Senior Project Manager - Data & Digital Infrastructure

About the role

Babcock is recruiting a Senior Project Manager for its Devonport Royal Dockyard site in Plymouth. You will lead project management office activities across a complex portfolio of digital and infrastructure projects, establishing governance and project controls, giving senior leaders portfolio-level visibility of performance and supporting the delivery of programmes that contribute to national security.

The role is full time, 35 hours per week and based on site at Devonport Royal Dockyard.

Key responsibilities

• Lead project management office activities across the Data & Digital Infrastructure portfolio
• Establish and maintain governance, project controls and assurance frameworks
• Monitor project performance, budgets, forecasts, risks and dependencies, and implement corrective actions
• Produce and present portfolio reporting to senior leaders and customers
• Drive continuous improvement and build project management office and project controls capability across the portfolio

Required profile

• Degree, HND or equivalent professional experience
• Association for Project Management Project Management Qualification (PMQ)
• Management qualification or equivalent leadership experience
• Experience leading project management office functions in complex project or programme environments
• Experience delivering digital, IT, infrastructure or transformation programmes in highly regulated environments
• Ability to engage, influence and communicate with senior stakeholders
• Must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance

Required skills

• Governance, assurance and project controls
• Risk, issue, schedule and budget management
• Inter-project dependency management

What we offer

• Generous holiday allowance
• Pension with matched contributions and life assurance
• Digital GP, annual health check and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee shopping savings portal and payment of professional fees
• Special paid leave for reservists in the armed forces
• Holiday trading and a paid day off for volunteering