside the wider range of evidence gathered at the application, interview, and pre-employment checking stages.

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