Senior Project Manager

Senior Project Manager (Engineering)

Location:

Cambridge or Sedgefield, UK (Hybrid)

Employment type:

Full Time

Salary:
Competitive, Negotiable

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead complex engineering programmes within the space, defence, and satellite communications sectors.

This role is ideal for a technically strong leader who thrives in highly regulated environments and can drive projects from concept through to delivery, ensuring alignment with technical, financial, and quality objectives.

You will take full ownership of projects across their lifecycle, acting as the central point of accountability for delivery. Working with multidisciplinary teams, you will successfully manage scope, schedule, budget, and quality, while maintaining strong relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.

• Manage the end-to-end delivery of complex engineering projects
• Ensure projects meet scope, timeline, budget, and quality requirements
• Act as the focal point for project performance internally and externally

• Build and maintain relationships with customers, partners, and internal teams
• Present project updates, reports, and reviews to senior stakeholders

• Oversee budgets, forecasting, and cost tracking
• Ensure delivery aligns with financial objectives

• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, schedules, and risk assessments
• Monitor progress and implement corrective actions where required

• Lead cross-functional teams across engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, and quality
• Foster collaboration, accountability, and high performance

• Identify, assess, and mitigate both technical and programme risks
• Maintain proactive risk management practices

• Support bid and proposal activities
• Contribute to technical and commercial aspects of new opportunities

• Proven track record delivering complex engineering projects in space, defence, or satellite communications
• Experience working with RF-based systems (e.g., satellite communications, radar, EW systems, payloads)
• Strong engineering background or experience managing multidisciplinary technical teams
• Experience with in regulated environments
• Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills
• Proficiency in project management tools (e.g., MS Project, Primavera, Jira)
• Knowledge of methodologies such as Agile, Waterfall, PRINCE2, or APMP
• Eligible for UK Security Clearance (SC)

• Experience as a Project Engineering Lead
• Familiarity with space payload qualification and defence standards

• Hybrid working available
• Opportunity to work on cutting-edge, mission-critical technologies
• Inclusive and collaborative working environment

This role offers a chance to join a forward-thinking organisation delivering advanced engineering solutions in complex, high-impact sectors.