Strategic Defence Project Manager – Hybrid

Amentum; United States; Hybrid; USD 86,000 - 119,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free medical cover for UK employees

Digital GP service

Generous pension contributions

Enhanced parental leave

Professional development support

Membership reimbursement

Job summary

Amentum is seeking experienced Project Managers to join our Defence & Security team in Bristol, UK. You will coordinate stakeholders, manage risks and deliver complex programmes across land, sea, air and corporate domains, with on-site presence and flexible hybrid/remote options.

Ideal candidates bring a proven delivery record under time and budget constraints, strong consultancy focus, and the ability to obtain security clearance (UK resident for 5 years).

Qualifications

• Significant track record of delivering projects on time, within cost and quality constraints.
• Ability to operate autonomously, with authority, and skilled in developing and maintaining key relationships.
• Consultancy focus with a proven history of identifying and delivering client requirements, and the ability to scope wider business opportunities.
• Expertise in P3M practices, methodologies, and techniques, and their application to varied environments.
• Highly skilled in coaching and mentoring.
• Ability and willingness to attain security clearance, which includes being resident in the UK for the preceding 5 years.

Responsibilities

• Understand and deliver in accordance with organisational policies, processes and procedures.
• Support development and assurance of business cases as part of wider approval processes.
• Analyze, develop, support and manage timely and cost-effective delivery of client projects, meeting business and environmental objectives.
• Influence and expedite client project delivery through planning, monitoring, controlling and reporting of project performance.
• Identify and manage project assumptions and dependencies.
• Support identification of slippage and risk, and implement remedial or mitigating actions ensuring safety, environmental and management procedures.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Coaching & mentoring

Autonomy

Consultancy focus

Education

Degree or equivalent

APM PFQ/PMQ

MAPM membership (advantage)

PRINCE2/Agile Practitioner

MSP Practitioner (desirable)

Tools

Job description

Amentum is seeking experienced Project Managers to join our Defence & Security team in Bristol, UK. You will coordinate stakeholders, manage risks and deliver complex programmes across land, sea, air and corporate domains, with on-site presence and flexible hybrid/remote options.

Ideal candidates bring a proven delivery record under time and budget constraints, strong consultancy focus, and the ability to obtain security clearance (UK resident for 5 years).