Project Manager

About us:

One team. Global challenges. Infinite opportunities. At Viasat, we’re on a mission to deliver connections with the capacity to change the world. For more than 35 years, Viasat has helped shape how consumers, businesses, governments and militaries around the globe communicate. We’re looking for people who think big, act fearlessly, and create an inclusive environment that drives positive impact to join our team.

What you'll do:

At Viasat UK our team provides industry leading, government approved Data at Rest encryption solutions to government and defence organisations, globally. Our capability extends into multiple systems and platforms within a myriad of domains, providing versatile projects and exciting opportunities.

As a results driven Project Manager reporting to the Programme Director, you be responsible for delivering projects through their full lifecycle to time, cost and quality. Managing a multi-disciplinary engineering team and co-ordinating a multi-functional delivery team, you will utilise your excellent communication and organisational skills to ensure the team fully understands their outcomes and objectives whilst fostering collaborative relationships to develop customer intimacy to drive growth and manage change

The day-to-day:

Project reporting, including scheduling, financial reporting, budgeting and risk management

Stakeholder management (Internal and External)

Cross-departmental working

Matrix Management of multi-disciplinary delivery teams

Internal Progress Meetings

Customer Progress Meetings (Teams and F2F)

Effort estimating

Scheduling

Resource

Time Management System

RAID Identification and Management

Change Control

Compilation of whitepapers, bids, and proposals with content, cost, and scheduling information

What you'll need:

3-5 years of experience in project Management in a technical environment

Qualified to APMP/Prince 2 Practitioner (or equivalent)

UK national and able to achieve DV clearance

The role requires you to be on-site in our Farnborough location for a minimum of 3 days per week

Strong working knowledge of common project management methodologies

What will help you on the job:

Strong relationship builder

Knowledge of project delivery to MoD and /or secure communications

Good working knowledge of MS Office, including MS Project