Project Manager

Description du poste:

Are you ready to revolutionise the world with TEKEVER? 🚀🌍
At TEKEVER, we lead innovation in Europe as the European leader in unmanned technology, where cutting-edge advancements meet unparalleled innovation.
💻 Digital | 🛡️ Defence | 🔒 Security | 🛰️ Space
We operate across four strategic areas, combining artificial intelligence, systems engineering, data science, and aerospace technology to tackle global challenges - from protecting people and critical infrastructure to exploring space.
We offer a unique surveillance-as-a-service solution that delivers real-time intelligence, enhancing maritime safety and saving lives. Our products and services support strategic and operational decisions in the most demanding environments - whether at sea, on land, in space, or in cyberspace.
🌐 Become part of a dynamic, multidisciplinary, and mission-driven team that is transforming maritime surveillance and redefining global safety standards.
At TEKEVER, our mission is to provide limitless support through mission-oriented game-changers, delivering the right information at the right time to empower critical decision-making.
If you're passionate about technology and eager to shape the future - TEKEVER is the place for you. 👇🏻🎯
Mission:
The Project Manager is responsible for leading the delivery of a complex projects / programmes to UK MOD, ensuring that cost, schedule, performance, and safety objectives are achieved in accordance with MOD policy. The role provides authoritative project leadership, manages multi-disciplinary delivery teams, and ensures effective engagement with Front Line Commands, industry partners, and wider Defence stakeholders.
What will be your responsibilities:
Project Leadership
* Lead the delivery through the CADMID/CADMIT lifecycle, ensuring alignment with DE&S governance.
* Establish and maintain programme baselines (cost, schedule, performance) and ensure effective change control.
* Develop and maintain the Project Management Plan (PMP), Contract Master Schedule (CMS), Contract Work Break Down Structures (CWBS) and associated artefacts.
* Ensure delivery of capability that is safe, supportable, and operationally effective.
Governance & Assurance
* Implement DE&S governance structures, including Project Boards, Working Groups, and assurance reviews.
* Prepare for and lead internal and external assurance activities (e.g., IPA reviews, IBRs, safety audits).
* Ensure compliance with JSPs, Defence Standards, and relevant regulatory frameworks.
* Provide accurate, timely reporting to Programme Leads, Senior Leadership Team, and customer stakeholders.
Stakeholder Engagement
* Act as the primary interface between TEKEVER, DE&S, Customer Stakeholders and industry suppliers.
* Manage customer expectations and ensure coherent communication across all stakeholder groups.
* Support requirements development & capability integration.
Commercial & Supplier Management
* Work closely with Commercial colleagues to develop, negotiate, and manage contracts.
* Monitor supplier performance, ensuring delivery of contracted outputs and adherence to quality, safety, and security requirements.
* Manage commercial risks, dependencies, and opportunities.
Risk, Opportunity & Issue Management
* Maintain a robust risk and opportunity management framework in accordance with JSP 892.
* Ensure proactive identification, mitigation, and escalation of risks and issues.
* Manage programme contingency and support evidence-based decision-making.
Team Leadership & Resource Management
* Lead and motivate a multi-disciplinary delivery team, ensuring clarity of roles and responsibilities.
* Support workforce planning, resource allocation, and skills development.
* Promote a culture of continuous improvement, inclusivity, and professional excellence.

Profile and requirements:
* Proven experience delivering complex engineering programmes in Aerospace or Robotics or relevant industry within Defence or a similar regulated environment.
* Strong understanding of MOD acquisition frameworks (CADMID/CADMIT).
* Demonstrable ability to manage cost, schedule, and performance baselines.
* Experience working with engineering, commercial, finance, safety, and ILS/TLS specialists.
* Skilled in supplier management and contract delivery oversight.
* Experience working with tools and systems such as JIRA, Primavera P6, MSP.
* Competent in risk, opportunity, and issue management.

What we have to offer you:
* An excellent work environment and an opportunity to make a difference;
* Salary Compatible with the level of proven experience.

Do you want to know more about us ?
Visit our LinkedIn page at https://www.linkedin.com/company/tekever