Senior Project Manager

BAE Systems - Saudi Arabia for expatriates; Barrow-in-Furness; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 59,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense contractor in Barrow-in-Furness is hiring a Senior Project Manager. This role involves defining and managing project portfolios while ensuring adherence to cost, schedule, and quality standards. The ideal candidate has strong project management qualifications, preferably APM or Prince2, and must possess robust leadership skills to manage both internal teams and external suppliers effectively. The position offers competitive benefits, including flexible working arrangements and health discount schemes.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible health and lifestyle benefits

Qualifications

• Professional qualification in project management such as APM/Prince2 or equivalent.
• Strong experience within project management and portfolio management.
• Proven ability to deliver projects on schedule with an outsourced partner.

Responsibilities

• Define, plan, and track projects in your portfolio.
• Work closely with various stakeholders including external suppliers.
• Ensure projects adhere to schedule, cost, and quality targets.

Skills

Project management qualification (APM/Prince2)

Strong experience in project management

Experience in delivering projects on time, cost, and quality

Expert leadership and motivational skills

Experience with external IT partners and suppliers

Proactive attitude with attention to detail

Education

Professional qualification in project management

Job description

Job Title: Senior Project Manager

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

Salary: Circa £59,000 dependent on experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Responsibility for defining, planning and tracking the projects in your portfolio
• Working closely with stakeholders from different areas of the business, including regulatory bodies, the external submarines community and suppliers. You will be required to ensure that there is a sound basis for the management and overall delivery success
• Responsibility for assuring portfolio success for the projects within and ensure that they are adhering to schedule, cost and quality. Also ensuring success against the set targets and measures
• Managing meaningful and supportive relationships across the portfolio team, outsourced project teams and with internal and external stakeholders as required throughout the delivery cycle

Your skills and experiences:

• Professional qualification in project management such as APM/Prince2 or other recognised qualifications will be considered
• Strong experience within project management, project delivery and portfolio management
• Proven experience of delivering projects to time, cost and quality with an outsourced partner along with working within a strict governance process
• Ability to co-ordinate colleagues, volunteers and contracted parties through expert leadership, motivation, teamwork, supervision and accountability
• Experience of working with and manage external IT partners and suppliers and capability to manage partners, 3rd parties, projects and stakeholders
• A proactive, can-do attitude with attention to detail

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 IT Digital Workplace Infrastructure Services team

By joining the team, you will collaboratively provide project and/or portfolio management expertise to the IT Digital Workplace & Infrastructure Services team – ensuring delivery of key projects comprising product, process and system development. This is a great chance to contribute to the enhancement of the department's project management framework and to ensure current and future projects are delivered in line with good practice project management techniques.

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 February 2026

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.