Project Manager

Overview

We are seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead and manage business change and transformation initiatives. The successful candidate will be responsible for the day-to-day delivery of defined projects, ensuring alignment with programme priorities and maintaining control over project scope, dependencies, and stakeholder commitments. This hybrid role involves working closely with Programme Managers and Business Analysts while preparing concise reports for senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

  • Mobilise projects and workstreams, confirming scope, outcomes, milestones, governance and acceptance criteria.
  • Create and maintain delivery plans, dependency maps, RAID logs, decision logs and action trackers.
  • Coordinate business, digital, operational, commercial and supplier activity as required.
  • Prepare concise reporting for programme boards and senior stakeholders, including clear paths to green.
  • Control scope and manage change requests, making cost, time, risk and outcome impacts explicit.
  • Track delivery against agreed milestones and intervene early where progress is at risk.
  • Manage stakeholder communications, workshops and decision points.
  • Embed proportionate project controls and coach colleagues in their use.

Requirements

  • Track record of delivering business-change, service-improvement or operational projects.
  • Experience operating within governance and assurance environments.
  • Ability to manage multiple stakeholders, dependencies and delivery partners.
  • Public-sector or local-government experience is desirable.
  • Relevant project delivery qualifications or equivalent experience are desirable.