Job Title: Project Manager – AI and Machine Learning (Consultant)
Location: Hybrid – onsite in Oxford area 3 days per week, with travel to London
Duration: 18 months FTC
Start: ASAP
At Pace, our consultants genuinely care about the impact our work has on our customers and their customers alike. We are ‘problem solvers’ who call on our collective experience, knowledge and skills to support customers to access benefits early.
We are reimagining how consulting services are delivered, taking a human-centred approach, and our work is having a material impact on people's lives.
Due to rapid growth with an exciting new customer, you will join our team as Project Manager where you will play a pivotal role in the end to end delivery of a portfolio of AI and Machine Learning projects.
Role:
The Project Manager is responsible for end-to-end delivery of one or more AI and Machine Learning projects within a broader programme, ensuring outcomes are delivered on time, to scope, within budget and to quality.
Working closely with the Programme Manager to manage dependencies, risks, and stakeholder expectations, the role is delivery-focused and hands‑on, requiring strong planning, execution, governance and stakeholder management skills in complex client environments.
Accountabilities of the role will include:
Delivery & execution
- Own the day‑to‑day management and delivery of assigned projects within the programme
- Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, milestones, RAID logs and delivery artefacts
- Ensure project deliverables align to programme objectives and benefits
- Track progress and proactively manage risks, issues and dependencies, escalating appropriately to the Programme Manager
- Drive delivery through clear actions, ownership and follow‑up
Governance & reporting
- Produce accurate and timely status reporting (progress, risks, financials, milestones)
- Support programme‑level governance forums with clear, evidence‑based updates
- Ensure agreed delivery standards, controls and ways of working are followed
- Maintain project documentation to support handover and sustainability
- Build and maintain strong working relationships with client stakeholders, suppliers and internal Pace teams
- Facilitate workshops, meetings and working sessions to progress delivery
- Communicate clearly, transparently and confidently, managing expectations at all levels
- Act as a trusted delivery partner to the client while representing Pace professionally
Collaboration with the Programme Manager
- Work closely with the Programme Manager to:
- Align project delivery to programme priorities
- Contribute to programme‑level planning and decision‑making
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