Project Manager- Defence
Job Description
Bath – 2 days per week in office\n\nSC Clearance required.\n\nSole British due to the nature of the projects you will be working on\n\nAbout the role you’re considering\n\nWe are seeking an Engagement Manager to join Capgemini Engineering. We are looking to attract experienced candidates with a proven history of providing effective project management in complex Defence Engineering environments.\n\nHybrid working: The places that you work from day to day will vary according to your role, your needs, and those of the business; it will be a blend of Company offices, client sites, and your home; noting that you will be unable to work at home 100% of the time.\n\nYour role\n\nWorking from within our Global Programme Office (GPO), you will primarily work on delivering projects that will lead to the convergence of physical and digital worlds through technology, engineering and manufacturing expertise to boost our clients’ competitiveness.\n\nYour responsibilities will include:\n\n * Client liaison\n\n * Bid management\n\n * Project planning\n\n * Tracking and reporting\n\n * Revenue management\n\n * Profitability\n\n * Productivity\n\n * Forecasting and project finances\n\n * Risk management\n\n * Quality control\n\n * Continuous process improvement\n\n * Problem resolution\n\n * Resource allocation\n\n * Client satisfaction.\n\nDon’t meet every single requirements? Studies have shown women and people of are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification.
We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway.\n\nYou can bring your whole self to work. At Capgemini, stiving for equity, and is part of everyday life, and will be part of your working reality. We have built an inclusive and welcoming environment, for everyone.\n\nYour skills and experience\n\nEssential\n\n * Demonstrable experience of delivering engineering development projects in a leading/management role, from pre-sales, bidding, requirements definition through to delivery, optimisation, verification, validation and closure\n\n * Experience in Air, Land or Maritime, including the integration and assurance process\n\n * Leadership of complex, multi-functional teams\n\n * Proficient with Project Finances, Revenue Recognition, Margin Improvement, Risk Management and Month-end Reporting\n\n * Proven ability to plan and organise projects effectively, with excellent attention to detail.\n\n * A developed understanding of business and finance, project planning and scheduling, budgeting and cost management, revenue recognition and contract management.\n\n * Proven ability to review and challenge schedule critical path activities within Microsoft Project\n\nPreferable\n\n * Experience of delivering projects in the Defence Sector\n\n * Knowledge of MOD procurement process\n\n * Knowledge of delivery of complex software development projects\n\nYour Security Clearance\n\nTo be successfully appointed to this role, it is a requirement to obtain Security Check (SC) clearance.
\n\nTo obtain SC clearance, the successful applicant must have resided continuously within the United Kingdom for the last 5 years, along with other criteria and requirements.\n\nThroughout the recruitment process, you will be asked questions about your security clearance eligibility such as, but not limited to, country of residence and nationality.\n\nSome posts are restricted to sole UK Nationals for security reasons; therefore, you may be asked about your citizenship in the application process.\n\nWhat does ‘Get The Future You Want’ mean for you?\n\n * Impactful Experiences- You will reimagine what’s possible: creating value for the world’s leading organisations through technology to build a sustainable, more inclusive future. You will work with a range of clients all with a unique set of business, technological and societal ambitions, which will make a real impact across the UK.\n\n * Shape your path- You will be empowered to explore, innovate, and progress. You will benefit from Capgemini’s ‘learning for life’ mindset, meaning you will have countless training and development opportunities from thinktanks to hackathons, and access to 250,000 courses with numerous external certifications from AWS, Microsoft, Harvard ManageMentor, Cybersecurity qualifications and much more.\n\n * Flexibility to work your way- You will be encouraged to have a positive work-life balance.Our hybrid-first way of working means we embed hybrid working in all that we do and make flexible working arrangements the day-to-day reality for our people.
All UK employees are eligible to request flexible working arrangements.\n\nAbout Capgemini Engineering\n\nCapgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organizations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs.
It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fueled by its market leading capabilities in AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem. The Group reported 2023 global revenues of €22.5 billion.\n\nAt Capgemini Engineering we value excellence, care, responsibility, dynamism and innovation. We offer a job with variation that leaves plenty of room for initiative and development.
In fact, we are not just offering you a job, we’re inviting you to be part of our community where we will provide you trainings, tools & grounds for professional and personal growth. Each career experience is assorted by an attractive salary package