Senior Project Sponsor / Project Manager - Defence Infrastructure
Overview
We're recruiting for an experienced Senior Project Sponsor to support major infrastructure delivery within a complex defence environment. You'll sit at the centre of a large multi-stakeholder programme, working with delivery partners and approvals authorities to drive outcomes against agreed Performance, Cost and Time (PCT) objectives, applying a strong systems-led approach.
- Location: HMNB Devonport, Plymouth (3 days/week onsite)
Responsibilities
- Project objective setting & requirements management: own requirements across the lifecycle (infrastructure requirements, functional requirements, success criteria)
- Stakeholder management: identify, analyse, engage and align internal/external stakeholders and SMEs; capture requirements and secure commitment
- Thought leadership: protect benefits; act as a critical friend to the Project Manager through support and constructive challenge; ensure the team is set up for success and properly resourced
- Governance: establish and apply effective governance and enable timely decision-making and control
- Performance reporting: review and report performance to leadership teams for assurance, challenge and support
Essential experience
- Strong infrastructure delivery background
- Good understanding of requirements management
- Complex product/project delivery experience
- Experience supporting organisational design development
- Confident working with approvals authorities and other government departments (e.g. Cabinet Office, HMT)
- Excellent stakeholder management skills (able to align competing interests)
- Experience developing/applying governance to projects or change initiatives
Desirable
- Infrastructure or equipment project delivery experience
- Experience in integrated teams with mixed workforces (civilian/military/contractors)
- Strong Microsoft 365 capability
- APM qualification (APMQ or equivalent) or qualified by experience
- Technical degree (ideally)
- INCOSE membership
- Engineering background beneficial
- PLP (Project Leadership Programme)
- Awareness of NEC4
