Senior PM&C Governance & Assurance Professional

Job title: Project Management & Control Governance & Assurance Lead

Location: Warton – We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Salary: £54,793+ (Depending on skills and experience)

Referral Bonus: £1000

Grade: F

You're expected to have completed 12 months in role prior to applying for an advertised vacancy and you should also discuss the internal opportunity with your line manager to ensure sustained business continuity and to further support your career development. We know there may be individual circumstances that impact this, so please discuss this with your line manager or HR Business Partner (HRBP).

If you don't feel you can talk to your line manager, you can contact your HRBP.

PLEASE NOTE: Should you be invited for interview; you acknowledge that the Recruitment team will contact you and your line manager regarding your application for this opportunity.

What you’ll be doing:

Leading the delivery of Project Management and Control (PM&C) Governance and Assurance (G&A) across the Air Sector

Effectively collaborating with and influencing stakeholders across multiple functions, Lines of Business, the COO and the Service Delivery Units

Being the Air sector PM&C G&A point of contact specifically for the KSA and US Programmes Lines of Business

Undertaking regular overseas travel (quarterly) to maintain and enhance relationships with colleagues based in Saudi Arabia

Facilitating and chairing meetings with key stakeholders in relation to PM&C G&A and presenting updates in key PM&C G&A meetings and working groups

Supporting the delivery of Air Sector PM&C G&A training courses (monthly)

Undertaking process confirmations to assure compliance to Head Office and Air Sector PM&C processes and quality measures

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

Incumbent will be expected have a project management qualification such as the Association of Project Management (APM) qualification

Communication, collaboration, active listening and diplomacy skills to enable effective engagement and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders across the Business

Able to create, use, analyse and summarise Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to highlight PM&C G&A risks and vulnerabilities and areas of best practice

Practical knowledge of Microsoft Office

Desirable:

Understanding regulatory / governance environment within which the business needs to operate, including both internal and Head Office obligations

Practical knowledge of Tableau visual analytics

Benefits:

You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Air Sector’s Project Management & Control Governance & Assurance Team:

The Air Sector’s Project Management & Control Governance & Assurance team is committed to delivering a high quality service to the Project Management & Control community within the Air Sector and across our wider stakeholder network. By defining and describing how things should be done we set the standard so that people know what to do and how to do it. This enables us to measure the application of policy and process in order to; give our colleagues and customers confidence that the application is good enough; identify best practice; learn how to improve. This ensures that we have the ability to deliver what we need to deliver for today and tomorrow.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

We welcome applications from all suitably qualified people, who are BAE Systems employees and have been in their current role for 12 months or longer.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 21st July 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.