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Project Engagement Lead

Employer
Peregrine
Location
Preston, UK
Salary
Salary 50000.00 null
Closing date
14 Apr 2023
Join us as a Project Engagement Lead with BAE Systems
(Preston, Farnborough - Hybrid. Senior Level)

About Capita
At Capita, we support clients across a range of sectors, including local Government, central Government, education, transport, health, life and pensions, insurance, and other private sector organisations. We support with expertise applied by the talent across our business in combination with technology, insight, and analytics to keep our clients ahead of change, sharper than competitors and more efficient than ever ??? and we always need new talent to help us achieve our goals.

Why Join BAE?
BAE Systems is one of the world???s leading global defence, security, and aerospace companies. We work at the cutting edge of technology, creating more than 100 new inventions every year for customers in over 100 countries.
 
If you???d like to make a real difference where it counts, BAE Systems is the place for you.
 
From keeping soldiers, sailors, and pilots safe to helping countries prosper, from developing the next generation of supersonic aircraft to investing in the next generation of super-smart talent ??? at BAE Systems, we work together to give our customers an essential edge in protecting the things that really matter. Lives, livelihoods, ways of life.
Join us and you???ll be encouraged and rewarded to excel in this important work. Apply your talent where it counts.

Project Engagement Lead:
Would you like to play a crucial role in linking project delivery teams and project stakeholders?
We currently have a vacancy for an Enterprise Project Engagement Lead, based at either Preston or Farnborough.
The purpose of this role is to provide a collaborative relationship between project delivery and the Enterprise. You will be acting as the main interface between project teams and project and strategy stakeholders to ensure that requirements are gathered and interpreted accurately and within agreed time scales whilst ensuring that the Enterprise stakeholder is provided with a valued service from the project organisation.
This role will provide you with the opportunity to liaise with a multitude of stakeholders and operate in a business facing role. Due to the nature of the role you will gain a great deal of exposure to our stakeholder so success in this role could lead to future opportunities either within the team or wider BAE Systems business.
Main Responsibilities:
You will have strong interpersonal and presentation skills to interface and interact with a wide range of team members and stakeholders within the business. The ability to operate independently will also be key to success within this role.
    Change Management Working with the business stakeholder to capture and mature EITS project planned pipeline (roadmaps) requests and unplanned requests. Assist the business in submitting these requests and maintaining data accuracy. Working with the business stakeholder and assist the assigned business analyst to ensure smooth and effective transfer of project requirements (CSF/BR) Working with the business stakeholder and assist the assigned business analyst to understand the business change impact of project requirements (Business change impact assessment) Working with the business to assist them in the creation of their business need and firming up the project request details (Formal BND)
 
    Request Management To provide a response to project requests in accordance with the process and agreed service level agreements, providing a Statement of Work (SoW), and working across project portfolios directly liaising with Portfolio Delivery Leads, Service Technical Authorities and Service Managers Working with the business stakeholder to ensure smooth and effective transfer of funding to progress Working with the project delivery resourcing team to ensure smooth and effective project mobilisation
 
    Stakeholder Management Communicate with the Business stakeholder keeping them up to date with progress of all projects related requests.  Including the management of project pipeline and the progression / prioritisation of inflight projects. To facilitate resolution of Project issues requiring Business Group input or decisions
Providing responses to project requests in accordance with the process and agreed SLA???s, providing a Statement of Work (SoW), and working across project portfolios directly liaising with Portfolio Delivery Leads, Service Technical Authorities and Service Managers. Collaborating with Business Groups and assigned business analysts to understand and capture future project pipeline in accordance with the planned / unplanned criteria. This includes translating enterprise roadmap into planned and unplanned work. Collaborates with Project Management Office on knowledge transfer and simplification of PM approaches across the business, and with all appropriate Portfolio Managers to present a consolidated report of project performance across the Business Group. Acting as first point of escalation for all relevant Business Group / BRM project escalations. Conducting Business Group Portfolio Delivery Reviews. Demonstrating successful delivery of agreed benefits (or that appropriate mechanisms are in place to track and realise benefits). Job Criteria:
    Good analytical and problem-solving skills including estimating Knowledge of project delivery methodologies (Life Cycle Management /ITIL) Well-developed communication and diplomacy skills with a strong ability to persuade and influence client and stakeholder relationships
      Competent understanding of financial and budgetary management concepts within a portfolio/project environment and creation of business cases
    Service Management experience.
All candidates must be based in and eligible to work in the UK.
Successful applicants will undergo SC vetting.
 

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