Strategic Projects Manager

Job title: Strategic Projects Manager

Location: Edinburgh

Salary: Pay group 3E

Hours: Full time (35 hours per week)

Working Pattern: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites.

About this opportunity

In this role, you'll be responsible for managing and driving high-impact strategic projects that align with the organisation's goal of becoming a customer centric organisation and support our ambition of digitally transforming IP&I. This role involves leading cross-functional project teams, coordinating inputs and assessing data to build business cases, tell impactful stories and partner manage at the most senior levels to ensure projects are managed to successful outcomes.

What you'll be doing

• Strategic Alignment: Develop project plans that support the organisation's long-term goals and priorities.
• Partner Engagement: Collaborate with senior leaders to align project outcomes with business needs and secure necessary support.
• Team Leadership: Lead cross-functional teams, fostering collaboration, accountability, and high performance.
• Risk & Performance Management: Identify risks, implement mitigation strategies, and monitor progress against key performance indicators.
• Continuous Improvement: Promote process enhancements and embed best practices to drive efficiency and innovation.

What you'll need

• Leadership & Team Management: Strong ability to lead, empower, and manage cross-functional teams to achieve project goals.
• Strategic & Analytical Thinking: Skilled at aligning projects with business objectives and making data-informed decisions.
• Communication & Partner Engagement: Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to engage effectively at all levels.
• Project Management Expertise: Proven track record of successfully delivering strategic projects across complex environments, with experience in using project management tools and methodologies to drive efficiency and results.
• Adaptability & Multitasking: Comfortable managing multiple priorities in dynamic, fast-paced settings.

About working for us

We're disability confident. So, if you'd like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.

If you're excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch. We'd love to hear from you!