Job Description

Your Impact:

The Mission systems business area is hiring a Lead Project Manager to lead the Counted Uncrewed Air System (CUAS) & CUAS and Advanced EO Sensors Project Team (IPT)

• Key leadership of a cross-functional team with diverse deliverables spanning both the business winning and project delivery aspects. Demonstrating and leading by example on behaviours, skills and competencies expected of a lead PM.

• Lead and support key customer presentations, engagement and negotiations on behalf of the business

• Ability to consolidate complex customer, functional and technical dependencies into a consistent and informed project set of deliverables and outcomes

• Work closely with BA VP, Campaign Director & LoB CTO to drive long term objectives on this critical project and campaign area

• Establish, develop and maintain relationships with Customer and Suppliers throughout the entire lifecycle of the Project, aligned to the internal Leonardo functions

• Promote a culture of excellence in delivery, best practice implementation and knowledge exploitation within the IPT.

• Build and manage relationships with internal/ external stakeholders to ensure all projects & bids are prepared, managed and reviewed appropriately and in line with Leonardo policies and standard.

• Conduct effective Risk and Opportunity Management, ensuring that all risks and opportunities are recorded, managed and tracked to closure. Where mitigation activities are required, ensure that adequate support is provided to ensure they are undertaken.

• Establish clear success criteria/objectives for each member of the IPT and for the IPT as a whole, identify and manage the dependencies between IPT members.

• Establish the tailored Lifecycle Management framework (Project Plans, WBS, OBS and Cost/Control Accounts) that governs the operation of the IPT

• Co-coordinating the activities of the IPT by establishing appropriate communication mechanisms, encompassing both meetings and reporting requirements.

• Work with Work Package Management owners for the IPT, understanding the specific resource profiles and report into the value stream lead critical dependencies between APS projects

• Ensure team size and capability mix is optimised for successful delivery of all work packages

• Ensure compliance with contractual obligations and the achievement of the Project's economic-financial objectives, ensuring maximum value creation throughout the entire lifecycle of the Project within the contractual constraints/commitments agreed with the Customer.

• Monitoring and Control of all activities and costs, defining and implementing corrective (or "recovery") actions required to tackle any deviations from the planned activities. Ownership of ETC and Forecast forward load activities

What You'll Bring:

• Typically degree qualified in a business or engineering related discipline is preferable

• Typically meets the requirements for registration as a full member of the Association for Project Managers (APM) or equivalent

• Ability to influence and motivate project teams (direct/indirect management).

• Demonstrated experience in a similar level Project Management role or discipline working with complex cross-functional teams

• Project management experience in early phases of the project execution lifecycle, including Business Winning Phases, across several projects or programmes of medium complexity, involving both engineering and manufacturing.

• Experience or awareness of related functions such as Commercial, Procurement, Quality Assurance

• Applies professional concepts in creative ways.

Security Clearance

This role is subject to pre-employment screening in line with the UK Government’s Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). An additional range of Personnel Security Controls referred to as National Security Vetting (NSV) may apply, this could include meeting the eligibility requirements for The Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV). For more information and guidance please visit: https://careers.uk.leonardo.com/gb/en/security-and-vetting

Why join us

At Leonardo, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We offer a comprehensive, company-funded benefits package that supports your wellbeing, career development, and work–life balance. Whether you're looking to grow professionally, care for your health, or plan for the future, we’re here to help you thrive.

• Time to Recharge: Enjoy generous leave with the opportunity to accrue up to 12 additional flexi-days each year.

• Secure your Future: Benefit from our award-winning pension scheme with up to 15% employer contribution.

• Your Wellbeing Matters: Free access to mental health support, financial advice, and employee-led networks championing inclusion and diversity (Enable, Pride, Equalise, Armed Forces, Carers, Wellbeing and Ethnicity).

• Rewarding Performance All employees at management level and below are eligible for our bonus scheme.

• Never Stop Learning Free access to 4,000+ online courses via Coursera and LinkedIn Learning.

• Refer a friend: Receive a financial reward through our referral programme.

• Tailored Perks Spend up to £500 annually on flexible benefits including private healthcare, dental, family cover, tech & lifestyle discounts, gym memberships and more.

• Flexible working: Flexible hours with hybrid working options. For part time opportunities, please talk to us about what might be possible for this role.

For a full list of our company benefits please visit our website.

Leonardo is a global leader in Aerospace, Defence, and Security. Headquartered in Italy, we employ over 53,000 people worldwide including 8,500 across 9 sites in the UK. Our employees are not just part of a team—they are key contributors to shaping innovation, advancing technology, and enhancing global safety. 8

Company Internal

At Leonardo we are committed to building an inclusive, accessible, and welcoming workplace. We believe that a diverse workforce sparks creativity, drives innovation, and leads to better outcomes for our people and our customers. If you have any accessibility requirements to support you during the recruitment process, just let us know.

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Primary Location:

GB - Basildon

Contract Type:

Permanent

Hybrid Working:

Hybrid