Project Manager - Software Development
Inside of IR35
Belcan have an excellent 6 month contract opportunity for a Project Manager to join our client, a Defence & Space division of a European multinational Aerospace corporation based in Portsmouth (remote working at present).
Position Summary:
The role is to manage a software development team producing high-reliability software products for control of satellite payloads.
The primary role of this position is to ensure that the customer requirements flown down via a work order or contract are delivered On Quality, On Time and On Cost.
As such you will be the primary interface to the customer ensuring that deliverables are produced in-line with the project schedule and relevant gate/quality reviews and customer reviews.
You will be fully responsible for all aspects of the project and ensure the allocated team delivers to customer satisfaction.
Essential Position Requirements:
- Significant experience of leading software development in an aerospace or related industry
- Experience with hardware/software integration
- Proficient in Agile methodologies
- Experience with JIRA and Confluence
- The ability to communicate in a relevant manner with all parties including:
Internal / external customer
Product Group Management
Systems Design team
Engineering / Design
Quality / Product Assurance
Production / Test
Procurement / Suppliers - A proven track record of project delivery in a high-quality software development environment.
- Strong interpersonal and leadership skills in communication, delegation and motivation.
- To have good analytical skills to be able to challenge the core team constantly, achieving best value for the customer.
- Good communication skills to enable discussion and presentation of complex issues and solutions to a range of stakeholders
Core Duties:
Leadership
- Drive the Project from proposal to delivery
- Drive development
- Drives budgets, schedule, dependency analysis, risk management, and risk mitigation strategy
- Coordinate stakeholder management
Management
- Set Team / Individual Project objectives
- Endorse Project goals and define Development Plan
- Implementation of divisional standards
- Communicate milestone issues with core team
Operations
- Manage projects and establish EAC / CTC throughout the project life cycle in line with company processes
- Ensure programmes effectively focus on mitigation of risk to result in successful completion.
- Deliver programmes on time, on quality and in costs
- Responsible for overall internal and contractual compliance to the product & project requirements
- Details Work Breakdown Structures/Packages
- Triggers internal Design Reviews
- Provide inputs to the Monthly Review, Business Reviews
- Drives tight change control management and impact reviews (including ECOs)
- Triggers and coordinates gate/quality reviews
- Resolves project / functional conflicts
- Provides input to functional managers for Team Members performance evaluation
- Manage resources assignment within Core Team
- Configuration management of project and manufacturing documents
- Liaises on cross project shared resources and facility conflicts
Communications
- Be the point of contact for customers, proposals and/or projects
- Develop relationships with external suppliers
- Centralise customer interface (Reporting, meetings etc.)
Commercial
- Ensure proposals are bid in line with product strategy - play an active role in bid/no-bid decisions
- Implements project level Make-Buy analysis and decision
- Ensure proposals are produced on time and effectively answer the RFP
- Ensure that proposals are supported and that lessons learnt are incorporated to allow cost models and reductions are continuous
Successful applicants for the Project Manager role must meet eligibility requirements to obtain UK Security Clearance.
This vacancy is being advertised by Belcan
