Senior Project Manager

A Senior Project Manager is sought to join an innovative engineering team in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, contributing to the delivery of complex space payload, defence technology, and satellite communications programmes.

The Senior Project Manager, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, will be expected to develop and apply your expertise in project leadership, working closely with engineering, manufacturing, commercial, and customer stakeholders to ensure successful delivery of technically challenging projects. This may include managing multidisciplinary engineering teams, overseeing programme performance, and ensuring compliance within highly regulated aerospace and defence environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead the full lifecycle delivery of complex space, defence, and satellite communications projects.
• Act as the primary point of contact for customers, partners, and internal stakeholders.
• Develop and manage detailed project plans, schedules, budgets, and risk registers.
• Ensure projects are delivered to agreed scope, schedule, budget, and quality requirements. Coordinate cross-functional teams including RF, mechanical, software, manufacturing, supply chain, and quality disciplines.
• Monitor project progress, identify risks, and implement corrective actions where required.
• Manage project financial performance, including forecasting, cost tracking, and budget control.
• Prepare and present project reviews, status updates, and reports to customers and senior leadership teams.
• Support business development and bid activities, contributing to technical and commercial proposals.
• Drive a culture of ownership, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement across project teams.

Qualifications

• Degree qualified in Engineering, Project Management, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent industry experience.
• Proven experience delivering complex engineering projects within the space, defence, satellite communications, or related sectors.
• Strong understanding of RF-based systems, including satellite communications, radar, electronic warfare, or payload technologies.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary technical teams in highly regulated environments.
• Proficiency with project management tools such as MS Project, Primavera, Jira, or equivalent.
• Knowledge of project management methodologies including Agile, Waterfall, PRINCE2, or APMP.
• Strong commercial awareness with experience managing project budgets and financial performance.
• Excellent stakeholder management, leadership, communication, and influencing skills.
• Strong problem-solving, organisational, and risk management abilities.
• Eligibility to obtain UK Security Clearance (SC).

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