Location: Basingstoke (Hybrid)
Salary: Up to £80K plus benefits
Security Clearance: Active UK DV required
Travel Required:Travel expected to client offices
The Mission
We are looking for a high-impact Senior Technical Project Manager who thrives at the intersection of complex technology and mission-critical operations. You won’t just be managing a timeline; you will be the driving force behind customer-facing delivery projects within the Defence and National Security sector.
You are the “Strategic Navigator” for our projects – equally comfortable facilitating a high-velocity Scrum team, managing high-value supplier contracts, and briefing senior stakeholders on complex risk profiles.
Key Responsibilities
Multi-Project Orchestration: Lead the end-to-end delivery of multiple concurrent projects, balancing internal R&D innovation with rigid customer-facing delivery milestones.
Agile & Hybrid Governance: Drive Agile maturity across multi-disciplinary teams (Engineering, DevOps, Research) while ensuring compliance with traditional Defence governance and reporting frameworks.
Commercial & Supplier Management: Act as the primary interface for third-party suppliers and partners, managing procurement lifecycles, statement of works (SoWs), and performance to ensure maximum value.
Strategic Risk & Issue Ownership: Proactively identify, track, and mitigate complex risks. You will be the point of escalation for delivery bottlenecks, having a mindset which will enable delivery teams to keep moving.
Stakeholder Diplomacy: Manage the delicate balance between technical possibilities and customer expectations, acting as a trusted advisor to senior military and government stakeholders.
What you'll Bring
Agile Pragmatism: Deep expertise in Agile/Scrum/Kanban, but with real world experience adapting these frameworks to the constraints of secure, air-gapped, or highly regulated environments.
Commercial Acumen: A strong business first mentality, capable of managing project finances, forecasting resource requirements, and negotiating with external vendors.
Mission-Driven Leadership: The ability to take a project from a nebulous concept on a whiteboard to a fully deployed, operationally supported reality.
Requirement: An active DV Clearance is essential due to the sensitive nature of the environments you will support.
The Benefits
Security: Full-time, permanent role within a stable, high-growth sector.
Balance: A genuine hybrid working model based inBasingstoke and theSoutheast. Potential for international travel.
Perks: 25 days leave, private medical cover and acompetitivepension.
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