Industry: Professional Services & Enterprise Technology — delivering complex IT, business transformation and infrastructure projects for public- and private-sector clients in London. This is an on-site Project Manager role based in London, UK, focused on delivering high-impact programmes with strong governance, stakeholder engagement and measurable business outcomes.
Role & Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end project delivery: define scope, build detailed plans, set milestones, and drive execution to on-time, on-budget completion.
- Own project governance: implement stage‑gates, change-control processes, RAID logs (risks, assumptions, issues, dependencies) and formal project reporting.
- Manage finances and commercials: develop and track budgets, forecast costs, manage invoices and enforce contractual deliverables with vendors.
- Coordinate cross-functional teams and third-party suppliers to ensure clear roles, accountability, and timely handovers across technical and business workstreams.
- Engage stakeholders proactively: run steering committees, produce executive updates, manage expectations and drive decision-making across senior stakeholders.
- Drive continuous improvement: perform post-implementation reviews, capture lessons learned and implement remediation to increase delivery predictability.
Skills & Qualifications
Must-Have
- PRINCE2
- Agile Scrum
- Microsoft Project
- JIRA
- Budget management
- Risk management
Preferred
- PMP
- Confluence
- Experience with Power BI or project reporting/BI tools
Benefits & Culture Highlights
- On-site, central London role with opportunity to lead visible, high-priority programmes.
- Structured career progression and professional development with certification support.
- Collaborative, delivery-focused environment with strong emphasis on governance and outcomes.
This opportunity is ideal for a pragmatic, delivery-oriented Project Manager who thrives in structured programme environments and who can balance governance with pragmatic decision-making. Apply if you have a proven track record delivering multi-stakeholder IT or transformation projects in London and strong competency with the tools and frameworks above.
Skills: Project,Decision-Making,Management,Programmes,Projects,Reporting,Accountability