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Project Management Specialist (Intelligence and Security)

Gloucester, London or Bristol, United Kingdom (UK), Boeing UK [00000204902]

Field(s) of expertise
Project and Service Management Business Administration and Finance Product and Quality Assurance
Job type
Contract
Education
BachelorDiplomaVocational
Deadline
Closed

About this job

At Boeing, we are all innovators on a mission to connect, protect, explore and inspire. From the seabed to outer space, you’ll learn and grow, contributing to work that shapes the world. Find your future with us.

Boeing Defence UK Ltd have an exciting opportunity for a Project Manager within their Cyber, Intelligence and Analytics team. The role will involve working directly with a National Security customer to support and influence the shape of solutions that are of national importance.

As a Boeing Cyber, Intelligence and Analytics Project Manager you will be at the leading edge of our operational work with this customer, collaborating closely with them in multi-function teams to deliver technology, process or service based solutions to problems of national importance to time, cost and quality. This role can be based at either Cheltenham or Central London.

Responsibilities

As a Boeing Project Manager you will be working very closely with our customer to manage the delivery of predominantly Agile projects, delivered in the Cloud, to solve complex technology, process or people problems. This will involve working directly with the operational practitioner, supported by a Boeing Engineering & Business Analysis team, to develop and define the project management plan and to play an integral role in the delivery of solutions to time, cost and quality. Though you will be expected to arrive with a basic understanding of Agile methodologies it is stressed that the Company will support you in your immediate job and will invest in developing your Agile skills.

To achieve this the ideal candidate will be expected to:

  • Have some experience of Agile methodologies and work confidently in the technology space beside Business Analysts as they define the required user experiences (UX), the writing of user stories and the sketching of wireframes
  • Rapidly develop Agile project management skills such that projects can be described in terms of User Stories, Epics, Sprints and Minimal Viable Products.
  • Rapidly develop skills and proficiency as a Scrum Manager in order to deliver to time, cost and quality
  • Play an active role in guiding the customer, as part of a Boeing team, in the application of business process improvement and operational design
  • Have the confidence to undertake stakeholder engagement alone and develop relationships with the Business Client as part of a wider Boeing team
  • Manage changing user needs within a project life cycle

Profile

Required Qualifications:

  • Experience of working on technical projects in cyber security / IT
  • Demonstrable experience of managing a schedule
  • Problem solving skills
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and a desire to lead and manage

Preferred Qualifications:

  • We welcome applications from candidates who have taken a graduate, further education or apprenticeship route
  • A recognized Project Management qualification
  • Knowledge of Agile Methodologies, Scrum Management, Epic and Sprint, MPV Management
  • Experience in Cyber, Security & IT projects

Work Authorisation:

This requisition is for a locally hired position in the UK. Candidates must have current legal authorisation to work immediately in the United Kingdom. Boeing will not attempt to obtain Immigration and labour sponsorship for any applicants. Benefits and pay are determined at the local level and are not part of Boeing U.S. based payroll.

Security Clearance:

This position requires the ability to obtain a UK security Clearance for which the UK Government requires UK Citizenship. PLEASE NOTE: The successful candidate will hold, or have the ability to obtain, Security Clearance (DV)

Visa Status and Relocation:

This requisition is for a locally hired position in the UK. Relocation benefits are not available. Successful candidates must have existing / ability to obtain legal authorisation to work in the UK for continued employment.

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