Senior Aerospace Project Leader | Reg & Certification Focus

Parker Hannifin; Fareham; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional body membership

Pension up to 10% match

Income protection

Life Assurance 4x salary

Share purchase plan

25 days holiday + bank holidays

On-site facilities

Job summary

Parker Hannifin is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead complex aerospace programmes in the UK, overseeing strategy, resources, supplier contracts, regulatory engagement, and risk management.

You will translate design and requirements into unified plans across scope, schedule, and budget while coordinating multi-disciplinary teams and external partners to deliver safe, certifiable outcomes.

Qualifications

• Technical degree required or equivalent experience; 10+ years leading complex aerospace programmes with growing responsibility.
• Proven leadership of PMs, major contract negotiation and programme financial accountability.
• Deep regulatory/compliance experience (FAA/ EASA/ Defence aviation authorities) and ability to represent the organisation to regulators and Senior Customers.

Responsibilities

• Chair programme boards/steering groups and consolidate project reporting for execs.
• Coordinate negotiations with OEMs, primes and certification authorities (with Commercial Support).
• Manage cross-functional interactions.
• Mentor junior team members PMs; triage escalations and unblock strategic issues.
• Oversee major test campaigns (Product Development, In‑Service Support), regulatory submissions and high-level risk mitigation.

Skills

Leadership

Contract negotiation

Programme governance

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Engineering degree

MSc/Chartered Engineer

MBA desirable

Job description

Parker Hannifin is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead complex aerospace programmes in the UK, overseeing strategy, resources, supplier contracts, regulatory engagement, and risk management.

You will translate design and requirements into unified plans across scope, schedule, and budget while coordinating multi-disciplinary teams and external partners to deliver safe, certifiable outcomes.