Senior Project Manager

Your Impact

Do you want to play a key role in sustaining one of Europe’s biggest defence programmes? As a Senior Project Manager within our Typhoon Support Enterprise team, you will be at the centre of ensuring operational excellence for Typhoon DASS support across multiple customers. Based in Luton, you’ll collaborate closely with cross‑functional teams to drive performance, efficiency, and innovation, while shaping the future of our support strategy.

What you will do as Senior Project Manager – Typhoon DASS Support

• Provide Project Management support to the DASS Support Programme Manager, and help lead the cross‑functional Typhoon DASS Support Integrated Product Team (IPT), ensuring effective management of common topics across all Typhoon customers.
• Drive operational performance at ML4, focusing on repairs backlog reduction and operational efficiencies.
• Act as the main point of contact for all customer support DASS related product & repair queries.
• Champion best‑in‑class project management practices including financial accountability & reporting.

What you’ll bring

To succeed in this role, you will bring a proven track record in project management and a strong ability to unite and motivate cross‑functional teams towards a common goal.

Essential skills and experience include

• Demonstrated experience in project management, ideally within complex engineering or defence environments.
• Ability to lead, influence, and federate diverse cross‑functional teams.
• Strong capability in generating and executing data‑driven plans that deliver measurable benefits.
• Knowledge of the DASS product and the Eurofighter landscape is advantageous but not essential.

This is not an exhaustive list, and we are keen to hear from you even if you might not have experience in every area. The most important qualities are a proactive attitude and a willingness to learn.

Security Clearance

This role is subject to pre‑employment screening in line with the UK Government’s Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). An additional range of Personnel Security Controls referred to as National Security Vetting (NSV) may apply, this could include meeting the eligibility requirements for The Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV). For more information and guidance please visit https://careers.uk.leonardo.com/gb/en/security-and-vetting.

Why join us

• Time to Recharge: Enjoy generous leave with the opportunity to accrue up to 12 additional flexi‑days each year.
• Secure your Future: Benefit from our award‑winning pension scheme with up to 15% employer contribution.
• Your Wellbeing Matters: Free access to mental health support, financial advice, and employee‑led networks championing inclusion and diversity (Enable, Pride, Equalise, Armed Forces, Carers, Wellbeing and Ethnicity).
• Rewarding Performance: All employees at management level and below are eligible for our bonus scheme.
• Never Stop Learning: Free access 4,000+ online courses via Coursera and LinkedIn Learning.
• Refer a friend: Receive a financial reward through our referral programme.
• Tailored Perks: Spend up to £500 annually on flexible benefits including private healthcare, dental, family cover, tech & lifestyle discounts, gym memberships and more.
• Flexible working: Flexible hours with hybrid working options. For part time opportunities, please talk to us about what might be possible for this role.

For a full list of our company benefits please visit our website.

Leonardo is a global leader in Aerospace, Defence, and Security. Headquartered in Italy, we employ over 53,000 people worldwide including 8,500 across 9 sites in the UK. Our employees are not just part of a team—they are key contributors to shaping innovation, advancing technology, and enhancing global safety.

At Leonardo we are committed to building an inclusive, accessible, and welcoming workplace. We believe that a diverse workforce sparks creativity, drives innovation, and leads to better outcomes for our people and our customers. If you have any accessibility requirements to support you during the recruitment process, just let us know.

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Primary Location: GB - Luton - Cap. Green 300

Contract Type: Permanent

Hybrid Working: Onsite

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