£45,000 -£55,000depending on experience(plus excellent benefits*)toideally startASAP
As demand for our products and services continues to grow across the Defence sector, we areseekinga proactive, organised, and deliveryfocused Project Manager tolead, supportand coordinate key programmes across the UK and international markets.
In this role, you will overseeendtoendproject deliveryperformance for assigned projects, build strong customer relationships, and ensure ourdelivery teams are set up to successfully deliver to ourcontractual commitments.
Working closelyacross our organisationwithoperational delivery, business development,productand engineering teams,you will help shape, deliver, and continuously improve projects that support our customers’decisionmakingand capability development.
Asa CervusProject Manager, you will:
- Lead the planning, coordination, delivery,andreportingof projects acrossassignedUK and internationalDefence customers, ensuring timelines, budgets, and quality expectations are met.
- Build trusted relationships with stakeholders across theArmed forces, Defence primes, and wider defence ecosystem.
- Coordinatecrossfunctionalteamsand team leads,including engineering, delivery, and productmanagement-to ensure clarity, alignment, and seamless execution.
- Support the development of proposals, delivery plans, and customer documentation.
- Track progress against milestones, manage risks and issues, and provide structured project reporting.
- Ensure project activities align with Cervus’ quality management processes and contribute tomaintainingcompliance with ISO 9001 principles.
- Represent Cervus at customer meetings, demonstrations, and industry events.
- Identifyopportunities for process, product, and service improvement, championing customer needs throughout.
We expect you to have:
- Experience delivering projects within Defence, government, technology, or similarly complex environments.
- Strong project planning, coordination, andstakeholdermanagementskills.
- Experience managing project finances, reporting, forecasting, or delivery pipelines.
- Awareness of ISO 9001 quality management principles and an understanding of how they support consistent and effective project delivery.
- High ITproficiencyand the ability to quickly understandnew technologiesand dataenabled systems.
- The ability to interpret customer challenges and translate them into clear, deliverable project outputs.
- The ability to obtain UK Security Clearance (SC).
- A collaborative mindset, positive attitude, and sense of humour.
We’dlove it if you also have:
- Experience working internationally or supportingexportfocusedprogrammes.
- Formal project or programme management training/accreditation (e.g., APM, PRINCE2, Agile).
- Experience with analytics, data platforms, simulation environments, orsoftwareledsolutions.
- A full UK driving licence.
Why join Cervus?
Cervus is a performance analytics and technology companysupportingdefence and security organisations make better decisions, faster. Based in the southwest UK with offices in Bristol and Westbury, we value hybrid working, curiosity, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
Joining us means contributing to meaningful,high impactprojects, working with talented colleagues, and helping shape the future ofdata drivencapability development.
This role typically involves 1–2 days per week in the office and travel within the UK and overseas.
How to apply:
We’recommitted to fostering an inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive. We welcome applications from candidates with disabilities and will provide reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process and in the workplace.
Wewillreview applications on an ongoing basis and will keep the role open until we find the right candidate. Ifyou’reinterested, we encourage you to apply as soon asyou’reready.
If you have questions about the role or require any adjustments, please contact infocareers@cervus.ai.
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