Project Lead

Rolls-Royce is hiring a Project Lead in Shanghai, China. Level rates it ; you can apply on Rolls-Royce.

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Little AI ●○○○ is how Level rates this role: aI is not part of the work.
Level classifies it as a lead role.
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Job Description

What you will be doing

Owns delivery of the assigned project or work package — defining scope, outputs and acceptance criteria and achieving the committed time, cost and quality position.

Maintains the integrated delivery plan — connecting activities, milestones, dependencies, resources and decision points.

Controls delivery and risk — keeping scope, schedule, cost, quality, change and decision records current, identifying deviation early and leading recovery or escalation.

Coordinates cross-functional contributors — clarifying ownership and resolving interfaces within the assigned scope.

Provides clear stakeholder insight — leading progress reviews and presenting concise status, forecasts, options and decisions required.

Connects project delivery to programme outcomes — managing dependencies and providing reliable information on progress, risk and contribution to benefits.

Applies and improves common project-management practice — sharing learning across the Portfolio Office between deployments.

Who we are looking for

Practical project-management experience delivering defined projects, work packages or workstreams within a wider programme, with evidence of achieving agreed delivery outcomes.

Working knowledge of scope, schedule, cost, quality, risk, change, governance, communications and project controls, applied through recognised project-management methods.

Strong organisation, analysis and stakeholder-coordination skills, with the judgement to identify issues early and distinguish between owned action and escalation.

An adaptable individual contributor who can move between assignments, build effective relationships quickly and maintain consistent professional standards across different project environments.

As part of our selection process, candidates in certain locations may be asked to complete an online assessment, which can include cognitive and behavioural aptitude testing relevant to the role. If required, full instructions for the next steps will be provided.

Job Category

Project Management

Posting Date

06 Nov 2026; 00:11

How we rate this

Project Lead at Rolls-Royce rates 37 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.