Senior Project Manager

As a Senior Project Manager, you will lead the successful delivery of complex, high-value projects and programmes, working independently or as part of a wider programme leadership team. You will provide senior-level project management expertise across multiple (and potentially concurrent) initiatives and will act as a trusted advisor to clients and internal stakeholders.

You will be a proactive, self-motivated leader with a strong delivery mindset, capable of managing ambiguity, influencing at senior levels, and mentoring others within the project and programme team.

Responsibilities

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• Take full ownership for the end-to-end delivery of projects to agreed time, cost, quality, and scope, proactively managing risk, dependencies, and
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• delivery outcomes
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• Lead complex projects and/or larger programmes, ensuring alignment with client strategic objectives, contractual commitments, and statements of work
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• Define, implement, and maintain project quality management approaches, ensuring deliverables meet agreed standards and client expectations
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• Develop, maintain, and actively manage detailed Project Plans, ensuring milestones, dependencies, deliverables, and quality checkpoints are clearly defined and tracked
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• Monitor and control budgets, schedules, resources, and quality performance metrics, escalating risks, issues appropriately
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• Act as the primary point of contact for senior client sponsors, business leaders, delivery teams, and third-party suppliers
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• Build strong, trusted relationships and manage stakeholder expectations at all levels, with a clear focus on quality outcomes and value realisation
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• Provide clear, concise, and timely status reporting to senior stakeholders and governance forums
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• Establish and operate robust project governance, ensuring compliance with agreed delivery frameworks, quality standards, and assurance processes
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• Ensure accurate and timely preparation and publication of weekly and ad-hoc progress reports, highlighting progress, successes, risks and remediation plans
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• Act as a senior interface between business stakeholders and delivery (including technical) teams to ensure requirements are clearly understood, implemented, and validated
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• Oversee the definition, documentation, and agreement of Acceptance Criteria, quality thresholds, and success measures prior to go-live
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• Lead or support UAT and other validation activities, ensuring defects are prioritised, resolved, and verified prior to release
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• Drive post-delivery reviews and lessons learned, embedding continuous improvement into future projects and programmes
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• Support and mentor Project Managers and team members, promoting best practice in project delivery, governance, and quality management
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• Contribute to the continuous improvement of project delivery standards, tools, methodologies, and quality assurance frameworks
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Principal Accountabilities

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• Successful delivery of projects to agreed time, cost, and quality standards
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• Ownership and management of key project artefacts (PID, project plans, reports, RAID etc)
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• Effective governance, stakeholder engagement, and communication
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• Accurate resource and dependency management
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Requirements

Knowledge and Experience

Essential:

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• Experience in Utilities, Telecoms, or Financial Services
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• Proven experience delivering complex projects as a Senior Project Manager
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• Formal Project Management accreditation (e.g. AgilePM, PRINCE2)
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• Strong leadership, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
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• Extensive stakeholder management experience, including senior client-facing roles
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• Consultancy or professional services background
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• Strong planning, governance, and documentation skills (e.g. MSP, programme environments)
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Desirable :

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• PMO or programme-level experience
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• Coaching and mentoring experience
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• Business Analysis skills
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Personal Profile:

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• Exceptional focus on delivery and outcomes
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• Confident, credible leader with the ability to influence at all levels
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• Highly adaptable with the ability to learn and apply new concepts quickly
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• Collaborative team player with a flexible, pragmatic approach
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• Comfortable operating in complex, fast-moving environments
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