Portfolio Manager

Client: BAE Systems

Job Type: Contract

Job Title: Portfolio Manager

Location: Barrow-in-Furness

Hourly Rate: £52.93 PAYE OR £71.45 Umbrella inside IR35

Duration: 12 months

Working Arrangements: Hybrid 1-2 days on-site per month

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as the operational backbone between technical delivery teams and programme leadership, ensuring accurate and timely project control
• Maintain transparent management of budget, schedule, scope and change, enabling robust R&D governance and reporting
• Establish and enforce programme processes, standards and documentation that bring structure, discipline and repeatability to a fast-moving scale-up environment
• Drive risk, opportunity, assumption and dependency management across the portfolio, ensuring proactive mitigation and escalation

• Extensive experience managing engineering portfolios or programmes
• Attention to detail is paramount
• Defence background is highly desirable

About BAE:

BAE Systems is a leading global defence, aerospace, and security company. They’re experts in delivering advanced solutions for air, land, and naval forces, as well as commercial aerospace and cyber security. Known for its commitment to innovation and excellence, BAE Systems offers exciting career opportunities for those looking to make a significant impact in cutting-edge technology and defence sectors.

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