Portfolio Manager

BAE Systems; Pontypool; Hybrid; GBP 56,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense contractor in the UK is seeking a Portfolio Manager to oversee project delivery across various initiatives. The successful candidate will have a degree in engineering or relevant experience, formal project management training, and strong skills in building customer relationships. This role offers a competitive salary and flexible working arrangements within a hybrid environment. As part of a new project team, you'll manage significant responsibilities in planning and execution.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible health and lifestyle benefits

Qualifications

• Degree-level qualification, preferably in engineering or equivalent experience.
• Formal training in Project Management (APM, PMI, or PRINCE).
• Proven experience in managing risks and customer relationships.

Responsibilities

• Deliver projects within the portfolio.
• Monitor project/programme performance against objectives.
• Maintain strong communications with customers and suppliers.

Skills

Project Management delivery

Building customer relationships

Risk management

Scheduling software knowledge

SAP

Education

Degree-level qualification in engineering

Tools

MS Project

Predict!

Job description

Overview

Job Title: Portfolio Manager

Location: Glascoed

Salary: Circa £55,869 dependent on skills and experiences

What you’ll be doing:

• Accountable for delivery of the projects included within their portfolio
• Monitoring and reporting project/programme performance for schedule, technical, financial and quality objectives
• Establishing and maintaining strong customer and supplier relationships, maintaining regular communications and managing expectations
• Providing professional Project Management across several projects
• Identifying and developing follow on business opportunities related to their portfolio of products
• Financially planning and achieving acceptable business financial objectives for orders, sales, gross margin and cash
• Responsibility for ensuring that accurate forward load data is derived for projects from the business toolsets

Your skills and experiences:

• Degree-level qualification (engineering discipline preferred) or comparable experience in the engineering/manufacturing sector, with demonstrable Project Management delivery experience, ideally from a comparable industry (Defence)
• Formal training in Project Management (accredited by APM, PMI or PRINCE), with knowledge of scheduling and risk software tools (e.g. MS Project & Predict!), as well as experience of SAP
• Strong proven skills in building customer relationships and achieving high levels of customer satisfaction
• Experience in managing risks and opportunities to benefit the projects
• Experience working as a Project Manager or Project Engineer in the Manufacturing or Engineering sector is desirable

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 Special Projects Team

You will be appointed to a newly established project team, assuming leadership responsibility for the delivery of individual work packages. Reporting directly to the Programme Manager, you will be accountable for ensuring the rigorous derivation and execution of the programme to achieve a robust and effective solution. Your responsibilities will include the meticulous planning of activities, providing sound and realistic completion estimates, and integrating appropriate risk mitigation measures to proactively address potential challenges. The position will be based at the BAE Systems Land UK site in Glascoed, Monmouthshire on a five-day working pattern within a hybrid-working environment with occasional travel to other customer, manufacturing and test and evaluation sites.

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

4th February 2026

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.