Senior Project Manager - Air & Space Projects (Contract)

Location: Salisbury (3 days onsite per-week)

Duration: 3 - 6 months initially

Rate: Negoatiable - inside IR35 (umbrella only)

SC Clearance required

Role overview

• Lead the delivery of high value (c. £5m per annum) or complex projects within an aviation engineering and innovation environment.

• Manage diverse internal and external stakeholders to ensure project objectives and contractual commitments are met.

• Drive project performance across time, cost, quality, cash and customer satisfaction.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and maintain positive engagement with customers, partners and suppliers throughout the project lifecycle.

• Ensure safe and secure project delivery in line with relevant governance, lifecycle and review requirements.

• Own planning, forecasting and reporting of project financials and resource demand, keeping all data and tools accurate and up to date.

• Resolve project issues and conflicts, facilitating collaboration across multi-disciplinary teams.

• Contribute to business development activities including capture planning, delivery plans, risk registers and costings.

Skills and experience

• Proven leadership of complex projects, programmes or portfolios, typically 3-5 years at Senior Project Manager level or equivalent.

• Strong stakeholder management, communication, negotiation and conflict resolution skills.

• Demonstrable capability aligned to International Project Management Association Level B (or equivalent).

• Experience delivering projects to multiple customers and working in cross-functional teams, including HR and other enabling functions.

Desirable qualifications

• Degree or equivalent experience in a relevant discipline.

• Recognised project management qualification (e.g. APM PPQ, PRINCE2 or similar).

• Background in defence, aerospace or closely related sectors.

If you meet the above criteria and are available for a 3-6 month contract with a hybrid working pattern (Boscombe Down/remote), please apply with your CV.