Senior Project Manager

What you will do as a Senior Project Manager: Core Responsibilities

• Effectively lead, plan and manage complex projects from ideation through to delivery. 

• Develop and own project plans including significant milestones and deliverables ensuring resource availability and allocation. Resolving issues as they arise or getting ahead of them with mitigation  

• Manage multiple complex projects concurrently, with a wide range of project stakeholders.   

• Drive alignment by communicating project status, milestones and deliverables to project stakeholders distilling complexity into simple and concise updates with regular transparency provided to all stakeholders.  

• Manage changes to the project scope, project plan and project costs using the appropriate project management approach and in a timely manner. 

• Proactively manage expectations of project stakeholders through understanding the different needs of stakeholders based on their role and influence on the project.  

• Responsible for influencing the overall project strategies and their impact on P&T. 

• Actively manage project risks through a transparent communication style and a promotion of trust and competency. Putting mitigation actions in place to minimise risk. 

• Maintain the internal project management tool. 

 

Strategic Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams within P&T and the wider business, building and maintaining consensus on the project plan and approach through the project to deliver quality outcomes in line with the plan. 

• Support and contribute to the project intake process from ideation through to planning and delivery. 

• Foster trust, openness and collaborative relationships with your colleagues. 

• Support junior members of the team through coaching and mentoring. 

• Champion and lead Continuous improvement in our ways of working and in our intake and project management processes. 

 

What you’ll bring to the team: • 10+ years’ project management experience, ideally within a technology/software environment.

• Extensive experience leading multiple complex technology projects end-to-end, working across Product, Engineering and wider business teams. Proven experience managing project plans, scope, dependencies, risks, resources and budgets, while influencing senior stakeholders and driving delivery in ambiguous, fast-paced environmentsStrong project management capability; formal PM qualification preferred.

• Strong understanding of software development lifecycle, Agile and project delivery methodologies.

• Proven experience managing multiple complex projects and cross-functional stakeholders.

• Strong communication, negotiation and influencing skills, across technical and non-technical audiences.

• Demonstrated ability to manage ambiguity, solve complex problems and work independently with high accountability.

• Recognised Project Management qualification/certification preferred (e.g. PMP, PRINCE2 or equivalent

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate complex technical information clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders