Project Manager - Delivery (Bid) - Flexible Working Available

Job Title: Project Manager - Delivery (Bid)

Location: Barrow-in-Furness.We offer a range of hybrid and Flexible Working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Salary: Circa £64,000 depending on experience and skills plus Car Allowance

What you'll be doing:

• Understanding, influencing and shaping the programme delivery and business requirements to develop a contracting strategy and proposal for the remainder of the Dreadnought Programme. By doing so, will allow us to optimally deliver the remainder of the programme aligned to the customer requirements, whilst delivering the Integrated Business Plan objectives of the business
• You will foster effective joint working at an enterprise level between the customer, including the Dreadnought Alliance and Submarines Delivery Agency to align on the future contracting solution
• Provide leadership support and ensure alignment with enterprise level initiatives that enable future programme and contract delivery, including ensuring coherency to the wider Submarines Portfolio Acquisition activities covering programme delivery methodology, enterprise relationships and contract types
• Ensure that the future contracting strategy aligns to the maturity of the programme and takes account of future organisational evolution, operating model and governance requirements
• Ensure that the Learning from Experience from Delivery Phase 3 is incorporated into the future contracting strategy, covering areas such as contract line item and risk and opportunity optimisation

Your skills and experiences:

• You will need to have gained strong Bid Management experience
• Hold demonstrable experience working on complex projects
• Have a good ability to lead and influence both internal and external stakeholders across a multi-functional domain
• You will need to have demonstrable experience of leading a team
• Experience within strategic planning
• Have an awareness of commercial practices

Benefits:

You'll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You'll also have access to additional benefits such as Flexible Working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Dreadnought Contract Management Team:

This is a fantastic opportunity to join the Dreadnought Contract Management Team where you will be responsible for developing and evolving key components of the future contracting strategy for the remainder of the Dreadnought programme, through Delivery Phase 4 (DP4). Here you will have the opportunity to the lead interface with the customer, programme delivery teams and functional support teams to mature a 'best for programme' and 'best for business' contracting strategy and solution. We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you'll be able to make a real difference. You'll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you'll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.

Closing Date: 4th July 2024

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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