PROJECT DIRECTOR
- Delivering Complex Services to MoD
- Six-figure Salary + Bonus + Car + Benefits
- ONSITE in South of England UK
Business
Our client is an exciting high-growth company. It provides complex managed services to the UK Ministry of Defence built on highly innovative and advanced technologies. It is a trusted specialist supplier of a rapidly expanding range of services and related support, and as such has become a key partner to the UK military. It is a long-established and highly regarded company, enjoying notable success for its latest offerings in a dynamic market.
The business has ambitious plans for the development and introduction of a wide and diverse portfolio of AI-enabled and technologically sophisticated services that deliver battlespace advantage for the armed forces of the UK and its NATO allies. Thanks to its current rate of organic growth and with a recent and significant injection of investment, the company now needs to recruit an experienced director-level project management professional to join the management team and provide hands-on leadership and direction to the £multi-million contracts already secured, and those already in the increasingly strong pipeline for this highly successful and very profitable business as it expands at home and internationally.
Role
•prioritise safety
•lead cross-functional project teams
•manage complex services and through-life support
•proactive partnership with customer / MoD IPTs
•deliver on contract requirements
•efficient and effective resource allocation
•decision support to senior management
•supply chain management
•ensure regulatory compliance
•adopt robust and rigorous processes
•monitor progress, budgets and KPIs
•instil a high performance and continuous improvement culture
•support bid and contract pricing and negotiation
•identify, report, manage and mitigate risks
•work closely with Nominated / Accountable Persons
•develop and maintain strong working relationships
•collaborate with stakeholders, co-workers and suppliers
Candidate
•project / programme management qualification
•ideally a degree in a STEM subject
•senior project leadership role in defence technology / engineering
•experienced in managing service provision to MoD
•enforced formal project disciplines, systems and structure
•sets and maintains standards, holds others to account
•excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills
•determined, energetic and collaborative
•highly numerate with commercial instincts
•first-class planning and organisational skills, and close attention to detail
•team player, with coaching ethos
•able to work on-site, remotely, or internationally, as required
•unimpeachable integrity
•willing to undergo and confident of obtaining UK security clearance
Friisberg & Partners International are the retained advisers on this appointment.
Please send your CV by email to quoting reference 8229.