CareerPlanSign in

Project Manager - Defence - Bristol

Bristol, United Kingdom, gb💼 Full-time🗓 2026-06-18 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead and develop project teams to deliver high-profile, complex projects across the UK Defence sector, managing finances, business cases, and stakeholder relationships.

Role type

Senior Project Manager (Defence & Infrastructure)

Builds

Major defence programmes across air, land, sea, cyber, and space domains

Domain

Defence, Aerospace, Security, Infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | client delivery | infrastructure

Required skills

Project management (PRINCE2/APM/Agile), commercial awareness, budgeting and forecasting, NEC contract management, stakeholder engagement, team leadership, strategic planning

Preferred skills

MAPM membership, MSP/APMP certification, experience with UK Government organisations, procurement expertise

Technologies

NEC contracts, PRINCE2, APM PMQ, AGILE

Responsibilities

Lead and develop project teams or workstreams, apply strong commercial awareness including monthly budgeting and forecasting, shape and articulate Project Business Cases, build trusted long-term relationships with clients as a strategic advisor, manage contractors, consultants and advisors on infrastructure projects

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

Sourced via smartrecruiters · Listed on CareerPlan, which tracks 70,000+ jobs from 20+ sources.