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Defence Project Manager Bristol, England

Full Time Bristol, England 40858 - 61447 GBP ANNUAL Today

Job description

Defence Project Manager

Job Req ID: 21186

Posting Date: 15 Aug 2023

Function: Business Services & Operations

Location: 740 Waterside Drive, Bristol, United Kingdom

Salary: Competitive

SECURITY CLEARANCE

You must be eligible for SC level clearance to carry out this role. This can either be that you have this level of clearance already, or are willing to go through the process to attain it. Please bear in mind that it requires at least 5 years' residence in the UK to acquire SC clearance. Please see the following link for more details on SC requirements: National security vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

LOCATION

Bristol - BS1 4BH

What you get

BENEFITS INCLUDE

Annual on target bonus up to 10%
BT Pension scheme, minimum 5% Employee contribution, BT contribution 10%
Purchase discounted BT shares
Private healthcare & dental insurance, health screening, healthcare cash plans, access to counselling services, access to physiotherapy
Season ticket loan, buy extra holidays, discounted Virgin Experience Days, financial education programmes
Discounted BT/EE retail products including Broadband and BT Sport
Access to 100s of retail discounts for things like groceries, travel, fashion, entertainment and more

FLEXIBLE WORKING
BT have moved to a hybrid working model - you can work from home 2 days per week. This means you’ll be at your contractual location 3 days a week.

Why this job matters

Support the planning, execution and delivery of complex projects through all specific phases, in alignment with BT Group strategies and external customer contractual requirements.

What you’ll be doing

1. Works with an integrated team in the delivery of end-to-end small-scale projects/ programmes contributing to commercial benefit, deliver on time, within budget and to agreed quality criteria from conception through to market launch and transition into operations.

2. Supports complex and large-scale projects with regional impact (cross-functional), coordinating through delivery of execution, analysis, recommendation and implementation whilst ensuring a base level of technical specialism proficiency.

3. Supports issue escalations, identifies project risks, dependencies and project changes, ensuring timely intervention and communication to stakeholders.

4. Supports the development, documentation and implementation of projects and change initiatives in line with BT Group policies and strategies, defining and maintaining realistic project plans and tracking project finances and progress against agreed quality and performance criteria.

5. Supports timely reporting on project performance and where decision making is required, providing all information needed to enable well-informed decision making.

6. Reviews, suggests and executes process improvements and efficiencies with the engagement and delivery models.

7. Supports the definition, documentation and execution of small projects or sub-projects, agreeing and reviewing project approach, engagement and communications plans, and quality and performance criteria with project partners.

8. Supports in the implementation of ways to improve working processes within the area of Project/Programme Management & PMO.

9. Facilitates effective working relationships between team members, and develops business/ customer and partner relationships, handling problems and issues, collecting and disseminating relevant information.

10. Proactively identifies and manages risk through regular assessment and diligent execution of controls and mitigations, proactively raising any concerns.

11. Ensures project delivery activity complies with the commercial obligations, risks and interdependencies defined within external delivery contract for their projects.

Experience required

Experience of delivering technical solutions to customers.
Stakeholder management
You can work with multiple internal & external partners to deliver great outcomes.
Strong problem-solving skills and an approach to due diligence.
Ability to manage significant level of complexity.
You can produce creative written content to persuade a potential customer, and are comfortable presenting to audiences

What happens next?

This advert closes on August 24th, after which the hiring manager will review all applicants.

Interested? Don’t miss out. Click apply now and submit your details.

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