Project Manager - Air Defence Capture

Job Description

Job title: Project Manager – Air Defence Capture

Location: Cowes – Isle of Wight. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: Up to £70,000 depending on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Leading and managing business-winning activities, working with the Product Development Team and key stakeholders to support campaign execution
• Engaging with customers to understand procurement timelines and organise responses to tendering documents
• Coordinating international relationships and ensure smooth integration of third-party equipment into our business model
• Reporting on campaign progress to senior leadership, including the Head of Radar and Business Delivery Lead, proactively requesting support when needed
• Organising and facilitating meetings, visits, and engagement activities with customers and internal teams
• Contributing to the wider Radar business, integrating with leadership teams and supporting strategic planning efforts
• Growing a team to deliver on successful order intake

Your skills and experiences:

• Project management experience within complex stakeholder environments, ideally within defence or related industries
• Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, with the ability to manage expectations and build trusted relationships
• Proven ability to work independently, taking ownership of projects and driving outcomes with minimal support
• Enthusiastic, proactive, and personable, able to work effectively within a team and build strong relationships with customers
• Willingness to travel for international engagements and customer interactions

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 Future Land Systems team:

Are you ready to take on a dynamic role within a growing and highly specialised sector? We are looking for an experienced Project Manager to join our Future Land Systems team, supporting business-winning activities and product development within the Radar division. This is initially a strategic individual contributor role, working closely with key stakeholders, including customers and product line leads, to drive successful campaigns and execute plans effectively. Longer term, the role is expected to evolve towards delivery focus and contract execution. With the radar business experiencing significant growth, this role offers an exciting opportunity to shape the future of ground-based air defence systems.

As the world has evolved, so has the way we work. Our working approach will enable you to have flexibility with your working hours, depending on your role and location. This could include accruing hours as well as flexibility around start and finish times, ensuring you can balance life at work, on site and life at home.

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, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, minorities, people with disabilities and + individuals.

We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a 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.

Closing Date: 2nd April 2025

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.