Senior Project Manager for Defence & Secure Delivery

Senior Project Manager Senior Project Manager Responsibilities

• Define and agree project requirements and objectives with governance stakeholders.
• Lead end-to-end project delivery through to acceptance, closure, and service handover.
• Manage risks, issues, and dependencies across all project phases.
• Track and report progress through KPIs, highlight reports, and governance forums.
• Ensure compliance with project management frameworks and standards.
• Coordinate delivery across internal teams and customer stakeholders.
• Manage financial performance including costs, forecasts, and milestones.
• Support invoicing and ensure milestone sign off from customers.

Senior Project Manager Skills and Experience

• Strong experience delivering projects within Defence or secure environments.
• Proven delivery of transition and transformation programmes.
• Strong stakeholder management across complex environments.
• Experience managing financials including P and L visibility and cost tracking.
• Ability to manage risk, governance, and reporting at programme level.
• Strong leadership and coordination across multi-disciplinary teams.

Additional Information

Work within a large scale delivery organisation supporting critical programmes.

Opportunity to influence delivery standards and customer outcomes.

Due to the nature and urgency of this post, candidates holding or who have held high level security clearance in the past are most welcome to apply. Successful applicants will be required to be security cleared prior to appointment, which can take a minimum of 18 weeks.

We welcome applications from all individuals, regardless of background or identity, and encourage candidates who may not meet every listed requirement to still apply.

If a high volume of applications is received, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.