Project Manager, Fixed Term Contract

QinetiQ; Portsmouth; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job description

Package: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role ID: SF18229

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 on a Fixed Term Contract at our Portsmouth or Bristol site, 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 be working within a team to lead the delivery of both standard and complex projects within an exciting fast-paced environment. You will be working within our Defence Digital Business Stream and will have the opportunity to lead the delivery of highly classified projects, making a tangible difference to national security.

Day-to-day, you’ll be influencing and aligning other people towards the visions of projects whilst both empowering and inspiring others to achieve success.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Identifying, planning and implementing actions to positively engage parties driving both interest and influence towards project outputs.
• Developing and maintaining positive engagement with project customers, partners, suppliers, and stakeholders.
• Delivering project outputs to an agreed baseline such as customer satisfaction, time, cost, quality, cash, and sales.
• The application of governance requirements for the foundation of sales and delivery work including lifecycle, project, and independent reviews.
• Business development and being able to identify, qualify, develop, and deliver solutions to customers articulating the benefits of QinetiQ solutions.
• Negotiation & conflict management and Human resource management.

Essential experience of the Project Manager:

• Previous experience delivering multiple projects.
• The ability to identify, qualify, develop, and deliver solutions in support of business development.
• Previous experience managing complex projects.

Essential qualifications for the Project Manager:

• APM qualified or another comparable PM qualification.

This role is 37 hours per week based at PTP, Portsmouth. Hybrid working patterns are available.

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

Our Benefits

• 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 honoring the Armed Forces Covenant and maintaining our Gold Award standard in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.
• Volunteering Opportunities - helping charities and local community.

Our Recruitment Process:

We want to make sure that our recruitment process is as inclusive as possible and we aspire to bring out the best in our candidates by creating an environment where everyone feels valued, heard, and supported. If you have a disability or health condition that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your Recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

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 mean factors such as nationality or previous nationalities may affect the roles that you can be employed in.

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

UKSV National Security Vetting Solution: guidance for applicants - GOV.UK