Project Manager in Sheffield

Job Description

The successful candidate will lead projects from initiation through to completion, ensuring delivery against agreed objectives while managing resources, risks, budgets and stakeholder expectations.\n\nThis role will be responsible for supporting the IHSS portfolio, ensuring IHSS, COMPASS and HICOMS remain aligned to agreed schedules, commitments and delivery milestones. The position will report into the Boeing Lead for IHSS.\n\nKey Responsibilities\n\nDevelop and maintain detailed project plans, including timelines, milestones and resource allocation, in alignment with subcontracted Project Controllers.\nMonitor and control project budgets, ensuring efficient use of funds and compliance with financial constraints.\nIdentify, record and manage risks and issues, while developing mitigation strategies and capturing opportunities where appropriate.\nSupport technical teams, including Principal Investigators and engineers, to ensure technical outcomes, research activity and deliverables meet the required standards.\nTrack technical progress, including checking with engineers on the status of RL gates and key transition points.\nCoordinate procurement activity in collaboration with technical leads, supply chain, business support specialists and wider stakeholders.\nLead the project team, ensuring effective communication and collaboration across internal teams and external partners.\nMaintain project documentation, including reports, meeting minutes, change logs and progress updates.\nLead reporting activity across the consortium, ensuring reports are delivered on time and to the required standard, quality and format.\nWork closely with the Boeing Point of Contact to communicate relevant information in line with agreed scope and budget requirements.\nEscalate issues to leadership in a timely and appropriate manner.\nCoordinate with HICOMS projects to ensure plans are delivered within agreed timelines and specifications.\nLead project management meetings with partners at both consortium level and through one-to-one meetings.\nMeet regularly with the Boeing Lead to align on finances, milestones and execution metrics.\nProvide relevant project updates, financial data and delivery information to the Portfolio Lead as required.\nAccountability\n\nAccountable for successful project delivery, including achievement of agreed objectives, timelines and budget.\nAccountable for the quality and timeliness of reporting to UK Government and other key stakeholders.\nResponsible for team performance, engagement and compliance with applicable regulations, ethics and corporate policies.\nEnsure compliance with UK documentation standards, Boeing Start Right / Continuous Right, Quads & ProMPT, GTC and other relevant processes.\nMake decisions regarding resource allocation and team management for assigned projects.\nIntegrate all project partners into the agreed project plan, objectives and delivery requirements.\nAuthority\n\nAct as project owner for assigned projects, including IHSS where applicable.\nAllocate resources and manage budgets within the agreed project scope.\nMake team management decisions to support delivery.\nResolve team or stakeholder conflicts while maintaining project integrity and momentum.\nRequired Qualifications & Experience\n\nDegree in Engineering, Project Management, Science or a related field, or equivalent experience.\nCertified Project Manager qualification , such as PMP or Prince2 Practitioner.\nMinimum of 5 years' project management experience within R&D, engineering or research programme environments.\nDemonstrable experience managing government-funded projects.\nExperience delivering formal reporting to government stakeholders, particularly ATI and IUK.\nExperience working within a portfolio environment and coordinating multiple projects to achieve strategic outcomes.\nExperience communicating project status to senior leadership through clear written communication.\nRequired Skills & Competencies\n\nStrong planning and financial management skills, including budgeting and cost control.\nStrong risk and issue management experience, with the ability to implement effective mitigation strategies.\nExcellent stakeholder management and communication skills, both written and verbal.\nAbility to support technical teams and translate technical progress into project deliverables, milestones and gate approvals.\nStrong procurement coordination experience, with an understanding of contracting and purchasing processes.\nStrong team leadership skills, including team motivation, performance management and conflict resolution.\nFamiliarity with relevant compliance, ethics and documentation standards, including UK requirements and Boeing policies.\nDesirable Experience\n\nExperience working with UK Government departments or international government stakeholders.\nPrevious experience within aerospace, defence or complex technical R&D programmes.\nSecurity clearance, or the ability to obtain security clearance where required