Project Manager - Defence - London

Turner & Townsend
London
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Program & Project Management (PMO)Education: bachelorsSkills: ["Strategic leadership","Collaboration","Stakeholder management","Risk management","Budget management"]

Lead and manage project teams delivering high-profile Defence sector programmes for clients in the South East. Oversee risk, schedules, governance/assurance, budgets, and forecasting, while developing business cases aligned to Government standards. Build trusted advisor relationships and coordinate contractors, consultants, and advisors across multiple projects. Based in London with hybrid working, typically ~60% client sites/offices, collaborating with colleagues across the region.

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Project Manager - Defence - London

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Job Summary

Lead and manage project teams delivering high-profile Defence sector programmes for clients in the South East. Oversee risk, schedules, governance/assurance, budgets, and forecasting, while developing business cases aligned to Government standards. Build trusted advisor relationships and coordinate contractors, consultants, and advisors across multiple projects. Based in London with hybrid working, typically ~60% client sites/offices, collaborating with colleagues across the region.
Location: London
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Program & Project Management (PMO)
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Deliver high-profile projects and complex, large-scale programmes across the Defence sector.
  • •Manage project teams and provide strategic leadership to achieve client objectives.
  • •Oversee risk management, schedule management, and governance & assurance activities.
  • •Develop business cases in line with Government standards outlining objectives, costs, and benefits.
  • •Coordinate contractors, consultants, and advisors across multiple projects while ensuring trusted client relationships.

Key Requirements

  • •Must be a Sole UK National able to achieve and maintain UK MoD Security Clearance (SC) (UK Passport Holder).
  • •Lead and manage project teams, delivering outcomes through collaboration and strategic leadership.
  • •Use project management competencies aligned to the APM framework (e.g., risk management, schedule management, governance & assurance).
  • •Oversee budgets and forecasting to deliver projects within financial parameters.
  • •Experience working in the Defence sector (MoD experience directly or via industry) and developing Government-standard business cases.
Experience:DefenceGovernmentInfrastructureConstructionNuclear
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:Strategic leadershipCollaborationStakeholder managementRisk managementBudget management
Certifications:PRINCE2APM PMQAGILENEC4 ECC PMAManaging Successful Programmes (MSP)MAPM
Languages:English
Tech Stack:APM frameworkPRINCE2APM PMQAGILENEC4 ECC PMAManaging Successful Programmes (MSP)Association for Project Management (MAPM)UK MoD Security Clearance (SC)SOXJSPsDEFCONSCADMID CycleMoD procurement proceduresGovernment standards

Eligibility

Nationality:UK National
Security Clearance:UK MoD Security Clearance (SC)

Company Brief

Turner & Townsend
Global professional services firm providing program, project and cost management, advisory and consulting services across property, infrastructure and natural resources sectors to public and private clients worldwide.
Industry: Consulting
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Established Company
Headquarters: Leeds, United Kingdom
Founded: 1946
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