Project Manager, Advanced Development Program

Job Title: Project Manager, Advanced Development Program

Working Pattern: Fulltime

Working location: Indianapolis, IN

As the Project Manager for Advance Development, you will be working directly for the Program Manager. You will support the Technical Lead and their cross-functional team in the program management activity aligned with the sub-system.

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.

Rolls-Royce has been recognized as the top employer in the Engineering & Manufacturing category on the prestigious Forbes Top Employers for Engineers list for 2025. This ranking highlights our commitment to innovation, employee development, and fostering a collaborative environment where engineers can thrive.

Be part of a team that sets the industry standard and drives groundbreaking solutions.

At Rolls-Royce, we are committed to creating a workplace where all employees feel respected, supported, and empowered to do their best work. We foster a welcoming and innovative work environment that invests in you, giving you access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities where you can grow your career and make a difference.

Rolls-Royce is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any protected characteristics.

What you will be doing

With this attractive opportunity you will get a chance to:

• Develop and manage an integrated set of plans/schedules relevant to the accountabilities of the Technical Lead along with supporting IPT members in planning and prioritization of work. Support Master Scheduler in the integration of these plans at the Program level.
• Support IPT as the Subject Matter Expert for Earned Value, Risk and Change Management.  Provide program integration support to Program Business Manager.
• Responsible for Cost Account management within the IPT; identify and analyze significant actual or potential cost and/or schedule variances; and resolution of conflicts or concerns and integration of impacts into the Variance Analysis Reports (VARs).
• Manage risks and register associated with internal and external environments for the IPT in accordance with the Program’s Risk Management Plan.
• Support Technical Lead in the management of program change, such as adding, removing, or modifying workscope in accordance with the Program Management Plan.
• Lead, engage and develop proposal/contract mod activity for future work.

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.

Basic Requirements:

• Associate’s degree in a STEM related discipline and 7+ years of experience of CAM (Control Account Management), OR
• Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM related discipline and 5+ years of experience of CAM (Control Account Management), OR
• Master’s Degree in a STEM related discipline and 3+ years of CAM (Control Account Management), OR
• PhD, OR
• In lieu of a degree, 9+ years of experience of CAM (Control Account Management)
• In order to be eligible for consideration, you must be a U.S. Citizen

Preferred Requirements:

• Experience with project management, including ForProject and Microsoft Project
• Understanding of basic scheduling and earned value tools
• Experience with Excel, PowerBI and other data analytic tools
• PMP Certification

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.

For fully remote roles, employees can live in any state except Idaho, Nebraska, Nevada, Vermont, and Wyoming.

Relocation assistance is available for this position.

Closing date:  July 7, 2026

Project Management30 Jun 2026; 00:06$122,741 - $199,454-AnnuallyIndianapolis, IN

Benefits

Rolls-Royce provides a comprehensive and competitive Total Rewards package that includes base pay and a discretionary bonus plan. Eligible employees may have the opportunity to enroll in other benefits, including health, dental, vision, disability, life and accidental death & dismemberment insurance; a flexible spending account; a health savings account; a 401(k) retirement savings plan with a company match; Employee Assistance Program; Paid Time Off; certain paid holidays; paid parental and family care leave; tuition reimbursement; and a long-term incentive plan. The options available to an employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as date of hire, employment type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.