Project Manager

SixWorks; Farnborough; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

SiXworks is seeking a Project Manager to join our experienced team in Farnborough. In this role, you will lead projects in the Defence and Security sector, collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure successful delivery while managing risks and embracing our core values. We offer a competitive salary, extensive benefits, and a supportive work culture where your contributions can make a significant impact.

Benefits

25 days annual leave + bank holidays

Private Medical Insurance

Life Assurance Scheme

Contributory pension scheme

Professional Development opportunities

Cycle to Work scheme

Perks at Work scheme

Secure, on-site parking, cafe, restaurant, and gym facilities

Free hot and cold drinks

Qualifications

• Experience in project management methodologies such as Structured and Agile.
• Relevant certifications (e.g., APMP, Prince2, Agile Certification).
• Strong project and risk management skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage all aspects of project delivery including forecasting and change management.
• Oversee deliverables from cross-functional teams and vendors.
• Communicate risks and dependencies among teams effectively.

Skills

Project management

Communication

Problem Solving

Flexibility

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business, Engineering, Project Management or related fields

Tools

Jira

Scrum

APMP

Prince2

Job description

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About the job

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Project Manager to join our existing experienced team.

What do we look for in a Project Manager?

We are powered by brilliant people. As a Project Manager you will be able to demonstrate a knowledge of the following:

Join our team and play a vital role in shaping some of our exciting projects where everyone has a voice, and together we face our clients' problems head-on. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, vendors, and business resources to ensure successful project delivery.

This role is based in Farnborough, a driving licence and a willingness to travel between customer the customer site is essential.

You will need a focus on people, you will need to be comfortable embracing our values, standards and our ways of working:

• Delivery focus - Providing benefit through iterative delivery.

• Teamwork - Enthusiasm to work cooperatively and supportively with others.

• Communication - Based on high emotional intelligence, able to listen and question effectively, with concise verbal and written communication skills and effective questioning/listening skills. Able to communicate with confidence at higher and lower levels.

• Flexibility - Willing to deliver on a broad range of tasks from providing advice on improving client's delivery to 'rolling up your sleeves' to assist the team and customer in delivery.

• Customer focus - Keen to deliver a high level of customer value.

• Achievement - Looks to exceed customer aspirations and work to goals and manages obstacles. Energy, pride and determination in meeting targets and overcoming challenges.

• Initiative - Ability to analyse situations; decompose work into key tasks and activities; find the elusive solution.

• Development - Not willing to stand still. Wants to continually develop new skills and undertake personal training.

• Integrity - Promote a high professional standard at all times.
• Experience in working with multiple project management methodologies

Responsibilities:

• Project management- The ability to manage all aspects of project delivery, including forecasting, change management and risk management.

• Oversee deliverables from cross-functional teams, vendors, and business resources.

• Foster open communication across teams to identify cross-team development dependencies and risks early on.
• Work with project accountants to managed project finances

• Experience of working in a project delivery environment with a sound understanding of structured and agile methodologies and applying them in separate situations (e.g. APMP, MSP, Jira, Tempo, Scrum).

• Problem solving- The ability to identify problems collaboratively and develop actions/solutions, communicating both to key stakeholders and presenting information through reports, dashboards and slides as appropriate.

• Commercial awareness- Providing contract management, supplier management.

• Market experience working within the UK Defence & Security sector is advantageous.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business, Engineering, Project Management, or related fields preferred or equivalent experience.

• Relevant certifications (e.g., APMP, Prince2, Agile Certification)

• Strong project management, risk management, and procurement management skills.

• Familiarity with the Agile, Waterfall and Shape Up profiles and methodologies.

Clearance Requirement:

• SC

If you're ready to contribute to dynamic projects and grow your career in agile project management, apply today!

About SiXworks

SiXworks is a leading provider of secure digital solutions, specialising in digital experimentation and focused on fail-safe-fast cutting-edge technology solutions deployed in highly secure environments. We are unified in our mission to accelerate innovation and adoption of secure, digital technology to improve the operational agility of Defence and National Security. This is an exciting time for us, we have ambitious plans for continued growth and development, and we are seeking to add brilliant, experienced, motivated, and passionate people to our team to work with us on this journey.

Why join SiXworks?

Our team is a fusion of brilliance, featuring senior operational, technical, and business leaders from various industries and the armed forces. We're also powered by a league of extraordinary IT engineers, architects, developers, and project managers. Together, we're an unstoppable force of digital innovation!

SiXworks' expertise includes Secure-by-Design, cloud computing, advanced network and infrastructure design, rapid application development, cross-security domain systems, multi-tenanted High-Performance Compute, multi-source data platforms, cyber vulnerability mitigation, and intelligence systems. We provide supplier-agnostic, technical, and business consultancy to customers while championing open-source and best-of-breed technologies.

What can we offer in return?

SiXworks offers a unique work culture around our core principles Agility, Security, Innovation, Quality, Collaboration and Inclusivity. Together, these six principles form SiXworks'NORTH STAR, guiding the organisation towards success. This is reflected in the raft of benefits available to all our employees.

In addition to a competitive salary, we offer:

• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays.

• Private Medical Insurance.

• Life Assurance Scheme

• Contributory pension scheme

• Professional Development opportunities

• Cycle to Work scheme.

• Perks at Work scheme.

• Contributory company pension.

• Discretionary Bonus scheme.

• Secure, on-site parking, cafe, restaurant, and gym facilities.

• Casual dress.

• Free hot and cold drinks in our own, modern kitchen/break-out.

A word on UK Security Clearance

Due to the secure nature of the position and working environment, you must have, or be eligible to obtain Security Clearance.

More details relating to UK Security Clearance can be found here:

United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

SiXworks is an IBM subsidiary which has been acquired by IBM and will be integrated into the IBM organisation. SiXworks will be the hiring entity. By proceeding with this application, you understand that SiXworks will share your personal information with other IBM subsidiaries involved in your recruitment process, wherever these are located. More Information on how IBM protects your personal information, including the safeguards in case of cross-border data transfer, are available here: https://www.ibm.com/privacy

What to do next?

If you are interested in the above, please apply using the link provided.

To find out more about the vacancy or SiXworks, please contact Natalie at [e-mail]

Notice

SiXworksrecognises the benefits of Reserve service to Country, Company and individual.

We support Reservists and actively encourage them to apply.

We are not considering submissions from agencies.