Job Description

Junior Project Manager (Defence)

UNLEASH YOUR POTENTIAL

We are seeking a motivated and developing Junior Project Manager to support the delivery of Defence programmes and projects within complex, regulated environments. This role is ideal for someone early in their project management career who is looking to build experience across the full project lifecycle while working alongside experienced Programme and Project Managers.

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The Junior Project Manager will support delivery activities across a portfolio of projects, contributing to planning, reporting, governance, and stakeholder engagement under the guidance of senior colleagues. You will gain exposure to Defence, Government, policing and intelligence domains while developing core project management capability.

Your Role and overview

You will support the day‑to‑day management of projects, change activity, and new business initiatives for a Government client. This is a full‑time, permanent role. Security clearance will be required and supported as part of the role.

You will work as part of a multi‑functional delivery team, helping to ensure projects are delivered in line with agreed scope, schedule, cost, and quality expectations. This role offers structured development, mentoring, and training in recognised project management methods and tools.

Your Role and Responsibilities

Under the direction of a Project or Programme Manager, you will:

• Support the planning and coordination of project activities to ensure delivery against agreed milestones

• Assist with maintaining project schedules, action logs, RAID logs, and project documentation

• Contribute to internal and external project reporting on a weekly and monthly basis

• Support coordination of internal teams and third‑party suppliers

• Assist with management of project scope, requirements, and acceptance criteria

• Support risk and issue management activities, escalating where appropriate

• Participate in customer meetings and briefings as a supporting team member

• Help maintain strong working relationships with clients and stakeholders

• Ensure project activities comply with governance, quality standards, and contractual obligations

• Contribute to lessons learned and continuous improvement activities

Skills, Experience and Attributes

We are looking for someone who demonstrates strong potential and a foundation in project management, including:

• Experience supporting projects or workstreams within a structured delivery environment

• Awareness of project delivery approaches such as Agile and Waterfall

• Strong organisational skills with attention to detail

• Good written and verbal communication skills

• Ability to work effectively within a multi‑disciplinary team

• A logical, analytical approach to problem solving

• Willingness to learn and develop core project management skills

Desirable (but not essential):

• Exposure to Defence, Government, or regulated environments

• Working towards or holding an entry‑level project management qualification (e.g. APM PFQ, Prince2 Foundation, Agile Foundation)

Location and Ways of Working

This role will be hybrid or at a Leidos facility, with travel to customer sites as required to Farnborough and Huntingdon. Training and mentoring will be provided on Leidos proprietary tools, processes, and delivery frameworks.

Clearance Requirements

This role will require attainment and maintenance of an appropriate level of UK security clearance. Applicants must be UK nationals.

Who We Are

Leidos UK & Europe works to make the world safer, healthier, and more efficient through technology, engineering and science. Our work in the UK spans Defence, healthcare, government, safety and security, and transportation.

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What we do for you:
At Leidos we are PASSIONATE about customer success, UNITED as a team and INSPIRED to make a difference. We offer meaningful and engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance.

We provide an employment package that attracts, develops and retains only the best in talent. Our reward scheme includes:
Contributory Pension Scheme
Private Medical Insurance
33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)
Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme)
Flexi-TIme

Commitment to Diversity:

We welcome applications from every part of the community and are committed to a truly diverse and inclusive culture. We foster a sense of belonging, welcoming all perspectives and contributions, and providing equal access to opportunities and resources for everyone. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please let us know, and we will respond in a way that best fits your needs.

Who We Are:

Leidos UK & EUROPE – we work to make the world safer, healthier, and more efficient through technology, engineering and science.

Leidos is a growing company delivering innovative technology and solutions focused on safeguarding critical capabilities and transformation in frontline services, our work in the United Kingdom includes addressing some of the most complex problems in defence, healthcare, government, safety and security, and transportation.

What Makes Us Different:

Purpose: you can use your passion and abilities at Leidos to keep the people you care about safe. We are at the forefront of machine learning, AI, cyber security and solutions. Using your skills in the technology frontline by helping to build a safer world. You can inspire change.

Collaboration: having flexibility to do your job is one of our core benefits, enabling you to become part of our extraordinary team. We have been empowering our people to work flexibly for years. Whether you work from home, the office or on customer sites, we will give you the digital tools and the flexibility to work smarter and align your needs and ours.

People: Leidos empowers people from every background to be themselves and gives you the tools to learn new skills by enabling growth whilst developing. We believe that extraordinary people need opportunities to grow, to be inspired and to inspire others. At Leidos, we invest in technical academies, career rotations and a career development plans that enhance your future.

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Original Posting:

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

£34,800.00-£43,500.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.