Agile Project Manager

Job Title:      Agile Project Manager

Location:      London, Vauxhall 

Package:      Highly Competitive Salary + Benefits Package

Role Type:    Full-time / Permanent
Role ID:        SF17175

Be part of the QinetiQ journey. Join us as an Agile Project Manager at our Vauxhall site where you will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology and many of the industry’s most brilliant minds.

This role sits within our Vivace brand working in partnership with government bodies such as the Home Office withing the Accelerated Capability Environment (ACE). ACE solves rapidly-changing digital challenges facing law enforcement and national security agencies. Bringing together expertise from industry and academia to innovate collaboratively and create mission impact at pace – typically weeks and months, rather than the months and years typical of large delivery programmes.

The Role

As an Agile Project Manager, you will have a role that is out of the ordinary. You will be working in a critical, challenging and interesting role delivering high-profile, important projects to a range of customers. You will be using your expertise and knowledge to realise our strategic ambition to be a scalable and sustainable mission-oriented innovation partner.

Day-to-day, you will:

• Work in collaboration with Technical Project Managers and Technical assurers being responsible for all aspects of quality in the commissioned projects.
• Collaborate closely with Product Owners and Commission sponsors while leading multi-disciplinary delivery teams.
• Delivery across the spectrum of multiple, concurrent, small and larger multi million pound deliveries. These can range from research, to the delivery of better versions of working systems addressing customer’s problems.
• Have full responsibility for the delivery of the project outputs while maintaining forecasts both financial and the resource demand for sales and delivery.

This role is a full-time position based at our Vauxhall site with 2-3 days a week on-site.

Essential experience of the Agile Project Manager:

• Extensive application of an Agile Methodology in delivery.
• Previous experience of Stakeholder Management and directing third party vendors and contractors to support delivery.
• Previous experience articulating complex digital, data and technology challenges to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience delivering a number of complex projects for multiple customers using Scrum and DevOps tooling to support effective delivery.

Qualifications for the Agile Project Manager:

• Degree level qualifications or equivalent demonstrable experience.

Please note that all applicants must hold, or be able to achieve for Security Clearance as a minimum.

UKSV National Security Vetting Solution: guidance for applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Our Benefits

• Adaptive and flexible working
• Generous holiday allowance
• Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance, and Dental Insurance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Employee discount portal
• Holiday Trading
• Support for the Armed Forces community
• Payroll Giving and Volunteering

Our volunteering programme enables our people to use their professional skills to make a positive difference in our local communities, for example STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) ambassador days in schools. We support a number of charities that are important to our people, including those which help the defence community.

Why Join QinetiQ?

As we continue to grow into new markets around the world, there’s never been a more exciting time to join QinetiQ. The formula for success is our appetite for innovation and having the courage to take on a wide variety of complex challenges.

You’ll experience a unique working environment where teams from different backgrounds, disciplines and experience enjoy collaborating widely and openly as we undertake this exciting and rewarding journey. Through effective teamwork, and pulling together, you’ll get to experience what happens when we all share different perspectives, blend disciplines, and link technologies; constantly discovering new ways of solving complex problems in a diverse and inclusive environment where you can be authentic, feel valued and realise your full potential. Visit our website to read more about our diverse and inclusive workplace culture.

About QinetiQ

As a company of thousands of dedicated professionals, we are a world-centre of excellence in research and development and act as a catalyst for fast-track innovation, offering outstanding experimentation facilities, and technical, engineering and scientific expertise. QinetiQ is made up of dedicated experts in defence, aerospace, security and related markets, all working together to explore new ways of protecting what matters most. Being part of QinetiQ means being central to the safety and security of the world around us. Partnering with our customers, we help to save lives; reduce risks to society; and maintain the global infrastructure on which we all depend. Come and find out how you can play a role.

Security

Please note that many roles in QinetiQ are subject to national security vetting. Applicants who already hold the appropriate level of vetting may be able to transfer it upon appointment, subject to approval. A number of roles are also subject to restrictions on access to information, which mean factors such as nationality, previous nationalities held and the country in which you were born may affect the roles that you can be employed in.

Application Guidance
If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please contact your regional recruiting team in strictest confidence. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.