Senior Project Manager

Posted 23 hours 13 minutes ago by Jobtailor

Permanent
Full Time
Other
Gloucestershire, Bristol, United Kingdom, BS153
Job Description
Responsibilities
  • Managing a team (size varies with project size, and as a senior PM you'll get the bigger more complex ones or multiple deliveries to manage at the same time) of implementation consultants, business analysts, developers, testers and release managers
  • Working closely with our clients to agree delivery requirements, milestones, governance, and agreed ways of working
  • Working on projects worth upwards of £3m or multiple smaller deliveries
  • Writing a Project Initiation Document (PID) and running project kick off meetings
  • Developing and maintaining a project plan in MSP
  • Operating within PMO standards and Procentia Ways of Working, adhering to internal governance and mainting those standards throughout delivery
Requirements
  • Extensive delivery experience (8-12 years), with a strong track record managing complex projects and multi-workstream projects end-to-end
  • Proven leadership of software implementations, from initiation through to go-live and post-implementation support
  • Strong planning and governance capability, including RAID management, dependency control, and structured delivery frameworks
  • Excellent stakeholder management, with the ability to engage, influence and present confidently at senior/executive level
  • Commercial and financial awareness, including budget management, forecasting, and control of scope and change
  • Team leadership experience, leading cross-functional teams and driving accountability, performance and delivery momentum
Core Competencies

Demonstrates extensive experience in managing complex projects and multi-workstream initiatives, with a strong focus on stakeholder management, governance, and financial oversight. Proven ability to lead cross functional teams and ensure successful project delivery from initiation to post implementation support.

Hard Skills
  • Project Initiation Document (PID)
  • Project Planning
  • RAID Management
  • Dependency Control
  • Structured Delivery Frameworks
Soft Skills
  • Influencing
  • Presentation Skills
  • Accountability
  • Performance Management
Industry Keywords
  • Implementation Consulting
  • Software Implementations
  • Complex Projects
  • Multi-Workstream Projects
  • Commercial Awareness
Tools & Technologies
  • MS Project (MSP)
  • PMO Standards
  • Procentia Ways of Working