Senior Project Manager - 12 months FTC, Maternity Leave Cover

• Full programme or project lifecycle ownership: successful delivery will include leading complex initiatives from business case through to implementation, transition and benefits realisation.
• Lead multiple projects and workstreams simultaneously, ensuring alignment to strategic business objectives and organisational priorities.
• Partner with Technical Leads, Domain Leads and senior stakeholders to define project scope, delivery strategy, resource requirements and success criteria.
• Provide leadership and direction to cross-functional project teams, ensuring effective collaboration, accountability and delivery performance.
• Establish, manage and maintain robust governance, reporting and decision-making frameworks throughout the project lifecycle.

Requirements

• Proven experience leading complex projects and programmes within technology, engineering, manufacturing or related industries.
• Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence at all organisational levels.
• Demonstrable experience managing multiple concurrent projects, competing priorities and cross-functional delivery teams.
• Strong project planning, governance, budgeting, risk and dependency management expertise.
• Experience operating within structured project governance and reporting environments.
• Advanced Microsoft Project skills, including schedule development, critical path management, resource planning and reporting.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in leading complex projects and programmes across technology, engineering, and manufacturing sectors, with a strong focus on project planning, governance, and stakeholder management. Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously while ensuring alignment with strategic business objectives.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Project Lifecycle Ownership
• Stakeholder Management
• Project Planning
• Governance Expertise
• Microsoft Project

ATS Optimization Keywords Hard Skills

• Project Management
• Risk Management
• Budgeting
• Resource Planning
• Critical Path Management

Soft Skills

• Leadership
• Collaboration
• Accountability
• Influencing

Industry Keywords

• Technology
• Engineering
• Manufacturing
• Project Governance
• Cross-Functional Teams

Tools & Technologies

• Microsoft Project