Project Manager

Northrop Grumman; Cheltenham; On-site; GBP 56,000 - 84,000; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman in Cheltenham is seeking a Delivery / Project Manager to join our delivery team. The role focuses on financial management, risk and profitability within IT/Software/Cyber projects for government customers.

You will lead a high-performing team, drive agile and lean practices, and maintain strong customer relationships to identify new opportunities. UK citizenship and UK government clearance are required.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Delivery/Project Management roles within IT/Software/Cyber environments.
• Recent experience supporting government IT/cyber projects or defence-related work.
• Familiarity with PRINCE2, Agile Project Management (APM) and MSP frameworks.
• Degree with responsibility and the ability to influence strategy and decisions.
• Must hold and maintain UK Government clearances.

Responsibilities

• Oversee financial management of projects, including risk and cost mitigation.
• Drive profitability and identify opportunities to enhance project returns.
• Ensure delivery within contracted time, budget and quality for T&M and FP contracts.
• Lead and evaluate team performance from delivery and commercial perspectives.
• Build and maintain a high-performing, collaborative team.
• Maintain momentum by focusing on current project priorities and outcomes.
• Promote continuous improvement of the delivery team through coaching.
• Mentor team members in agile and lean practices and tools.
• Leverage customer relationships to identify new opportunities.
• Develop opportunities for R&D work and feed to Account Leads.

Skills

Delivery/Project Management

Stakeholder management

Agile/Lean

Negotiation

Team leadership

Communication

Job description

UK CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION: Yes

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE TYPE: UK-Highest Level of Government Clearance

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

Salary: £55,700 - £83,500

We are looking for a Delivery / Project Manager for our Cheltenham office with in a delivery team.

This is an operational role, which requires an understanding of a variety of project and delivery management tools and techniques as well as a varying degree of knowledge of the customer’s domain in order to understand and provide relevant assistance to improve their ways of working or to assist in developing solutions.

In this role you will provide financial guidance, tasking, understanding and advice across specialist deliveries relevant to the customer’s mission.

The main tasks and responsibilities of this role is as follows:

• Responsible for the financial management of projects, including understanding of risk and cost mitigation for delivery.

• Responsible for the profitability of the project, and identifying and raising potential opportunities of how to increase profitability of the project.

• Responsible for delivering the project within the contracting constraints, including to time, budget and quality for T&M and FP contracts.

• Responsible for the performance of the team both from a customer deliverable perspective and from a commercial perspective.

• Responsible for building and maintaining a high-performing team, ensuring they are motivated, collaborating and working well.

• Maintain delivery momentum by focusing the team on what is most important to the current project priorities.

• Encourage and facilitate continuous improvement of the delivery team.

• Coach and mentor team members to apply the most appropriate agile and lean tools and techniques.

• Utilise customer relationships to identify potential areas for new opportunities.

• Identify and develop opportunities for research and development work and feed it directly to the Account Leads

• Responsible for organic growth within allocated project.

• Apply the understanding of customer problems by working with technical subject matter experts (SME) to understand when it is appropriate to recommend use of existing capability (either customer or commercial), and when to recommend standing up a new capability.

• Have knowledge of key senior stakeholder relationships to cultivate and contribute to the achievement of the company strategy.

Key criteria required.

• Proven experience in a Delivery/Project Management roles, with evidence of collaborative working.

• Recent experience supporting IT/Software/Cyber projects in Government or similar organisations.

• Experience with in a Defence or Cyber environment.

• Working practices, including PRINCE2, Agile Project Management (APM) and Managing Successful Programmes (MSP).

• Have a degree of responsibility and knowledge within the Account, setting strategy and defining process; influencing decisions.

• Be responsible for project closedown, including performance reviews, lessons learned and ensuring that reusable artefacts are used, updated or generated to ensure process improvement.

• Skills in influencing and negotiation methods and techniques.

• An adaptive style in being able to communicate technical ideas in simple terms to multiple stakeholders.

• You must hold and maintain UK Government clearances

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.