Project Manager

QinetiQ; Farnborough; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Generous holiday allowance

Private Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Employee discount portal

Armed Forces Covenant

Job summary

QinetiQ in Farnborough or Bristol is seeking a Project Manager to lead software and IT infrastructure transformation projects for maritime defence capabilities, ensuring operational capability, availability and safety. You will coordinate cross-functional teams, manage planning, governance, risks, issues and reporting across the RSCE and MDSS portfolio, maintaining stakeholder expectations.

Applicants should have proven IT project delivery, strong leadership, stakeholder management and

Qualifications

• Proven IT project delivery experience.
• Strong leadership and stakeholder management.
• Experience in defence or regulated environments.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams.
• Knowledge of governance and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Deliver software and IT infrastructure projects, ensuring commitments to stakeholders are achieved
• Build strong stakeholder relationships while promoting a safe, secure, and values-driven working environment
• Manage project delivery against targets for customer satisfaction, quality, time, cost, revenue, and cash
• Ensure team compliance with operating frameworks, competency standards, and performance management requirements
• Resolve programme conflicts and prioritisation challenges through effective collaboration across teams and stakeholders
• Support governance, reviews, and reporting by providing delivery, financial, and resource updates

Skills

IT Project Management

Leadership

Stakeholder Management

Risk Management

Cross-functional Leadership

Defence/Regulated Environments

Job description

Package: £50,400 – £56,000 (salary dependent on experience) + Benefits

Role ID: SF20624

Are you ready to be part of the future? At QinetiQ, we’re not just imagining tomorrow we are creating it. From cutting-edge defence technology to ground‑breaking innovations our mission is to empower and protect lives. Join us as a Project Manager at our Farnborough or Bristol sites, where you will have the opportunity to work with cutting‑edge technology in partnership with some of the most brilliant minds.

The Role

As a Project Manager, you will play a key role in delivering critical digital and IT infrastructure transformation projects that support maritime defence capabilities, helping to modernise and maintain essential services for the Ministry of Defence while ensuring operational capability, availability, and safety.

Day‑to‑day, you'll lead the delivery of hardware and software changes across the Raasay Shared Computing Environment (RSCE), managing multiple concurrent projects within the Maritime Digital Solutions and Services (MDSS) portfolio. Working closely with the RSCE Programme Manager, you'll coordinate cross‑functional teams, oversee planning, governance, reporting, risks, issues, and priorities, and ensure delivery meets stakeholder expectations.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Deliver software and IT infrastructure projects, ensuring commitments to stakeholders are achieved
• Build strong stakeholder relationships while promoting a safe, secure, and values‑driven working environment
• Manage project delivery against agreed targets for customer satisfaction, quality, time, cost, revenue, and cash performance
• Ensure team compliance with operating frameworks, competency standards, and performance management requirements
• Resolve programme conflicts and prioritisation challenges through effective collaboration across teams and stakeholders
• Support governance, reviews, and reporting by providing accurate delivery, financial, and resource performance updates

Essential experience of the Project Manager:

• Proven experience delivering and managing IT projects, with strong knowledge of project management principles, methodologies, and governance
• Demonstrated leadership skills, with the ability to motivate teams, align stakeholders, and drive successful project outcomes
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with experience engaging technical teams, customers, and senior leadership
• Experience managing project risks, issues, conflicts, and dependencies, using effective negotiation and problem‑solving techniques
• Ability to build and lead high‑performing cross‑functional teams, fostering collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement
• Experience within Defence, Aerospace, or similar regulated environments, including delivery planning, risk management, business development, and customer‑focused solution delivery

Essential qualifications for the Project Manager:

We value difference and we don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

This role is 37 hours per week based at our Farnborough or Bristol site with a minimum average site attendance of three days per week.

QinetiQ operates state‑of‑the‑art facilities across the UK that focus on defence, security and technology innovation. These facilities enable QinetiQ to conduct a wide range of research, testing and development activities that support both military and civilian applications helping to advance technology and support national security.

Please note that all applicants for this role must be eligible for SC clearance, as a minimum.

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Our Recruitment Process:

At QinetiQ we are committed to building an inclusive, accessible and welcoming workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We believe that a diverse mix of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences drives innovation and leads to better outcomes for our people, customers and communities. We encourage applications from all candidates and are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing [e-mail]. One of our recruitment team will contact you.

Many roles in QinetiQ are subject to national security vetting being completed, applicants who already hold the appropriate level of vetting may be able to transfer it upon appointment. A number of roles are also subject to additional restrictions, which means factors such as nationality or previous nationalities may affect the roles that you can be employed in.

Why Join QinetiQ?

As we continue to grow into new markets around the world, there’s never been a more exciting time to join QinetiQ. The formula for success is our appetite for innovation and having the courage to take on a wide variety of complex challenges.

As a QinetiQ employee, you’ll experience a unique working environment where teams from different backgrounds, disciplines and experiences enjoy collaborating widely and openly as we undertake this exciting and rewarding journey. Through effective teamwork, and pulling together, you’ll get to experience what happens when we all share different perspectives, blend disciplines, and link technologies; constantly discovering new ways of solving complex problems in a diverse and inclusive environment where you can be authentic, feel valued and realise your full potential.

Visit our website to read more about our diverse and inclusive workplace culture. www.qinetiq.com/en/careers/life-at-qinetiq

• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Generous holiday allowance, with the option to purchase additional days
• Options to join Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance and Dental Insurance
• Employee discount portal: Personal Accident Insurance, Travel Insurance, Restaurants, Cinema Tickets and much more
• We are proud to support the Armed Forces community by honouring the Armed Forces Covenant and maintaining our Gold Award standard in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme
• Volunteering Opportunities - helping charities and local community