Role Summary
Senior Project Manager – MI5
Flexible working: compressed hours and the option to work from home one to two days per week, depending on business demand.
Location: Central London – candidates must be able to live within a commutable distance. A loan is available to support relocation.
Responsibilities
Lead and deliver MI5’s highest strategic priorities by managing complex, multidisciplinary projects from initiation to implementation. Work collaboratively with engineers, specialists, senior stakeholders and partner agencies such as MI6 and GCHQ.
Shape and maintain delivery plans, budgets and resource allocations, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within scope and to high quality standards.
Apply robust governance, controlling methodologies, risk and dependency management, and establish a clear benefits‑realisation strategy, tracking outcomes against business cases and sustaining value beyond implementation.
Engage stakeholders across technical and non‑technical communities, building trusted relationships, leading through influence, and coaching teams to navigate change and uncertainty.
Qualifications
Demonstrable experience managing large, complex, high‑responsibility projects in a technology‑driven environment.
Project management certification required – PRINCE2, Agile Project Management Practitioner, APM Qualification or PMI Project Management Professional.
Strong stakeholder leadership, communication, conflict resolution and ability to influence without hierarchy.
Capability in governance, methodology, risk, and budget control.
Essential: British citizenship or dual British nationality; highest security clearance – Developed Vetting (DV).
Benefits & Rewards
- £72,793 starting salary plus performance‑based rewards
- 25 days annual leave, rising to 30 after 5 years, plus 10.5 public and privilege holidays
- Employee performance scheme recognition
- Interest‑free season ticket loan
- Excellent pension scheme
- Cycle‑to‑work scheme
- Gym, restaurant, and on‑site coffee bars (some sites)
- Paid parental and adoption leave
Equal Opportunities
MI5 welcomes applications from all backgrounds. Diversity and inclusion are core to our mission. We actively seek to recruit and develop a workforce that reflects society, supporting women, ethnic minorities, disabled people and those from low socio‑economic backgrounds.
Disability Confident
MI5 is a Leader in the DWP Disability Confident scheme. We provide a fair interview process, including a fair offer of interview for candidates who self‑identify as disabled and meet the essential role criteria.
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