Defence jobs in United Kingdom

• Salary: £65,000-75,000 DOE
• Full Time
• Permanent
  
  

Who we are: SubSea Craft is a fast growing, privately-funded, UK-based innovative maritime technology company specialising in next-generation, high-performance watercraft and systems. We operate at the intersection of advanced engineering, cutting-edge design, and user-centric innovation, delivering safe, effective, and enabling solutions for both commercial and defence applications.

What We Offer

• Private Healthcare with optional family cover
• Life Assurance (4 x salary)
• Critical Illness Cover
• Unlimited Paid Holiday
• Ongoing professional development and training
• Access to LinkedIn Learning
• Pension contribution
• Flexible Working
• A culture of diversity and innovative thinking
  
  

Overview

We are seeking a Senior Project Manager with a strong focus on driving project execution and delivering results across complex defence programmes. Operating at the core of our central PMO, you will lead the deployment of robust project controls, steer delivery performance, and ensure that programme objectives are achieved—on time, within budget, and to the required scope.

This is a strategic delivery role requiring strong leadership, disciplined execution, and effective cross-functional coordination. You will work across a portfolio of high-value projects, taking ownership of delivery governance and championing a culture of performance, accountability, and delivery confidence.

Responsibilities Will Include

• Drive overall project performance, ensuring alignment with cost, schedule, and scope across multiple complex programmes.
• Proactively identify risks and variances, lead recovery planning, and implement corrective actions to restore delivery confidence.
• Lead and enforce delivery governance, collaborating with Project Managers and Control Account Managers to maintain schedule, risk, and cost control.
• Deliver accurate project health reporting and provide actionable insights, working closely with schedulers to assess schedule and resource impacts and requirements.
• Ensure interdependencies across projects and programmes are effectively managed and coordinated.
• Lead engagement across enabling functions to maintain programme momentum through timely decisions, input, and resource alignment.
  
  

Required

Qualifications and Experience:

• Recognised Project Management Qualification (e.g., APM PMQ, PRINCE2, PMP).
• Demonstrable experience in driving project delivery, recovery actions, and performance improvement within complex, multi-disciplinary defence environments.
• Strong proficiency in project control and assurance methodologies, with working knowledge of tools such as MS Project, Primavera, Power BI, or equivalent.
• Excellent stakeholder management and cross-functional leadership skills, with a proven ability to influence and align diverse teams to deliver shared outcomes.
  
  

Desirable

• Experience working within regulated defence programmes and MOD customer frameworks.
• Familiarity with ERP systems and their integration into project delivery and reporting.
• Understanding of manufacturing and shipbuilding lifecycles and their associated delivery constraints.
  
  

Note: Due to the nature of work undertaken at SubSea Craft, the selected candidate must be capable of meeting the security requirements of the position, which would include as a minimum existing right to live and work in the UK, Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS), with UK National security clearance required for certain roles.*

Values: Our people are our greatest asset, we continually strive to provide an excellent working environment to enable our team to do their best work. We have an agile professional workforce: we are founded on the belief that our people are valued and our business is trusted, inclusive and commercially-adept.

What We Expect From You

• Teamwork, mutual respect and collaboration
• Initiative and independent working
• Honesty and integrity
• Business and commercial awareness
• Agility, adaptability and continuous development
  
  

We are committed to building an inclusive, diverse workplace where everyone can thrive. If you require any support or adjustments to interact with us, please let us know.

We regret that due to the high volume of applications we are unable to acknowledge every application. Please bear in mind that if you are selected for an interview we will aim to contact you within 14 days of your application or the closing date (if stated). However, if we think that your skills and qualifications may be suitable for other similar positions we may hold your details on our database and contact you in the future. Please let us know if you do not wish us to keep your details on file.

• Please note that DBS, Driving Licence and reference checks will be carried out and all offers of employment are subject to meeting our requirements.