PMO Manager – AUKUS Infrastructure Team

BAE Systems; Barrow-in-Furness; Hybrid; GBP 56,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

BAE Systems seeks a PMO Manager for their AUKUS Infrastructure Team in Barrow-in-Furness. This role involves managing a multi-discipline team, overseeing project reports, and ensuring alignment with objectives, offering flexible working arrangements and opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible discounts on health and wellbeing benefits

Green car scheme

Private health plans

Shopping discounts

Potential for annual incentive

Qualifications

• Essential: Project Management Qualification or equivalent, previous experience leading high-performing teams.
• Desirable: People management qualification – ILM, CIPD.

Responsibilities

• Manage a multi-discipline team, leading production of Programme reports.
• Drive reporting cadence within the Site & Facilities Project delivery organization.
• Coach team members and monitor quality of work.

Skills

Effective communication via reporting

Ability to interpret Primavera P6 and ARM software

Leading a high performing team

Education

Project Management Qualification or equivalent experience

Job description

Job Title: PMO Manager – AUKUS Infrastructure Team

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

Salary: £56,000 + depending on experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Managing a multi discipline team

• Leading and managing the production of various Programme reports, including the cost, risk & schedule for presentation to senior management and customers

• Drive and maintain reporting cadence within the Site & Facilities Project delivery organisation

• Work closely with Site & Facilities Heads of Departments to ensure alignment to the function objectives

• Supervisory responsibilities and providing information/technical direction and guidance

• Coaching members of the team, monitoring their quality of work and contributing to performance management

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Project Management Qualification or equivalent experience

• Previous experience in leading a high performing team

• Effective communication via reporting

• Ability to interpret Primavera P6 and ARM software

  Desirable:

• People management qualification – ILM, CIPD

• Previous experience working within a Site, Infrastructure & Facilities environment

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.

AUKUS Infrastructure Team

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join a newly established PMO function within Site & Facilities. In this role, you will lead a team supporting a growing and diverse portfolio of projects across the Barrow site, including the AUKUS project.

This position offers broad exposure to a variety of teams across the Barrow site, along with excellent opportunities for individual professional growth within the PMO and collaboration across multiple functions. We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.

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: 14th 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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