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.
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