IT Project Manager - Submarines

Job Title: IT Project Manager - Submarines

Working Pattern: Full time / Permanent

Working Location: Derby / Hybrid

At Rolls-Royce we have an exciting opportunity for an IT Project Manager - Submarines to join our team in Derby.

As an IT Project Manager – Submarines, you will play a key role in delivering innovative technology solutions that power the Royal Navy’s world class submarine fleet. You will lead diverse teams, driving projects that make a real impact on performance, safety and digital transformation. This is your opportunity to contribute to pioneering projects that drive innovation that shape the future of Rolls – Royce

Why Rolls-Royce?

Rolls-Royce is one of the most enduring and iconic brands in the world and has been at the forefront of innovation for over a century. We design, build and service systems that provide critical power to customers where safety and reliability are paramount.

We are proud to be a force for progress, powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere.

We want to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that has shaped our history continues into our future and we need people like you to come and join us on this journey.

We’ll provide an environment of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. An inclusive, innovative culture that invests in you, gives you access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities where you can grow your career and make a difference.

What we offer

We offer excellent development opportunities, a competitive salary, and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.

Your needs are as unique as you are. Hybrid working is a way in which our people can balance their time between the office, home, or another remote location.  It’s a locally managed and flexed informal discretionary arrangement.  As a minimum we’re all expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons, on average three days per week.

What you will be doing

At Rolls-Royce we embrace agility, are bold, pursue collaboration and seek simplicity in everything we do.  These principles form our values and behaviours and are an essential component of our assessment process and are fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles

• Accountable for accepting the project definitions scope requirements from the Business Partner to convert into and mobilise a project.
• Plan, organize, coordinate and lead the project team, taking appropriate action where team performance deviate.             
• Monitors and controls resources, revenue and capital costs against the project budget and manages expectations of all stakeholders
• Manages escalations with stakeholders both internally and with any Supply Chain Supplier/Vendors. 

Who we’re looking for:

At Rolls-Royce we put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple and make a difference. These principles form the behaviours that guide us and are an essential component of our assessment process. They are the fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.

• Degree qualified or equivalent experience in a relevant discipline, with chartered status preferred.  Recognised Project Management qualification (e.g. PRINCE2, APM, Agile).
• Demonstrated project leadership in delivering a range and variety of complex technical and/or professional work activities/projects using structured programme methodologies covering technical, financial and quality aspects and ideally involving business transformations.
• Proven ability to plan, schedule and monitor work to meet time and quality targets.
• Experience of leading and working in a global business environment and managing distributed teams, selecting appropriately from applicable standards, methods, tools and applications.
• Ability to communicate effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Maintains an awareness of developing technologies and their application and takes some responsibility for driving own development.
• Five (5) years of Proficiency in Waterfall Project Management methodologies and familiarity with  ITIL frameworks

We are an equal opportunities employer. We’re committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives which are crucial to innovation and problem solving. We believe the more diverse perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of caring and belonging, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.

You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy at Our people | Rolls-Royce

To work for the Rolls-Royce Submarines business an individual has to hold a Security Check clearance.  Rolls-Royce will support the application for Security Clearance if you do not currently already have this in place.  Due to the nature of work the business conducts and the protection of certain assets we can only progress applications from individuals who are a UK national or, in MoD approved cases, a dual national.

Closing date: 20th November 2025

Grade : Level C

For any further information please contact [email protected]