Junior Project Manager - R10172674

Northrop Grumman UK; Cheltenham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Junior Project Manager, where you'll manage small-scale projects and support larger initiatives. This role offers the chance to work closely with customers, ensuring project outcomes align with their expectations while fostering a culture of excellence and innovation. As part of a dynamic team, you'll have opportunities for professional growth and development, making a real impact in the aerospace and defense sectors. Embrace the challenge of delivering exceptional results in a collaborative environment that values diversity and inclusion, all while contributing to national security and technological advancements.

Benefits

Flexible working schedules

Flexible Benefits Package

Employee Incentive Programme

Career Development Opportunities

Healthcare Benefits

Dental Insurance

Life Assurance

Pension Plan

Work-Life Balance

Education Assistance

Qualifications

• Understanding of project management tools and their application.
• Ability to manage project outcomes and customer expectations.

Responsibilities

• Manage small-scale projects and support large-scale project delivery.
• Ensure project delivery meets time, cost, and quality standards.

Skills

Project Management

Stakeholder Management

Agile Methodology

Risk Management

Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Project Management or related field

Tools

Project Management Software

Job description

• Clearance Type: Highest Level of Government Clearance
• Telecommute: No - Teleworking not available for this position
• Travel Required: Yes, 25% of the Time
• Positions Available: 1

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon.

We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way.

Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible.

Your Opportunity to Define Possible. Our Opportunity to Deliver the Nation’s Security. Together.

About Your Opportunity:

Our focus is the successful delivery of projects to our customers. The role of Junior Project Manager is to manage allocated small scale projects and/or work alongside a senior project manager on large scale project delivery. As a Junior Project Manager, you will be working within the wider PMO team, striving to establish a centre of excellence improving our delivery through the adoption of best practice, evaluating and improving our ways of working to the benefit of our business and our customers. Your role will include managing the delivery of project outcomes, supporting the financial picture, working closely with our customers to manage expectations and deliver to time, cost, and quality. You will also be required to work very closely with our customers and may be deployed in a customer team. As part of this, you will be required to work in Cheltenham on a regular basis.

This is an operational role, which requires an understanding of project management tools and their application. Throughout this role, you would be expected to gain and maintain a detailed understanding of the customer’s domain in order to ensure the products we deliver meet the customers’ requirements. As a Junior Project Manager, you will work independently across one or more delivery packages with support from the PMO community and direction from Senior Project Managers and Delivery Authority.

• Flexible working schedules: we offer flexible and hybrid working arrangements. Talk to us at the application stage about any scheduling preferences you may have.
• Flexible Benefits Package: choose which NGUKL benefits you want to satisfy your personal needs. Core Benefits provided for you are Healthcare, Dental, Life Assurance, and Pension. Benefits you can flex include Critical Illness Cover, Health Cash Plan, and Health Assessments.
• Employee Incentive Programme: exceptional performance is recognized through our annual incentive programme which is awarded to top performers who excel.
• Career Development: opportunity for ongoing professional development and career growth opportunities.

Your Responsibilities:

• Project Delivery
• Communication & governance control
• Stakeholder & Expectation Management
• Quality & performance management
• Project integration throughout its lifecycle
• Planning with scope, cost, schedule of the contract
• Reporting and Analysis of project metrics
• Internal & external stakeholder management & communication
• Experience of the Agile project management lifecycle
• Understanding of Risk & Issue management
• Understanding of delivery to the government sector
• Understanding of Contract mechanisms
• Exposure to working in a defence, government or similar environment

Your Future Team:

“To me there’s nothing more energising than seeing first-hand the happiness of our clients after really digging into their problems with them and wow, does a delivery manager role at Northrop Grumman enable that.”

Northrop Grumman UK – Employee

We are a team of professional project managers with the sole aim to ‘do what we promise’ - we own the delivery of results, focused on quality outcomes.

We solve problems through ‘blue sky’ thinking while applying process, and we focus on positivity, flexibility, and ingenuity to respond to changing demands. We are proud of the work that we do.

We believe that creating a team that values diversity and fosters inclusion is essential to great performance. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from communities currently under-represented within our industry. We treat everyone with respect and foster safe and inclusive environments.

About Our Responsibilities:

Our customers operate in unique environments which offer new and exciting challenges every day, cultivating a place where you can learn and thrive, working alongside the best minds in the industry. We’ll give you space to develop your career, where your ideas can shape the future of our dynamic business.

We promote collaboration to achieve more than we could imagine, together. And within a respectful and inspirational environment, we value what you say and do.

How to Apply:

Interested in our opportunity?

Yes: simply submit your application online. Your application will be reviewed by one of our expert recruiters who’ll then respond advising you of the outcome and next steps for successful candidates.

Possibly, I’d like to find out more: email [e-mail] to connect with one of our Sourcing Specialists who will be happy to support you with any inquiries.

Background checks and potentially security clearance form part of the recruitment process; our team will inform you of the procedures when required.

Northrop Grumman UK:

Work with a global brand that makes a real contribution to our nation’s security and future. At Northrop Grumman UK, the brightest minds come together to push the boundaries and Define Possible. As leaders in the digital transformation of Aerospace, Defence, and Intelligence, we are providing ground-breaking outcomes for our customers.

Find out more: https://www.northropgrumman.com/careers/job-search-united-kingdom/

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce and encourages individuals from all backgrounds and all abilities to apply and consider becoming a part of our diverse and inclusive workforce.

• Be part of a culture that thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity, and bringing your whole self to work.
• Use your skills to build and deliver innovative tech solutions that protect the world and shape a better future.
• Enjoy benefits like work-life balance, education assistance, and paid time off.

Did you know?

Northrop Grumman leads the industry team for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, the largest, most complex and powerful space telescope ever built. Launched in December 2021, the telescope incorporates innovative design, advanced technology, and groundbreaking engineering, and will fundamentally alter our understanding of the universe.