Senior Project Manager

Senior Project Manager

Location: London • Permanent: full-time • Salary: up to £71k

A leading and innovative London university is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to deliver complex, high value capital projects across its multi site estate. This is a key role within a forward thinking Estates & Facilities directorate, supporting major redevelopment, refurbishment, and construction programmes aligned to institutional strategic goals.

The Role

You will lead the end to end planning, design, procurement, and delivery of major capital projects, ensuring they meet strategic objectives, regulatory requirements, and quality standards. Working within a dynamic and collaborative environment, you will manage consultants, contractors, budgets, stakeholder relationships, and technical compliance across a range of high profile schemes.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of complex capital projects from concept to completion, ensuring alignment with strategic priorities.
• Develop and manage project governance, reporting, risk, and assurance processes.
• Oversee design development, tendering, contract administration, and construction management.
• Ensure compliance with statutory requirements, building regulations, planning conditions, and health & safety standards.
• Manage budgets-including major projects exceeding £10m-with accurate forecasting and cost control.
• Lead procurement strategies, tender evaluations, contract negotiations, and value engineering initiatives.
• Coordinate internal and external stakeholders, ensuring clear communication and consistent expectations.
• Engage with users, academic teams, local authorities, and community stakeholders to ensure project outcomes meet operational needs.
• Promote sustainability and embed environmentally responsible design and construction practices.
• Conduct post project reviews, handover processes, and maintain accurate project documentation.
• Provide leadership, mentoring, and oversight to junior project staff.

About You

• Extensive experience delivering large, complex capital redevelopment or construction projects.
• Strong technical and commercial expertise across planning, procurement, contract management, and construction.
• Knowledge of JCT and/or NEC contracts.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver projects within live, occupied environments.
• Strong leadership, communication, and negotiation skills.
• Experience managing budgets over £10m.
• Proficient in project controls, planning, risk management, reporting, and change management.
• Degree level qualification in a construction related discipline, with professional membership (RICS, CIOB, APM or equivalent) or working towards it.

Desirable: Experience in higher education; knowledge of estate planning; exposure to multi site estates; project management qualifications (e.g., MSP, PRINCE2).

Why Join?

You'll be part of a supportive and ambitious organisation delivering a transformative estate-shaping the future of a diverse and inclusive community while leading significant, high impact capital programmes.