Project Manager
// Role Summary
Join QinetiQ as a Project Manager in our UK Defence function at Farnborough HQ. Lead the delivery of cutting-edge defence projects from planning through execution, working with brilliant minds and advanced technology.
// Key Responsibilities
- Lead the delivery of standard or complex projects within the Land & Weapons team.
- Manage the full project lifecycle, including planning, budget, customer relations, risk, and forecasting.
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with customers, partners, and suppliers.
- Ensure accurate data entry and maintenance in SAP CRM for opportunities.
- Requires 2-4 years of project leadership experience and experience delivering to 3 different customers.
- Industry-recognised qualification such as Prince2, AMP, or PMP is essential.
// Role Specification
About QinetiQ and the Role
Are you ready to be part of the future? At QinetiQ, we’re not just imagining tomorrow – we are creating it. From cutting-edge defence technology to ground-breaking innovations, our mission is to empower and protect lives. Join us as a Project Manager at our Farnborough HQ, where you will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology in partnership with some of the most brilliant minds.
As a Project Manager in our UK Defence function, you will be part of the Land & Weapons team where you will lead the delivery of one or more standard or complex projects. Day to day, you will hold responsibility for the full project management lifecycle from planning through to execution on a variety of projects with a broad scope over project planning, budget updates, customer and supplier meetings, risk and issue management and cost forecasting.
Key Responsibilities
- Development and maintenance of positive engagement with project customers, partners and suppliers.
- Delivery of the project outputs, to agreed baseline.
- Maintenance of forecasts (both financial and resource demand signal) for sales and delivery which reflects the up-to-date expectations for the work.
- Ensuring correct entry of data onto SAP CRM relating to your opportunities, and maintain this data to reflect any changes in key inputs including Order Value, Order Intake Scenario (Low, Base, High, Excluded), Bid Due date, Closing Date, Sales Stage, Margin, Revenue Profile and up to date notes.
Essential Experience
- Experience gained, typically rather than necessarily, between 2-4 years of leading a business, projects, programmes, portfolios or P3 function and successfully delivering projects.
- Experience delivering projects to 3 different customers.
Essential Qualifications
- Industry recognised qualification such as Prince2, AMP, PMP.
We value difference and we don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.
Working Hours and Location
This role is 37 hours per week based at our Farnborough site with a minimum average site attendance of three days per week.
About Farnborough Site
At our Farnborough site, exciting work takes place at our state-of-the-art facility, with high-energy laser technologies, our 5m pressurised wind tunnel which has a simulation capability that is unique in the UK, and our large research and development projects. It is a real hub of creativity, research and innovation. Join our talented teams of Engineers, IT & Cyber Specialists, Project Managers, Group Functions Teams and many more to provide future defences in the UK.
Security Clearance
BPSS clearance is required for this role. For further information on National Security Vetting, please see the link below: UKSV National Security Vetting Solution: guidance for applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)