Project Manager

Project 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.<br />Developing and maintaining realistic, data-driven project plans that adapt to changing priorities, risks, and dependencies.<br />Managing multi-disciplinary and geographically dispersed teams, both internally and through third-party suppliers and partners.<br />Driving project governance, reporting, RAID management, and benefits realisation throughout the project lifecycle.<br />Building strong relationships with senior stakeholders, influencing decisions and ensuring alignment on project outcomes.<br />Managing budgets, resources, procurement activities, contracts, and supplier relationships to achieve value for money.<br />Identifying and mitigating project risks while ensuring compliance with organisational and regulatory requirements.<br />Facilitating project reviews, lessons learned, and continuous improvement activities to strengthen delivery capability.<br />Communicating project progress, risks, dependencies, and outcomes clearly and confidently to stakeholders at all levels.<br />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.<br />Proven ability to manage multi-million-pound budgets, resources, timelines, and competing priorities.<br />Experience working within matrix environments and leading virtual, geographically dispersed teams.<br />Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and engage senior leaders and executive-level audiences.<br />Demonstrable experience managing third-party suppliers, contracts, and external delivery partners.<br />Strong governance, risk management, compliance, and assurance experience.<br />Experience using project planning and collaboration tools such as Jira, Confluence, Miro, Microsoft Project, Planner, and related platforms.<br />Excellent communication, presentation, and reporting skills.<br />Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on delivery execution.Desirable Experience Delivery of digital, online, technology, or transformation programmes.<br />Experience negotiating and managing commercial contracts and supplier agreements.<br />Experience delivering learning, education, assessment, or customer-focused programmes.<br />Experience operating within highly regulated or governance-focused environments.<br />Exposure to Agile, Hybrid, and traditional project delivery methodologies.Qualifications Degree or equivalent professional experience.<br />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)