ERP Project Manager

Job Title\: ERP Project Manager

Location\: Warton - Hybrid, 3 days on site per week

Referral Scheme\: £1000

Grade\: E

You’re expected to have completed 12 months in role prior to applying for an advertised vacancy and you should also discuss the internal opportunity with your line manager to ensure sustained business continuity and to further support your career development.

We know there may be exceptional individual circumstances that impact this, in the first instance please discuss this with your line manager.

If you don’t feel you can talk to your line manager, you can contact your HRBP.

PLEASE NOTE\: Should you be invited for interview; you acknowledge that the Recruitment team will contact you and your line manager regarding your application for this opportunity.

Job Description\:

This role offers the opportunity to coordinated the delivery of impactful IT solutions that support the future of Air Sector operations and transformation. Working across a diverse portfolio of projects, you will collaborate with business stakeholders, technology teams and delivery partners to shape requirements, implement innovative digital capabilities and ensure successful project outcomes. From improving business processes to enabling new ways of working, your contribution will directly support the delivery of BAE Systems' IT strategy and broader business targets.

Operating within a high-profile and evolving environment, you will gain exposure to a wide range of technologies, programmes and stakeholders across the organisation. This opportunity provides excellent opportunities to develop project leadership, stakeholder management and digital transformation experience while helping deliver technology-enabled improvements that drive efficiency, innovation and long-term business value. You will play a key role in shaping future IT capabilities and supporting the continued success of BAE Systems.

Core duties\:

• Deliver IT-enabled projects from initiation to implementation, ensuring agreed scope, quality, budget and timescale goals are achieved
• Shape and support the Integrated Business Plan, translating business requirements into effective technology solutions
• Develop, maintain and track project plans, budgets, schedules and RAID logs, solution focused project mitigation risks
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, suppliers and technology teams to ensure seamless project integration and transition into Business-as-Usual support
• Provide clear project reporting and governance updates, enabling informed strategy-making and successful delivery of strategic IT targets

Essential Skills\:

• Demonstratable IT project management experience delivering technology solutions across multiple stakeholders, budgets and priorities
• Professional project management qualification, such as PRINCE2 or APM
• Considerable stakeholder management skills, with experience engaging senior leaders, suppliers and cross-functional teams
• Experience delivering Agile, Waterfall and hybrid projects, selecting appropriate methodologies to achieve successful outcomes
• Practical experience overseeing ERP-related projects, including business change, system implementation and operational integration activities

The Project Management Team\:

Supporting the delivery of strategic digital transformation across the Air Sector, this team enables the successful implementation of innovative technology solutions that improve business performance and future capabilities. Working across high-profile programmes, the team collaborates with stakeholders to shape IT strategy, drive operational excellence and deliver technology-enabled change that supports long-term business growth and success.

Why BAE Systems?

Here you’ll build a career with purpose and limitless possibilities. With lifelong learning and meaningful work, this is a place where you can grow your career with confidence and be empowered to be your best. You’ll be recognised for your contribution and enjoy rewards tailored to what’s most important to you and your family, support for your financial and personal wellbeing, as well as a balanced lifestyle. In an environment embracing sustainable ways of working and with a strong sense of shared purpose, our supportive culture is a place you can feel you belong and proud of the difference you make.

A place where everyone can thrive\:

We’re committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We know that a diversity of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences strengthens our teams and is vital to the work we do.

We welcome applications from all suitably qualified people, who are BAE Systems employees and have been in their current role for 12 months or longer.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.