Project Manager – Education Digital Delivery
12 month fixed term contract.
Location: London Victoria (hybrid model, minimum 3 days in office).
Nord Anglia Education – the world’s leading private school organisation is recruiting a Project Manager. You will be joining the Education team in our London HQ.
In the role of Project Manager, you will be responsible for working closely with the Education Team SLT to provide project management support for our digital projects, serving our 88 schools around the world.
As Project Manager, you will supervise individual projects to meet the programme objectives, coordinate teams, and track progress. You will ensure that success is measured against individual projects, timelines, budget, and compliance in accordance with the Business Cases and Business Case KPIs.
The role
- Translate Education strategy and Business Cases into clear OKRs, success metrics, and delivery roadmaps.
- Stay current with emerging technologies (AI, cloud, analytics) and assess their relevance for education.
- Accountable for delivery decisions within agreed scope and budget; influences prioritization and investment decisions.
- Run core agile ceremonies: planning, daily stand‑ups, reviews/demos, retrospectives; manage sprint goals and release plans.
- Coordinate educators, IT, data, and vendor teams to deliver usable increments with robust QA, UAT and accessibility checks (e.g., WCAG 2.2).
- Use appropriate delivery tooling (e.g., Jira or Azure DevOps, Confluence, Microsoft Teams/SharePoint) for transparency and traceability.
- Operate a hybrid governance model: agile at the team level with stage‑gate checkpoints for investment decisions and executive reporting.
- Own RAID management (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies) and escalations; maintain data‑privacy and security controls across all deliverables.
- Ensure compliance with GDPR, safeguarding standards, and relevant local regulations across all regions; partner with Legal & Compliance on contractual obligations and vendor DPAs.
- Align with Information Security policies and cyber standards for ed‑tech platforms, integrations and data flows.
- Partner with InfoSec to mitigate cyber risks and ensure secure integrations.
- Build strong relationships with school leaders, teaching staff, and support functions, act as a primary point of contact for Legal, Compliance and IT.
- Define and track KPIs (e.g., delivery predictability, cycle time, release frequency, defect escape rate) and value metrics (e.g., hours saved, learning impact, adoption).
- Publish Power BI/Excel dashboards for SLT visibility; use data to drive prioritisation and continuous improvement.
The Successful Candidate will possess
- Extensive project management experience, including the ability to plan, organise, and execute multiple initiatives simultaneously.
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to build and maintain relationships with diverse stakeholders and in cross‑functional teams.
- Strong problem‑solving skills and the ability to adapt to changing priorities.
- Self‑motivated and able to work independently as well as part of a team.
- Good cross‑cultural, interpersonal and communication skills to interact with diverse nationalities and cultures.
- Highly organised, detail‑oriented, and with excellent time management skills and flexibility in dealing with multi‑functional tasks.
- Safeguarding training and DBS clearance are required when you start your tenure.
At Nord Anglia Education, we are an equal opportunities employer dedicated to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce. In our schools and offices around the world, we treat all colleagues fairly based on their skills and qualifications, without discrimination.
We value individuals from all backgrounds, including those with different abilities and neurodivergent conditions, as well as those who identify with protected characteristics.
Nord Anglia Education is committed to ensuring the highest possible safeguarding standards in our schools and we expect every employee to share this commitment.
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