About the Role
Leidos UK & EUROPE are always on the lookout for talented individuals to join our company. Due to growth within UK programmes, we will need talented Project Managers throughout the course of 2026. If you have a full understanding of the principles of Project Management and prior experience as a Project Manager we would love to hear from you.
These roles will involve accepting and integrating deliveries from suppliers. Using your experience in Project Management, you will be responsible for working with customers and suppliers to execute project delivery activities across the full lifecycle.
Location: Future vacancies could be available in Bristol, Farnborough or Whiteley (Hampshire).
Responsibilities
Your primary responsibility will be to deliver work packages. Responsibilities will encompass service delivery to an operationally critical IT system, and your role will support maintenance of this system whilst owning deliveries of smaller work packages, and supporting bid work. The Project Manager role is a critical element to a larger technical programme, and some technical knowledge is desirable.
Working alongside a Service Delivery Manager and Programme Manager, the Project Manager is responsible to help deliver the strategic leadership of the project, as well as implementing standard project controls and management tasks. These roles will be strongly customer facing and as the Project Manager, you will be expected to have excellent written and stakeholder management skills.
•Management and control of small work packages; budget, procurement and finances
•Management of Risk, Assumptions and Dependencies
•Stakeholder engagement for mission critical relationships throughout the customer organisation
•Support to the Service Delivery Manager in day to day resource management
•Processing additional customer requests for support
•End to End Internal and External Reporting on a monthly and quarterly basis
•Attending weekly and quarterly customer briefings as a Leidos Representative
•Managing project scope creep, requirements and acceptance criteria
•Support to the Programme Manager, and working collaboratively with other Project Managers, the Commercial Manager and the Service Delivery Manager
What Does Leidos Need From Me
•Experience in planning and delivering tasks through engagement with technical colleagues and customers
•Knowledge of Scaled Agile is desirable, but not essential
•Experience in the use of PM tools, ideally including MSP, JIRA and You Track
•An understanding of the Management of Risk
•Commercial awareness of contracts (T&M, FFP etc), ATPs, and change requests
•Strong communication and interpersonal skills – both verbal and written
•Flexibility and agility in thought and daily working practices to accommodate customer direction
Requirements
•Clearance to Start: BPSS
•Clearance for Role: SC
•You must be willing to undergo SC or DV clearance dependent upon the security requirements for the role
What We Do For You
We offer meaningful and engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance. Our reward scheme includes:
•Contributory Pension Scheme
•Private Medical Insurance
•33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)
•Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme)
•Flexible Working
About Leidos
Leidos UK & EUROPE works to make the world safer, healthier, and more efficient through technology, engineering and science. Leidos is a growing company delivering innovative technology and solutions focused on safeguarding critical capabilities and transformation in frontline services. Our work in the United Kingdom includes addressing some of the most complex problems in defence, healthcare, government, safety and security, and transportation.
Pay Range: £44,700.00–£57,300.00. The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.
