Day Rate: £550 per day inside IR35
Overview
We are seeking an experienced Lead Project Manager to drive delivery across a series of efficiency-focused initiatives, including Health Information Share, Text-to-Speech, and Intelligent Audit.
This role will play a critical part in ensuring successful end-to-end delivery of complex, data-driven and technology-enabled programmes, working closely with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced, regulated environment.
The successful candidate will combine strong delivery leadership with technical awareness, enabling teams to meet tight deadlines, manage competing priorities, and deliver high-quality outcomes within budget.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the delivery of multiple concurrent initiatives, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives, timelines, and budget constraints
- Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders to define scope, priorities, and delivery plans across complex workstreams
- Drive delivery using a blend of Agile, Waterfall, and Lean methodologies, adapting approaches to suit programme needs
- Facilitate Agile ceremonies, governance forums, workshops, and stakeholder engagement sessions
- Proactively identify, manage, and mitigate risks, issues, and dependencies through structured approaches such as RAID logs
- Act as the key interface between technical teams and business stakeholders, managing expectations and resolving conflicts
- Develop and maintain delivery roadmaps, milestones, and performance metrics to ensure operational efficiency
- Provide clear and consistent reporting on progress, financials, risks, and outcomes to senior stakeholders
- Support technical teams by understanding system architecture, APIs, and SDLC processes to identify blockers and enable progress
- Ensure delivery meets quality standards, using data-driven insights and performance metrics to guide decision-making
- Manage budgets, forecasts, and vendor relationships, ensuring commercial efficiency and return on investment
- Lead, mentor, and motivate cross-functional teams, fostering a high-performance and continuous improvement culture
- Challenge existing ways of working and make informed decisions in situations with limited information
Key Skills & Experience
- Proven experience as a Lead Project Manager delivering complex technology and data-driven programmes
- Strong experience working across Agile, Waterfall, and Lean delivery methodologies (e.g. Scrum, Kanban, PRINCE2, SAFe)
- Demonstrated ability to manage risks, dependencies, and delivery across multiple workstreams
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, including conflict resolution at senior levels
- Strong technical understanding of software development lifecycles (SDLC), APIs, and architecture
- Experience managing budgets, financial forecasts, and ensuring ROI on project delivery
- Ability to operate effectively in fast-paced, ambiguous environments and deliver against tight deadlines
- Proven leadership capability, including mentoring teams and driving high-performance delivery cultures
- Experience working in Government organisations
- Experience delivering initiatives such as Health Information Share, Text-to-Speech, or Intelligent Audit solutions
- Exposure to data and analytics platforms or cloud-based technologies
- Experience working in environments where tooling, processes, or governance models are evolving
- Strong focus on continuous improvement, including lessons learned and delivery optimisation
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