Full job descriptionProject Manager – Up to £46,000 + Bonus + Exceptional Benefits (Civil Service Pension) + Hybrid (Stratford, London)

We’re looking for a skilled and commercially-minded Project Manager to lead the successful delivery of strategic initiatives, driving projects from concept through to implementation and benefits realisation. This is a fantastic opportunity to manage high-profile programmes, work with senior stakeholders, and influence meaningful organisational change on an international scale.

You’ll play a key role in ensuring projects deliver measurable business value whilst balancing scope, cost, quality, risk, and stakeholder expectations.

What You’ll Be Doing
*Leading the end-to-end delivery of complex projects and programmes, ensuring alignment with strategic business objectives.
*Developing and maintaining realistic, data-driven project plans that adapt to changing priorities, risks, and dependencies.
*Managing multi-disciplinary and geographically dispersed teams, both internally and through third-party suppliers and partners.
*Driving project governance, reporting, RAID management, and benefits realisation throughout the project lifecycle.
*Building strong relationships with senior stakeholders, influencing decisions and ensuring alignment on project outcomes.
*Managing budgets, resources, procurement activities, contracts, and supplier relationships to achieve value for money.
*Identifying and mitigating project risks while ensuring compliance with organisational and regulatory requirements.
*Facilitating project reviews, lessons learned, and continuous improvement activities to strengthen delivery capability.
*Communicating project progress, risks, dependencies, and outcomes clearly and confidently to stakeholders at all levels.
*Creating an environment where teams are empowered to collaborate effectively and deliver high-quality outcomes.
What We’re Looking For
*Significant experience delivering large, complex projects and programmes within multinational organisations.
*Proven ability to manage multi-million-pound budgets, resources, timelines, and competing priorities.
*Experience working within matrix environments and leading virtual, geographically dispersed teams.
*Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and engage senior leaders and executive-level audiences.
*Demonstrable experience managing third-party suppliers, contracts, and external delivery partners.
*Strong governance, risk management, compliance, and assurance experience.
*Experience using project planning and collaboration tools such as Jira, Confluence, Miro, Microsoft Project, Planner, and related platforms.
*Excellent communication, presentation, and reporting skills.
*Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on delivery execution.
Desirable Experience
*Delivery of digital, online, technology, or transformation programmes.
*Experience negotiating and managing commercial contracts and supplier agreements.
*Experience delivering learning, education, assessment, or customer-focused programmes.
*Experience operating within highly regulated or governance-focused environments.
*Exposure to Agile, Hybrid, and traditional project delivery methodologies.
Qualifications
*Degree or equivalent professional experience.
*Project Management certification such as PRINCE2, PMP, Agile, SAFe, or equivalent.
Project Manager – Up to £46,000 + Bonus + Exceptional Benefits (Civil Service Pension) + Hybrid (Stratford, London)