Software Project Manager: AI, Cybersecurity & Delivery

Arqit; Belfast City District; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Arqit is seeking a Software Project Manager to oversee a portfolio of software projects within the Software Engineering team in Belfast. You will coordinate engineers, product and security, translating customer needs and product requirements into deliverable plans across Python, Rust and Java/Kotlin based workstreams.

Applicants should be comfortable managing AI-focused work where requirements evolve and technology moves quickly, while ensuring security, compliance and timely status updates to

Qualifications

• Experience leading software delivery across multiple projects.
• Ability to communicate with product, engineering and customers clearly.

Responsibilities

• Plan, run and report on concurrent software projects from kick-off to delivery.
• Build and maintain project plans, timelines, dependencies, budgets and resourcing.
• Identify risks and dependencies; escalate early.
• Scope work, estimate effort and prioritize releases with engineering leads.
• Maintain metrics and track AI project pipeline from prototype to production.
• Ensure security/compliance requirements are met and documented.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder communication

Software development understanding

AI/ML project experience

Security/compliance awareness

Job description

Arqit is seeking a Software Project Manager to oversee a portfolio of software projects within the Software Engineering team in Belfast. You will coordinate engineers, product and security, translating customer needs and product requirements into deliverable plans across Python, Rust and Java/Kotlin based workstreams.

Applicants should be comfortable managing AI-focused work where requirements evolve and technology moves quickly, while ensuring security, compliance and timely status updates to