Project Management Specialist

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Job Title: Project Management Specialist

Location: Scotstoun. Hybrid 2 – 3 days a week onsite

We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Salary: up to £58,000 dependant on skills & experience

Who we are:

Join BAE Systems and you’ll be part of something bigger. As a valued member of our global colleague network, you’ll bring your unique skills and perspectives to help pioneer progress and protect what matters most. You’ll be trusted to play your part in delivering the advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions of tomorrow, shaping a safer future, for all of us.

From the depths of the ocean, to the far reaches of space, there’s no limit to where a career at BAE Systems could take you.

Job Description:

The Information Management & Technology (IM&T) Project Management specialist leads complex business and technical projects that drive organisational transformation. Managing projects up to £7m, the role applies project management best practice to deliver change, provide guidance to senior stakeholders, oversee governance, risks and project performance, and support the successful delivery of the wider IM&T portfolio.

Core duties:

• You will define and lead project delivery strategy, governance, and best practice across the IM&T portfolio, ensuring effective controls and successful outcomes
• Act as the key interface between business and technical stakeholders, aligning scope, requirements, and delivery to agreed objectives
• You will provide leadership, mentoring, and oversight to project managers, ensuring projects are delivered on time and to quality standards
• Ensure you lead project planning and financial management activities, including estimation, scheduling, business cases, budgeting, forecasting, and performance tracking
• Own governance, lifecycle management, and continuous improvement activities, ensuring compliance, robust documentation, and consistent project assurance

Essential Skills:

• APM PMQ (or equivalent project management qualification) or demonstrable experience delivering complex projects
• Proven experience leading high-value, complex projects and programmes, always delivering successfully
• Experience working within large, matrix organisations, ideally within IM&T, engineering, manufacturing or other technical environments
• Considerable project management expertise, including governance, planning, financial management and the delivery of multiple complex change initiatives.

The IM&T Project Management Team:

Join a team at the forefront of digital transformation, delivering innovative technology solutions that support business and manufacturing operations. Working on high-profile projects, you’ll collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders, influence strategic change, and help shape the future of digital delivery across the business.

Why BAE Systems?

Here you’ll build a career with purpose and limitless possibilities. With lifelong learning and meaningful work, this is a place where you can grow your career with confidence and be empowered to be your best. You’ll be recognised for your contribution and enjoy rewards tailored to what’s most important to you and your family, support for your financial and personal wellbeing, as well as a balanced lifestyle. In an environment embracing sustainable ways of working and with a strong sense of shared purpose, our supportive culture is a place you can feel you belong and proud of the difference you make.

A place where everyone can thrive:

We’re committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We know that a diversity of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences strengthens our teams and is vital to the work we do.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 30th October 2026

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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