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$167k per year
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In office (Plymouth)
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Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 1, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 30, 2026. Matchtech scores A on the Alion truth index.
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Matchtech is a UK engineering and technology recruitment agency headquartered in Whiteley near Fareham, Hampshire, placing contract, temporary and permanent staff with clients. Founded in 1984, it covers aerospace, automotive, maritime, defence and security, energy, highways, rail, water and utilities, construction and technology, and also offers managed service, RPO and recruit-train-deploy programmes for employers such as BAE Systems, Leonardo and NATS. Its vacancies, posted on behalf of clients, include civil, mechanical, process and EICA engineers, CAD technicians, software developers, project managers and site staff across the UK.
Senior Project Sponsor / Project Manager - Defence Infrastructure
Overview
We're recruiting for an experienced Senior Project Sponsor to support major infrastructure delivery within a complex defence environment. You'll sit at the centre of a large multi-stakeholder programme, working with delivery partners and approvals authorities to drive outcomes against agreed Performance, Cost and Time (PCT) objectives, applying a strong systems-led approach.
- Location: HMNB Devonport, Plymouth (3 days/week onsite)
Responsibilities
- Project objective setting & requirements management: own requirements across the lifecycle (infrastructure requirements, functional requirements, success criteria)
- Stakeholder management: identify, analyse, engage and align internal/external stakeholders and SMEs; capture requirements and secure commitment
- Thought leadership: protect benefits; act as a critical friend to the Project Manager through support and constructive challenge; ensure the team is set up for success and properly resourced
- Governance: establish and apply effective governance and enable timely decision-making and control
- Performance reporting: review and report performance to leadership teams for assurance, challenge and support
Essential experience
- Strong infrastructure delivery background
- Good understanding of requirements management
- Complex product/project delivery experience
- Experience supporting organisational design development
- Confident working with approvals authorities and other government departments (e.g. Cabinet Office, HMT)
- Excellent stakeholder management skills (able to align competing interests)
- Experience developing/applying governance to projects or change initiatives
Desirable
- Infrastructure or equipment project delivery experience
- Experience in integrated teams with mixed workforces (civilian/military/contractors)
- Strong Microsoft 365 capability
- APM qualification (APMQ or equivalent) or qualified by experience
- Technical degree (ideally)
- INCOSE membership
- Engineering background beneficial
- PLP (Project Leadership Programme)
- Awareness of NEC4
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