Senior IT Project Manager

BAE Systems - UK; Preston; Hybrid; GBP 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense company in Preston is looking for a Senior IT Project Manager to lead network portfolio projects. The role involves delivering project objectives, managing supplier performance, and reporting to senior leadership. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience managing IT infrastructure projects and a recognized project management qualification. This position offers a competitive salary and hybrid working arrangements.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Health and wellbeing benefits

Private health plans

Shopping discounts

Qualifications

• Experience of project delivery.
• Proven experience and understanding of managing IT infrastructure projects.
• Recognised project management qualification or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Deliver project objectives and enable business success.
• Delivery and proactive management of projects within the portfolio.
• Resolve project issues collaboratively.
• Deliver project performance reporting to senior leadership.

Skills

Project delivery

Managing IT infrastructure projects

Project management qualification

Supplier and partner management

Job description

Overview

Job Title: Senior IT Project Manager

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

Salary: Circa £65,000 dependent on experience

What you’ll be doing

• Senior project manager within the network portfolio team
• Deliver project objectives and enable business success / operational excellence
• Delivery and proactive management of projects within the portfolio to time, cost and quality
• Resolve any project issues, with customers and partners in a collaborative way
• Deliver succinct reporting across the portfolio in a timely manner, with focus on project performance reporting to senior leadership

Your skills and experiences

• Experience of project delivery
• Proven experience and understanding of managing IT infrastructure projects, programmes and portfolios
• Recognised project management qualification or equivalent experience
• Management of supplier and partner performance

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 EIT Network portfolio team

Working with our partners to deliver business critical network projects to underpin and enhance the IT services delivered to our organisation worldwide. We work with our partners, MoD and internal Customers across all Sectors to deliver both strategic and tactical solutions. You will have the opportunity to grow in this role and support the transition in new ways of working with a growing number of partners and the conception of One DDC.

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 diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or 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.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 6th November 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.

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