Security Cleared Associate / Project Director: Digital Project Controls, Defence - Glasgow/ Bristol/ London
On-site · London, England, United Kingdom or Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Job Summary
Security Cleared Associate / Project Director: Digital Project Controls for Defence sector engagements across UK clients. Responsibilities include assessing client needs in complex Defence delivery environments, implementing/refining P3M methodologies and data structures to support governance and acquisition lifecycles, directing technology suppliers and digital-implementation teams within secure environments, embedding changes via stakeholder engagement and business readiness activities, delivering advisory outputs and client reports, and contributing to business development activities including bids and campaigns. The role expects strong relationship-building, analytical thinking, clear communication, and resilience, with SOX control responsibilities potentially part of the role. Applicants should be UK nationals with security clearance eligibility and possess graduate-level experience in project controls, P3M disciplines, and Defence sector exposure; professional certifications such as APM/PMI are advantageous.
Required Qualifications
- Graduate calibre with relevant industry experience
- Experience in the establishment or transformation of project ‘ways of working’ integrating P3M disciplines and/ or enterprise functions (e.g. project controls, commercial, delivery/ PM, finance, information management)
- Experience working within the UK Defence sector, including MoD organisations and/or Tier 1 suppliers, would be advantageous
- Understanding of Defence acquisition processes (e.g. CADMID/CADMIT), governance and assurance frameworks
- Experience working in secure or regulated environments
- Experience defining or refining project structures to integrate asset information, work, resource, schedule, cost and risk
- Experience translating client methodologies into supply chain requirements and contract scope
- Experience in the specification or implementation of project controls or P3M technology
- Experience of major capital programmes or large portfolios
- Familiarity with core project controls functions (scope, schedule, cost, risk, performance reporting)
- Experience of business capability establishment or change
- APM, PMI or similar certification or equivalent experience would be advantageous
Additional Requirements
- sole UK nationals and eligible to obtain Security Clearance (SC)
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