Project Lead

Rolls-Royce plc; Indianapolis (IN); Hybrid; USD 99,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Disability insurance

Life insurance

AD&D insurance

Paid Time Off

Tuition reimbursement

Long-term incentive plan

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Rolls-Royce plc is seeking a Project Lead to manage parts transfer projects and work packages for reactivation or product introduction, ensuring scope, time, cost, quality, and risk targets are met. The role sits in the Portfolio Office deployable resource pool and travels up to 25% domestically and internationally.

You will coordinate contributors, apply common standards, and drive delivery through influence while the Program Manager retains overall accountability for benefits and program

Qualifications

• Associate degree with 4+ years of PM, Supply Chain, or Engineering experience.
• Bachelor’s degree with 2+ years PM, Supply Chain, or Engineering experience.
• Master’s degree.
• JD/PhD.
• 6+ years PM, Supply Chain, Engineering experience in lieu of a degree.
• US citizen or US Permanent Resident required.

Responsibilities

• Owns delivery of the assigned project or work package — defining scope, outputs and acceptance criteria and achieving the committed time, cost and quality position.
• Maintains the integrated delivery plan — connecting activities, milestones, dependencies, resources and decision points.
• Controls delivery and risk — keeping scope, schedule, cost, quality, change and decision records current, identifying deviation early and leading recovery or escalation.
• Coordinates cross-functional contributors — clarifying ownership and resolving interfaces within the assigned scope.
• Provides clear stakeholder insight — leading progress reviews and presenting concise status, forecasts, options and decisions required.
• Connects project delivery to program outcomes — managing dependencies and providing reliable information on progress, risk and contribution to benefits.
• Applies and improves common project-management practice — sharing learning across the Portfolio Office between deployments.

Skills

Project coordination

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Cross-functional teamwork

Problem solving

Education

Associate degree (4+ years PM/SC/Engineering)

Bachelor’s degree (2+ years PM/SC/Engineering)

Master’s degree

JD/PhD

6+ years PM/SC/Engineering in lieu of degree

Job description

Job Title: Project Lead

Working Pattern: Hybrid (3 office days a week)

Working Location: Indianapolis, IN

Relocation assistance is not available for this position.

Why Rolls-Royce?

At Rolls-Royce we are proud to be a business that has truly helped to shape the modern world and are committed to always being a force for progress; powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere. By joining Rolls-Royce, you’ll have the opportunity to create world-class power and propulsion solutions, pushing your problem-solving and ingenuity, to deliver real impact that puts safety first. You’ll be given responsibility and the opportunity to grow in our high-performance culture. This is Infinite Potential. And it’s your chance to really shine and contribute to one of the world’s most recognized brands and a beacon for engineering excellence.

Position Summary

The Project Lead delivers parts transfer projects and defined work packages for parts reactivation or product introduction to agreed scope, specification, time, cost, quality and risk outcomes. The role maintains the plan, controls and delivery discipline needed to turn requirements into agreed outputs and accelerate issues early. As part of the Portfolio Office deployable resource pool, the role is assigned to priority projects under a Program Manager. It coordinates contributors, applies common standards and leads delivery through influence, while the Program Manager retains accountability for wider program integration and benefits. In this role you will travel up to 25% domestically and internationally.

What you will be doing

• Owns delivery of the assigned project or work package — defining scope, outputs and acceptance criteria and achieving the committed time, cost and quality position.
• Maintains the integrated delivery plan — connecting activities, milestones, dependencies, resources and decision points.
• Controls delivery and risk — keeping scope, schedule, cost, quality, change and decision records current, identifying deviation early and leading recovery or escalation.
• Coordinates cross-functional contributors — clarifying ownership and resolving interfaces within the assigned scope.
• Provides clear stakeholder insight — leading progress reviews and presenting concise status, forecasts, options and decisions required.
• Connects project delivery to program outcomes — managing dependencies and providing reliable information on progress, risk and contribution to benefits.
• Applies and improves common project-management practice — sharing learning across the Portfolio Office between deployments.

Basic Requirements

• Associate degree with 4+ years of Project Management, Supply Chain, Engineering experience
• Bachelor’s degree with 2+ years Project Management, Supply Chain, Engineering experience
• Master’s degree
• JD/PhD
• 6+ years of Project Management, Supply Chain, Engineering experience in lieu of a degree

In order to be eligible for consideration, you must be a U.S. Citizen or U.S. Permanent Resident

Preferred Requirements

• Project management certification Practical project-management experience delivering defined projects, work packages or workstreams within a wider program, with evidence of achieving agreed delivery outcomes
• Working knowledge of scope, schedule, cost, quality, risk, change, governance, communications and project controls, applied through recognized project-management methods
• Strong organization, analysis and stakeholder-coordination skills, with the judgement to identify issues early and distinguish between owned action and escalation
• An adaptable individual contributor who can move between assignments, build effective relationships quickly and maintain consistent professional standards across different project environments

Our vision is to ensure that the quality and dynamism that shaped our history continues into our future. It’s a bold pursuit, and we never stop striving to go further, faster, and better. We lead progress, creating the technologies that move us forward. If you’re driven to grow, to learn, and to make a lasting difference, this is where you belong.

Rolls-Royce is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any protected characteristics. We are committed to providing a respectful and non-discriminatory workplace where individuality is valued and everyone can thrive.

Closing date: November 16, 2026

#CLOPROF Job Category Project Management Job Posting Date 02 Nov 2026; 00:11

Pay Range Pay ranges for remote employees are based on the state where the employee resides and may vary from the posted range. $98,566 - $160,169-Annually Location: Indianapolis, IN

Benefits

• health, dental, vision, disability, life and accidental death & dismemberment insurance
• flexible spending account
• health savings account
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with a company match
• Employee Assistance Program
• Paid Time Off
• certain paid holidays
• paid parental and family care leave
• tuition reimbursement
• a long-term incentive plan

Rolls-Royce pioneers cutting-edge technologies that deliver the cleanest, safest and most competitive solutions to our planet’s vital power needs.