P3M Principal Consultant

Frazer-Nash helps organisations deliver innovative systems, engineering, and technology solutions to make lives safe, secure, sustainable, and affordable.
Due to our growth, we are seeking 2 experienced Senior Defence Leaders with either Maritime or Aerospace experience to join our team as a Principal Consultant and to drive delivery of complex, high-value programmes for our strategic defence clients. This is a rare opportunity to join Frazer-Nash at a critical time in the evolving defence landscape, combining innovation, and operational delivery.
The ideal candidate will bring demonstrated experience in building stakeholder confidence at the highest levels, delivering critical capability, and leading effective teams in changing and complex environments.
This role will include:
Support of business development activities in conjunction with Business Managers
Responsible for developing services and a market presence that supports the company's strategy
Responsible for managing bids, including directing work on bids undertaken by technical staff at all levels within bid / project teams
Management of large and/or complex projects across your defence domain sector
Providing engineering knowledge and leadership across the team, including defining engineering strategies for live projects and identified opportunities, and providing support to junior engineers
Essential Experience
You are a visionary and delivery-focused individual with extensive experience and sector knowledge across defence aerospace or maritime, effective stakeholder engagement skills, including influence at executive level.
Air programmes and environments such as GCAP, Typhoon, P-8
Uncrewed air systems (UAS) and advanced autonomous technologies
Submarine programmes such as Dreadnought or SSNA
Exposure to ship/air integration or maritime aviation operations
Background in high-pressure operational delivery environments
Working with major UK defence OEMs
Experience shaping defence policy, strategy, or capability planning
Why Join
This role offers the opportunity to operate in a highly advanced area of defence aerospace, leading programmes that directly shape future capability. You will work alongside senior leaders across government, industry, and international partners, with the chance to make a real contribution.
Due to the nature of the work that Frazer-Nash Consultancy undertake, candidates will be required to undergo pre-employment screening and must be able to satisfy clearance criteria for UK National Security Vetting.

Working Pattern: We operate a flexible hybrid working pattern at Frazer-Nash, with time split between the office, client sites and working from home., We provide our people with an excellent benefit and offering package that comprises:
Competitive salary with yearly reviews
25 days holiday + the opportunity to buy 5 days.
A company that has its heart in the right place and a welcoming work culture
Happy to talk flexible working
Enhanced parental benefits
Company pension scheme
Targeted professional development
Life assurance
Private healthcare membership
Bonus scheme linked into company performance
Paid membership fees to a professional institution
Support in attaining professional membership
Cycle to work scheme
Season rail ticket loan
And further optional benefits you can tailor to your personal requirements