SC Cleared IT Project Manager

Experis - ManpowerGroup; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm is seeking an SC Cleared IT Project Manager to join their team in Bristol. This role focuses on managing complex IT projects within the defence sector, ensuring delivery on time and to quality standards. Candidates must hold current SC clearance and have expertise in project management methodologies. This position offers hybrid work with 2-3 days on-site per week, and a competitive pay rate of £71 per hour.

Benefits

Generous holiday entitlement

Competitive pension scheme

Share ownership scheme

Career and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience managing complex IT projects using APM or Prince 2.
• Sound understanding of project management methods.
• Experience with finance and commercial aspects of projects.

Responsibilities

• Manage delivery of integrated projects to budget and quality.
• Engage with stakeholders at all levels.
• Oversee project timeline and client changes.

Skills

Project management methods

Leadership skills

Stakeholder engagement

Risk management

Education

Degree level education or relevant professional qualification

Prince 2 or APM qualification

Tools

MS Projects

Excel

Job description

SC Cleared IT Project Manager

Bristol (Hybrid 2-3 days per week)

Rate: £71 per hour Inside IR35, (35 hours per week)

Term 12 Months

Sole UK National possessing Active SC required

About our client

Our client, the Aerospace and Defence company, has been trusted to deliver bespoke, highly‑skilled engineering services. We help customers in the UK and around the world to improve the capability, reliability and availability of their most critical assets within the four market sectors of Marine, Land, Aviation, and Nuclear, underpinned by a deep understanding of technology integration, unique infrastructure and specialist training.

We're committed to providing a great employee experience in a supportive and engaging environment. The benefits you can expect to enjoy include a generous holiday entitlement, competitive money purchase pension scheme with life assurance and a share ownership scheme. You'll benefit from excellent career and learning and development opportunities to ensure that you grow and achieve your full potential.

About the Role

Fit for the Future

Our clients' Naval Marine programme delivers the through‑life engineering support of the Royal Navy's complex maritime assets ranging from managed inventories of types of equipment up to whole ships and nuclear submarines.

This role sits within our clients' Digital Solutions working within the Submarine Support Engineering division of Naval Marine. Within the Digital Solutions team, we deliver collaborative solutions for use by the entire UK defence maritime enterprise including the customer and other industry participants.

Reporting to a DS Snr Project Manager, the Project Manager is responsible for delivery of IKM projects as well as transition planning of applications into service and oversight of IKM services. The primary purpose of the post is to ensure that the projects deliver to time, cost and quality and that the customer is kept engaged and enthused.

We are a forward‑looking division who work closely with our customers to enable their business's and integrate our services into the existing business operation to improve the business output.

If you are a proactive individual who enjoys cultivating effective relationships with stakeholders, who has experience of end‑to‑end project delivery in the IT, Analytics or defence sectors, and are looking for a 12‑month contract position in a project management team we would like to hear from you.

We are looking for a skilled and experienced project manager to join a dedicated team, working within the wider business, but focussed upon the development, delivery and ongoing management of Information and Knowledge Management (IKM) services including infrastructure, development and data analytics projects and the services that are associated with it.

As a Project manager in Digital Solutions you would be managing the delivery of integrated projects to the agreed budget, timescales and quality standard. A key part of the role is the stakeholder engagement for all projects under your control.

You would need to be able to liaise and work with the stakeholders at all levels providing knowledge and expertise in the specified field in order to deliver business solutions.

The role also requires a strong individual who can hold the team to the delivery schedule and support the timely submission and agreement of client changes and variations, ensuring that opportunities for contract revenue and margin growth are maximised.

What do I need to do the role?

You’ll need experience of managing complex IT projects using techniques including APM, Prince 2, with a sound knowledge and understanding of Project management methods and leadership skills. Have experience in finance and commercial aspects of projects, a working knowledge of IT systems life cycle from requirements analysis through to implementation. You will need to be educated to degree level or hold a relevant professional qualification or equivalent experience and be Prince 2 or APM qualified.

Would also like you to have experience in all or some of the following:

• Line management experience
• Experience using MS Projects and Excel
• Experience with riskHive is desirable but not essential
• Significant experience of delivering projects autonomously
• Managing the Customer Interface
• Establishing and maintaining governance arrangements for the delivery of the project, defining clear roles, responsibilities and accountabilities that align with the Project management process
• Providing effective leadership to the project team

What else do I need to know?

• The post will be based in an environment regulated by Trade Control legislation and involves working with controlled goods, technology and/or services.
• You must be a sole UK national and hold current, active 'Security Check' (SC) or 'Developed Vetting' (DV) security clearance
• Candidates who do not meet the above criteria will not be considered for this post.
• We are happy to talk about flexible working. Please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.