Project Manager - Bid Focussed

About the job

Bristol

Job Title: Project Manager – Bid Focussed

Salary: Circa £45,000 - £58,000 depending on experience 

Location: Stevenage or Bristol

Dynamic (hybrid) working: 2 - 3 days per week on-site due to workload classification

Security Clearance: British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship

Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), which are managed by the MBDA Personnel Security Team.

The opportunity:

Join us as a Business & Project Management with a focus on delivering innovative and compelling and deliverable business winning propositions.

You will work collaboratively with other MBDA Stakeholders including Sales & Business Development, Programmes, Technical and Finance. As well as ensuring excellence in each individual bid, the role plays a critical part in the long-term product business cases, product route maps and the product investment plans.

What we're looking for from you:

• The ability to form innovative solutions to challenging problems within short timescales
• Excellent judgement and stakeholder influencing skills
• A good understanding of the key bidding considerations across a number of stakeholders
• Experience in project management, contract acquisition and business delivery.
• Excellent stakeholder management, both internally and externally
• Ideally knowledge of the defence sector
• The ability to problem solve issues in real time an in an ambiguous environment
• Direct experience either managing or writing bids of a technical nature; preferably in the context of engineering development work
• Key activity strands include:
• Optimising a portfolio of concurrent and future bidding activities
• Delivering Product Business Cases to maximise probability of success for bidding campaigns
• Contributing to the Product Line strategy through the road-map and investment strategy
• Championing business winning best practices and approaches
• Responded to Customer changing requirements

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Our company:

MBDA is a leading defence organisation.  We are proud of the role we play in supporting the Armed Forces who protect our nations. We partner with governments to work together towards a common goal, defending our freedom.

What we can offer you:

• Company bonus: Up to £2,500 (based on company performance and will vary year to year)
• Pension: maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%
• Overtime: opportunity for paid overtime
• Flexi Leave: Up to 15 additional days
• Enhanced parental leave: offers up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave. Enhancements are available for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments.
• Facilities: Fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals, free car parking and much more…
• Training and Development: Excellent career progression, training and career development opportunities

Our Business:

We respect new perspectives and experiences, and we value our collaborative ways of working. We are committed to growing and supporting diversity in our workforce and ensuring everyone has an equal opportunity to reach their potential.   MBDA is proud of our employee-led networks, examples include: Gender Equality, Pride, Menopause Matters, Parents and Carers, Armed Forces, Ethnic Diversity, Neurodiversity and more…

We recognise that everyone is unique, and we encourage you to speak to us should you require any advice, support or adjustments throughout our recruitment process. We also welcome applicants who are looking for flexible working arrangements.

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