Project Manager

Leidos; Whiteley; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 57,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Contributory Pension Scheme

Private Medical Insurance

33 days Annual Leave

Flexible benefits

Flexi-Time Working

Job summary

Leidos in Whiteley, Hampshire, is seeking a Project Manager for a Hybrid role with SC clearance to support its Air Traffic Management initiatives. You will work closely with the Programme Manager to deliver complex development projects that enhance safety and efficiency of air traffic systems in the UK and globally.

Based from the Whiteley office, you will develop robust project plans, monitor progress, manage risks and stakeholder engagements, and report to leadership while fostering strong

Qualifications

• Experience delivering projects or programmes in a structured environment.
• Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to collaborate across multidisciplinary teams and organisations.
• Good commercial and business awareness, including an understanding of project planning, finance, and resource management.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and influencing skills.
• A proactive and organised approach, with the ability to manage competing priorities and solve problems effectively.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate project activities to support successful programme delivery.
• Develop and maintain robust project plans aligned to customer and business commitments.
• Monitor progress against agreed objectives, identifying and managing dependencies and challenges.
• Proactively manage risks, issues, opportunities and mitigation plans.
• Provide clear and timely project reporting to programme leadership and key stakeholders.
• Build strong relationships with customers, suppliers and internal teams to ensure alignment and successful outcomes.
• Support effective decision-making through planning, analysis, and stakeholder engagement.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Proactive and organised

Job description

Project Manager Location: This is a Hybrid role. Whiteley, Hampshire. Clearance Required: This role will require attainment and maintenance of SC clearance.

Help shape the future of air travel! We have an exciting opportunity for a Project Manager to join our Air Traffic Management team, supporting the delivery of critical programmes for our long-standing customer, NATS. Based from our Whiteley office, you'll work closely with the Programme Manager and leadership team to deliver complex development projects that contribute to the safety, efficiency, and innovation of air traffic control systems used across the UK and around the world. For more than 50 years, Leidos heritage companies have helped shape modern air traffic control systems. Today, our technology supports approximately 75% of air traffic in the United States and around 60% of the world's air traffic. In the UK, we have partnered with NATS since the early 1990s, supporting the development, migration, enhancement, and ongoing operation of critical air traffic management systems. Our work helps keep millions of passengers moving safely every year. If you're looking to work on programmes that have real-world impact and support national infrastructure, we'd love to hear from you.

What You'll Do

• Lead and coordinate project activities to support successful programme delivery.
• Develop and maintain robust project plans aligned to customer and business commitments.
• Monitor progress against agreed objectives, identifying and managing dependencies and challenges.
• Proactively manage risks, issues, opportunities and mitigation plans.
• Provide clear and timely project reporting to programme leadership and key stakeholders.
• Build strong relationships with customers, suppliers and internal teams to ensure alignment and successful outcomes.
• Support effective decision-making through planning, analysis, and stakeholder engagement.

What We're Looking For

• Experience successfully delivering projects or programmes in a structured environment.
• Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.
• The ability to collaborate effectively across multidisciplinary teams and organisations.
• Good commercial and business awareness, including an understanding of project planning, finance, and resource management.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and influencing skills.
• A proactive and organised approach, with the ability to manage competing priorities and solve problems effectively.

What we do for you

We offer meaningful and engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance. We provide an employment package that attracts, develops and retains only the best in talent.

• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• 33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)
• Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme and much more!)
• Flexi-Time Working

Pay and Benefits

Pay Range: £44,700.00-£57,300.00

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we're crafting compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers.

Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement.

Securing Your Data

Leidos will never ask you to provide payment-related information at any part of the employment application process. And Leidos will communicate with you only through emails that are sent from a Leidos.com email address. If you receive an email purporting to be from Leidos that asks for payment-related information or any other personal information, please report the email to [e-mail].

Commitment and Diversity

We welcome applications from every part of the community and are committed to a truly diverse and inclusive culture. We foster a sense of belonging, welcoming all perspectives and contributions, and providing equal access to opportunities and resources for everyone. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please let us know, and we will respond in a way that best fits your needs.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.

Who We Are

Leidos UK & Europe – we work to make the world safer, healthier, and more efficient through technology, engineering and science. Leidos is a growing company delivering innovative technology and solutions focused on safeguarding critical capabilities and transformation in frontline services, our work in the United Kingdom includes addressing some of the most complex problems in defence, healthcare, government, safety and security, and transportation.

What Makes Us Different

Purpose: you can use your passion and abilities at Leidos to keep the people you care about safe. We are at the forefront of machine learning, AI, cyber security and solutions. Using your skills in the technology frontline by helping to build a safer world. You can inspire change. Collaboration: having flexibility to do your job is one of our core benefits, enabling you to become part of our extraordinary team. We have been empowering our people to work flexibly for years. Whether you work from home, the office or on customer sites, we will give you the digital tools and the flexibility to work smarter and align your needs and ours. People: Leidos empowers people from every background to be themselves and gives you the tools to learn new skills by enabling growth whilst developing.