Junior Project Manager

SiXworks are currently delivering world class projects using the latest and greatest technology and techniques.
We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic Junior Project Manager to join our dedicated delivery team.
You will play a vital role in shaping some of our exciting projects where everyone has a voice, and together we face our clients' problems head-on.
As a Junior Project Manager, you will play a crucial role in delivering real value for our customers, managing projects through there life cycles and ensuring successful outcomes.
You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, vendors, and business resources to ensure successful project delivery.
If you’re passionate about delivering capability and contributing to project success, we’d love to hear from you!
This role is base in Farnborough Hampshire, with the expectation of 4 days a week on site in the SiXworks office.
You will need a focus on people and be comfortable embracing our values, standards and our ways of working:
· Delivery focus - Providing benefit through iterative delivery.
· Teamwork - Enthusiasm to work cooperatively and supportively with others.
· Communication - Based on high emotional intelligence, able to listen and question effectively, with concise verbal and written communication skills and effective questioning/listening skills. Able to communicate with confidence at all levels.
· Flexibility - Willing to deliver on a broad range of tasks from providing advice on improving client’s delivery to ‘rolling up your sleeves’ to assist the team and customer in delivery.
· Customer focus - Keen to deliver a high level of customer value.
· Achievement - Looks to exceed customer aspirations, work to goals and manages obstacles. Energy, pride and determination in meeting targets and overcoming challenges.
· Initiative - Ability to analyse situations; decompose work into key tasks and activities; find the elusive solution.
· Development - Not willing to stand still. Wants to continually develop new skills and undertake personal training.
· Integrity - Promote a high professional standard at all times.
Responsibilities:
Project management- The ability to support all aspects of project delivery, including forecasting, change management and risk management.
Oversee deliverables from cross-functional teams, vendors, and business resources.
Foster open communication across teams to identify cross-team development dependencies and risks early on.
Experience of working in a project delivery environment with a sound understanding of Requirements, Risk, planning, communication and stakeholder management.
Problem solving- The ability to identify problems collaboratively and develop actions/solutions, communicating both to key stakeholders and presenting information through reports, dashboards and slides as appropriate. .
Market experience working within the UK Defence & Security sector is advantageous.
Qualifications:
Background in one or more of the following: PMO, planning, customer relationship management, risk management or reporting.
Relevant certifications (e.g., APMP, Prince2, Agile Certification)
1-2 years Experience of project management
Familiarity with waterfall and Agile methodologies.
Clearance Requirement:
· Sole UK National
Eligible for SC (ideally, willing to obtain DV immediately
About SiXworks
SiXworks is a leading provider of secure digital solutions, specialising in digital experimentation and focused on fail-safe-fast cutting-edge technology solutions deployed in highly secure environments.
We are unified in our mission to accelerate innovation and adoption of secure, digital technology to improve the operational agility of Defence and National Security.
This is an exciting time for us, we have ambitious plans for continued growth and development, and we are seeking to add brilliant, experienced, motivated, and passionate people to our team to work with us on this journey.
Why join SiXworks?
Our team is a fusion of brilliance, featuring senior operational, technical, and business leaders from various industries and the armed forces. We're also powered by a league of extraordinary IT engineers, architects, developers, and project managers. Together, we're an unstoppable force of digital innovation!
SiXworks’ expertise includes Secure-by-Design, cloud computing, advanced network and infrastructure design, rapid application development, cross-security domain systems, multi-tenanted High-Performance Compute, multi-source data platforms, cyber vulnerability mitigation, and intelligence systems. We provide supplier-agnostic, technical, and business consultancy to customers while championing open-source and best-of-breed technologies.
What can we offer in return?
SiXworks offers a unique work culture around our core principles Agility, Security, Innovation, Quality, Collaboration and Inclusivity. Together, these six principles form SiXworks' NORTH STAR, guiding the organisation towards success. This is reflected in the raft of benefits available to all our employees.
In addition to a competitive salary, we offer:

• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays.
  
• Private Medical Insurance.
  
• Life Assurance Scheme
  
• Contributory pension scheme
  
• Professional Development opportunities.
  
• Cycle to Work scheme.
  
• Perks at Work scheme.
  
• Contributory company pension.
  
• Discretionary Bonus scheme.
  
• Secure, on-site parking, cafe, restaurant, and gym facilities.
  
• Casual dress.
  
• Free hot and cold drinks in our own, modern kitchen/break-out.
  A word on UK Security Clearance
  Due to the secure nature of the position and working environment, you must have, or be eligible to obtain Security Clearance.
  More details relating to UK Security Clearance can be found here:
  United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels
  SiXworks is an IBM subsidiary which has been acquired by IBM and will be integrated into the IBM organisation. SiXworks will be the hiring entity. By proceeding with this application, you understand that SiXworks will share your personal information with other IBM subsidiaries involved in your recruitment process, wherever these are located. More Information on how IBM protects your personal information, including the safeguards in case of cross-border data transfer
  What to do next?
  If you are interested in the above, please apply using the link provided.
  Notice
  SiXworks recognises the benefits of Reserve service to Country, Company and individual.
  We support Reservists and actively encourage them to apply.
  We are not considering submissions from agencies