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Job Title: Senior Project Manager – Digital Transformation
Location: Manchester / Hybrid
About Us:
We are undergoing a major digital transformation, redefining how we operate and deliver value to our customers. We are seeking a highly skilled and results-driven Project Manager to lead this complex initiative, coordinating multiple stakeholders, service providers, and system integrators to ensure critical milestones are met on time and on budget.
Role Overview:
The Senior Project Manager will take ownership of end-to-end project delivery for a large-scale digital transformation program. This role requires a hands‑on leader who thrives in high‑pressure environments, has a proven track record managing both internal teams and external service providers, and is committed to driving results.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of complex digital transformation initiatives.
- Manage relationships with multiple service providers, vendors, and system integrators, ensuring alignment with project objectives and deliverables.
- Develop, track, and maintain detailed project plans, ensuring milestones, timelines, and budgets are met.
- Proactively identify risks, dependencies, and obstacles, and implement mitigation strategies to keep projects on track.
- Drive cross‑functional collaboration, facilitating communication between business stakeholders, technical teams, and external partners.
- Take a hands‑on approach to problem‑solving, helping unblock issues and ensuring teams can deliver against tight deadlines.
- Provide regular project updates and status reports to senior leadership, highlighting key achievements, risks, and recommendations.
Qualifications & Experience:
- Proven experience managing large, complex digital transformation or technology programs.
- Strong experience in vendor and service provider management, including system integrators.
- Exceptional organizational, planning, and execution skills with a track record of delivering against tough deadlines.
- Hands‑on, action‑oriented, and capable of stepping in to get things done when necessary.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent project management certification preferred.
- Experience with Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid project delivery methodologies.
Key Attributes:
- Resilient and decisive under pressure.
- Strong problem‑solving and critical thinking skills.
- Collaborative yet assertive, able to influence and drive decisions.
- Results‑focused, with a “get it done” mentality.
Seniority level
Mid‑Senior level
Employment type
Contract
Job function
Consulting
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