Project Manager in Maidenhead

Company: Ultra Intelligence & Communications Cyber (UK) Business

Provide Decision Advantage to Mission Partners Around the World. Join us in our mission to provide the world’s military members with the latest, most customizable solutions and capabilities, enabling mission success anywhere around the globe. At Ultra Intelligence and Communications (I&C), we provide critical, tactical capabilities to enhance and accelerate decision‑making in the most challenging environments. By joining us, you will experience unrivaled opportunities for growth and innovation and be a part of a dynamic and diverse team that pushes boundaries and drives meaningful change in intelligence and communications.

Cyber Business

Our Cyber business unit is at the forefront of pioneering advanced cryptographic and key management solutions, facilitating the confidential exchange of vital information for customers operating at both tactical and strategic echelons. Join our team and participate in the innovation that ensures the highest security and trust worldwide.

Based at our Cyber Centre of Excellence in Maidenhead - hybrid working is available. At Ultra I&C’s Cyber business, we protect highly sensitive information, working with nations worldwide to help ensure their information is as secure as possible. Our engineers work on the most difficult cybersecurity challenges to protect our national security and critical infrastructure; we strive to protect what matters.

As project Manager, you will work with specialists from a range of engineering disciplines, providing project management expertise to deliver projects and bids on time, to budget and to the required standard. All applicants must be able to obtain and maintain the required level of security clearance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage multiple Projects ranging in size up to ~£10m
• Managing projects to meet the required financial and project constraints.
• Establishing, controlling and reporting project schedule & costs against an overall WBS & budget.
• Achieving acceptance of all elements of projects to schedule and cost.
• Accurately forecasting project cost, cash & resource demands.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Experienced in project management, specifically in setting up, running and successfully delivering projects, ideally in the defence electronics or other highly regulated sector.
• Experienced in managing and delivering multi‑disciplined projects in a matrix structure.
• Experience in a customer‑facing environment.
• Proficient in MS Office including MS Project.
• Possesses a Project Management qualification (preferred).
• Excellent general written and verbal communications skills.
• Willing to undergo, and are able to achieve and maintain, SC and/or DV security clearance.

Our Benefits:

• Annual Bonus
• Private Medical Cover
• 25 days’ holiday with the option to buy an extra 5
• Pension Contribution
• 4 x Life Assurance Cover
• Flexible working hours with a 1pm finish on a Friday
• Flexible benefits including cycle to work scheme, will writing and more
• Monthly Security Clearance Allowance - Subject to you holding the required security clearance.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Statement:

At Ultra I&C, we are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity and inclusivity. Underpinned by our values, behaviours, and policies, we want you to feel empowered to be the best version of yourself. We also believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures will increase our diversity of thinking, ensuring we successfully deliver to our customers. We, therefore, do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We also support requests for flexible working arrangements wherever possible.