Assistant Project Manager

• Job Title: Assistant Project Manager
• Location: Portsmouth Broad Oak – Minimum 3 days onsite
• We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role
• Referral Bonus: £1000
• Grade: GG10
• 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 exceptional individual circumstances that impact this, in the first instance please discuss this with your line manager.
• 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.

Role Description

As an Assistant Project Manager, you will support the successful delivery of projects by managing smaller projects, specific work packages, or key aspects of larger, more complex programmes. Working closely with Project Managers and Heads of Project, you will help coordinate project controls, planning, governance and reporting activities to ensure objectives are achieved. You may take ownership of Control Account performance, contribute to project decision-making through analysis and insight, and lead small cross-functional teams.

This role requires a solid foundation in project management practices, with the ability to apply, adapt and continuously improve processes while supporting and guiding others.

Core duties

• Able to undertake advanced problem solving and deliver detailed project reporting and scheduling to support successful project delivery
• Able to lead a small project or a work package of a larger project
• Able to manage the full project lifecycle to ensure that, over time, the needs of customers/users continue to be met and that financial and other benefits are achieved
• Identifies, assesses and manages risks to the success of the project
• Applies appropriate PM methods and tools whether predictive (plan-driven) approaches or adaptive (iterative/agile) approaches
• Consolidate expertise from multiple sources, including third party experts, to provide coherent advice to further organisational objectives
• Deputises for the Project Manager as appropriate

Essential Skills

• You'll hold a recognised PM qualification, such as the APM Project Management Qualification (PMQ), or an equivalent qualification from an appropriate professional body
• You'll have experience managing project risks, costs, schedules, and stakeholder relationships
• You'll have strong project coordination and planning skills
• You'll have an analytical mindset with the ability to interpret financial and programme performance data
• You'll have an understanding of project management governance and lifecycle management processes
• You'll be able to work collaboratively across multifunctional teams in a complex project environment

The Future Products team

You will be joining a team responsible for developing the future of maritime capability, working on some of the most exciting opportunities in our portfolio. Starting with the Littoral Strike Craft bid, you will help shape innovative solutions from concept definition through to programme delivery. As our Future Products portfolio expands, you will support the development of new maritime platforms and technologies, playing a central role in bringing future capabilities from idea to reality.

Why BAE Systems?

Here you’ll build a career with purpose and limitless possibilities. With lifelong learning and meaningful work, this is a place where you can grow your career with confidence and be empowered to be your best. You’ll be recognised for your contribution and enjoy rewards tailored to what’s most important to you and your family, support for your financial and personal wellbeing, as well as a balanced lifestyle. In an environment embracing sustainable ways of working and with a strong sense of shared purpose, our supportive culture is a place you can feel you belong and proud of the difference you make.

A place where everyone can thrive

We’re committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We know that a diversity of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences strengthens our teams and is vital to the work we do.

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: 28th October 2026

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