Project Manager - #143293

Salary: £55,700 - £83,500

Our focus is the successful delivery of projects to our customers and this role is responsible for their overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control and completion - ensuring consistency with NGUK strategy, standards, policies and processes.

The role of Project Manager is to manage allocated small scale projects and/or work alongside a Senior Project Manager on large scale project delivery. As a Project Manager you will be leading within the wider Project Management Office (PMO) team, in which we are striving to establish a centre of excellence improving our delivery through the adoption of best practice, evaluating and improving our ways of working to the benefit of our business and our customers. Your role will include managing the delivery of project outcomes, supporting the financial picture, working closely with our customers to manage expectations and deliver to time, cost and quality. Your role will also require you to work very closely with our customers and you may be deployed in a customer team. As part of this, you will be required to work in Cheltenham on a regular basis.

This is an operational role, which requires an understanding of project management tools, and their application. Throughout the duration of this role you would be expected to gain and maintain a detailed understanding of the customer’s domain in order to ensure the products we deliver meet the customers’ requirements. As a Project Manager you will work independently across one or more delivery packages with support the PMO community and direction from a Senior Project Manager.

Utilising knowledge and experience of project management processes, act as the dynamic primary point of contact for internal and external stakeholders, understanding the need to act with a sense of urgency to meet customer needs.

Your Benefits:

• Flexible working schedules - we offer flexible and hybrid working arrangements. Talk to us at the application stage about any scheduling preferences you may have.
• Flexible Benefits Package – choose which NGUKL benefits you want to satisfy your personal needs. Core Benefits provided for you are Healthcare, Dental, Life Assurance and Pension. Benefits you can flex include Critical Illness Cover, Health Cash Plan, and Health Assessments.
• Employee Incentive Programme – exceptional performance is recognized through our annual incentive programme which is awarded to top performers who excel
• Career Development – opportunity for ongoing professional development and career growth opportunities

Your Responsibilities:

• Consultancy and business acumen within the account
• Planning with scope, cost, schedule of the contract
• Project integration throughout its lifecycle
• Quality and performance management
• Communication and governance control

Your Experience:

• Consultancy approach and leadership
• Stakeholder management and communication
• Commercial management
• Change management
• Risk and issue control

Your Future Team:

“To me there’s nothing more energising than seeing first-hand the happiness of our clients after really digging into their problems with them and wow, does a delivery manager role at Northrop Grumman enable that.”

Northrop Grumman UK – Employee

We are a team of professional project managers with the sole aim to ‘Do what we promise’ - we own the delivery of results, focused on quality outcomes.