Principal Project Manager

Location: Derby or Newcastle

This is more than project management. It’s about influencing strategic outcomes, shaping capability across the business, and ensuring we deliver mission-critical projects with precision, accountability, and innovation.

You will play a pivotal role in managing and evolving a multi-project portfolio, supporting blue-chip defence clients and aligning delivery with AEIL’s wider growth objectives.

Your missions:

Programme & Project Management:

• Support efficient management of projects and PMO, resolving issues to improve overall delivery performance
• Lead project governance and programme performance reporting across safety, time, cost, quality and relationships while embedding innovation
• Contribute to approvals, budget planning, financial cycles and provide strategic advice to the Defence Programme Manager.
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