Location
London Office / Hybrid (3 days a week working from home)
Reporting to
Head of Programmes & Analysis
Role
At Rightmove we are investing heavily in our future and looking for a hands‑on Project Manager to lead initiatives that span multiple product, platform and business teams. You will drive outcomes, bring structure to ambiguous problems, and ensure progress across complex dependencies.
What you’ll be doing
- Take ownership of project outcomes ensuring alignment, collaboration and effective delivery across all stakeholders
- Create and maintain project plans, ensuring that dependencies are well understood
- Ensure scope is managed effectively and projects stay focused on agreed goals and outcomes
- Establish and maintain effective governance and status reporting without disrupting Agile practices
- Manage stakeholder relationships and take responsibility for project communication
- Proactively identify and manage risks, issues and blockers and ensure risk mitigation activities are undertaken
- Where required, agree and coordinate business change activity to ensure that affected stakeholders aren’t adversely affected by any project‑led changes
- Where required, track project costs and manage procurement activity
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement and lead retros to identify actionable improvements to our ways of working
- Where required, perform detailed analysis to understand problems, help shape solutions and support decision‑making
What we’re looking for
- Highly organised
- Flexible and adaptable
- Brings energy and drive and can be trusted to get things done
- Great written and oral communication skills
- Endlessly curious about the subject matter of the programmes they are delivering
- Can switch between analytical work and delivery coordination with ease
- A people person and emotionally intelligent
- Honest and has integrity
What you’ll bring to the role
- Repeated experience managing a wide range of cross‑team projects, particularly in the software delivery space
- Experience working for a tech‑focused company with a modern product‑led organisation structure
- Strong working knowledge of agile methodologies, agile at scale and more traditional project management techniques
- Demonstrated ability to lead without direct authority, influencing diverse teams with varying priorities
- Demonstrated experience performing detailed analysis within complex projects
Ideally
- Past experience of hands‑on roles in technology teams (and ideally as a business analyst or similar)
- Demonstrated experience leading business change activities to ensure adoption of new systems and ways of working
- Familiarity with Jira
Our approach to AI
At Rightmove, we believe software and product are ultimately people problems, and everything we build aims to improve the lives of others. We see AI as a helpful way to create more space for the human side of our work, from understanding real needs to making sure we are solving the right problems in the right way. There is an expectation that you are proactive in exploring how AI can support your own workflow and productivity, and that you approach it with curiosity and an open mind.
What we offer
- Cash plan for dental, optical and physio treatments
- Private Medical Insurance, Pension and Life Insurance, Employee Assistance Plan
- 27 days holiday plus two paid volunteering days a year to give back, and holiday buy schemes
- Hybrid working pattern with 2 days in the office
- Contributory stakeholder pension
- Life assurance at 4x your basic salary to a spouse, family member or other nominated person in your life
- Competitive compensation package
- Paid leave for maternity, paternity, adoption & fertility
- Travel Loans, Bike to Work scheme, Rental Deposit Loan
- Charitable contributions through Payroll Giving and donation matching
- Access deals and discounts on travel, electronics, fashion, gym memberships, cinema discounts and more
Equal Opportunity Employer
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, Rightmove will never discriminate based on age, disability, sex, race, religion or belief, gender reassignment, marriage/civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity or sexual orientation.
At Rightmove, we believe that a diverse and inclusive workforce leads to better innovation, productivity, and overall success. We are committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive environment for all employees, regardless of their background or identity, to develop and promote a diverse culture that reflects the communities we serve.
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