Senior Project Manager

L3Harris Technologies; Tewkesbury; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A defense technology company is seeking a Senior Project Manager in Tewkesbury. The role requires at least 5 years in project management, handling various responsibilities from bid submissions to leading customer relationships. Ideal candidates should have strong MS Office skills and experience throughout the full project lifecycle. Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to manage financial aspects are essential.

Benefits

Half day finish on a Friday

25 days holiday per year

Private medical insurance

Pension scheme of up to 7% employer contribution

Life Assurance 4x salary

Flexible opt-in extras

Employee assistance program

Qualifications

• 5 years of project management experience managing schedule, scope, risk, resources, and financial reporting.
• Experience with full project lifecycle and formal project management tools.
• Ability to manage relationships with all levels of the business.

Responsibilities

• Plan, specify, and manage production of bid submissions.
• Create and manage project schedules and resources.
• Monitor project progress and manage risks.
• Lead customer relationships for allocated projects.

Skills

Project management experience

MS Office proficiency

Interpersonal skills

Financial management skills

Tools

MS Project

Job description

L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers’ mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do.

L3Harris Technologies is the Trusted Disruptor in the defense industry. With customers’ mission-critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security.

Job Title – Senior Project Manager

Job Location – Tewkesbury

Job ID – 25796

About this opportunity and L3Harris UK

From 11 UK sites, our team of nearly 1,000 people delivers unique capabilities across space, air, land, sea and cyber for military, security and commercial customers across the UK and worldwide.

L3Harris in Tewkesbury is our HQ for our Intelligence & Cyber International division. In the land domain, our T7 and T4 multi-mission robots deliver next-generation remote capabilities and uncompromised performance. We design and manufacture world-leading land force protection systems, cyber and electromagnetic activities (CEMA), electronic warfare (EW) and encryption capabilities. Our cyber capabilities provide an information advantage in the fields of kinetic conflict, cyber warfare, force protection and counterterrorism.

A few of our employee benefits are :

• Half day finish on a Friday
• 25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays), increasing with long service and with the opportunity to buy / sell up to 5 days
• Private medical insurance with optional family cover
• Pension scheme of up to 7% employer contribution
• Life Assurance 4x salary (flexible up to 10x)
• Group income protection
• Flexible opt-in extras such as a health care cash plan, dental insurance, gym membership, critical illness cover and cycle to work scheme
• Employee assistance program providing mental health and wellbeing support
• Professional membership reimbursement (discretionary)

What the role will involve

Are you looking for the next step in your project management career and seeking a Project Manager role? We have a new opportunity for a developing project management professional to join our Intelligence & Cyber EMEA division. The role will report to our Head of Business Area and generally will run one or more projects with

The responsibilities of your role will include the following :

• To plan, specify and manage the production of bid submissions working with bid management and also maintain future opportunity / demand schedules. Work closely with and provide support to the sales & marketing department to capture targeted customer funded business in accordance with company forecasts and plans.
• Plan, specify and maintain the projects in line with the strategic plan / product roadmap ensuring benefits align, including Business Case generation.
• To create baseline and forecast plan and schedules, specify and manage resources across identified projects.
• To create a detailed Risk Assumptions Issues and Dependency (RAID) log for the project.
• Plan the projects and monitor their overall progress, manage risks, resolve issues and initiate corrective action as appropriate to ensure projects are executed within the agreed schedule, cost and performance, in a professional project management manner. Ensure that project deliverables are to the appropriate levels of quality, on schedule, within budget, and in accordance with the project plans.
• Enact projects following the L3Harris defined project management process, including customisation of projects using dependent on Project Tier level, following the Project Management Plan over the appropriate project lifecycles, and holding defined gate reviews.
• Produce project management reports in line with the defined internal cadence and process
• Where directed monitor the project using Earned Value Management (EVM) providing SPI and CPI values.
• Work to support commercial aspects of the project including change control and adherence to terms.
• Financial Management. Support the Integrated Business Planning (IBP) production of sales, invoicing and cash. To be accountable for revenue and gross margin achievement on standard orders / customer funded / IRAD projects, monitoring the expenditures and costs against delivered and realised benefits as the projects progress. Reporting financial data and forecasts on managed and other identified projects.
• Lead the customer interaction and customer relationship management for allocated projects.
• Manage the project stakeholder community, including where appropriate holding Integrated Project Team meetings with Operations, Suppliers, Finance and Customers
• Contribute to Produce Exec / Ops reports as requested.

What you’ll bring

The role requires the following experience and skills :

• Ideally 5 years of project management experience including schedule, scope, risk and opportunities, resource and financial management and reporting.
• Highly computer literate in MS Office and MS Project.
• Strong interpersonal skills combined with experience of leading teams and managing relationships with all levels of the business.
• Full project lifecycle experience including the practical and effective use of formal project and risk management tools and methodologies.
• Financial experience of reporting including sales revenue

Important to know

Due to the nature of our work many our roles require a UK nationality and the ability to obtain a security clearance. Applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment must meet the requirement of right to work in the UK and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information and will be subject to government security checks.

L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination and offers equal opportunities for all. Applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, and marriage and civil partnerships.