Senior Project Manager

Overview

We are seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead a transformative project focused on Planning & Scheduling for a major global organization. In this 12-month hybrid contract role, the Project Manager will coordinate across multiple business, operational, data, and technology teams, ensuring successful delivery while engaging with various stakeholders across the globe. The primary goal is to streamline and automate the planning and scheduling processes for an internationally skilled workforce.

Responsibilities

  • Own the end-to-end project plan, milestones, and critical path.
  • Lead the Planning & Scheduling transformation through discovery, design, and implementation.
  • Establish strong governance, reporting, and delivery cadence.
  • Coordinate SMEs and stakeholders across multiple functions and geographies.
  • Drive discovery, requirements, and data-gathering activities.
  • Manage risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies.
  • Provide transparent reporting to senior leadership and SteerCo.
  • Support testing, implementation, and business readiness.

Requirements

  • Strong end-to-end Project Management experience.
  • Proven delivery of complex business and/or technology transformations.
  • Experience in planning, scheduling, workforce management, or resource optimisation is advantageous.
  • Strong data-led delivery capability.
  • Experience with process and operating model transformation.
  • Excellent governance and RAID management skills.
  • Strong senior stakeholder and SteerCo exposure.
  • Ability to coordinate multiple SMEs and functional teams.