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Project Manager - Major Transformation Programme
Location: Perth (2 days on-site, 3 days from home)
Salary: £65,000 - £70,000 + Benefits
Reporting to: Programme Director
About the Opportunity
Our client is undertaking a significant business and technology transformation programme, investing in large-scale change initiatives designed to improve customer experience, enhance operational performance, and modernise core business capabilities.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Project Manager to play a key role in delivering strategic change across a complex and evolving organisation.
The Role
We are seeking an experienced Project Manager to support the delivery of major technology and transformation initiatives within a wider programme environment. Reporting directly to the Programme Director, you will be responsible for leading complex projects and multiple workstreams simultaneously, ensuring successful delivery against agreed objectives, timelines, budgets, and quality standards.
This role requires a strong delivery professional who is comfortable operating within complex organisational structures, engaging senior stakeholders, managing competing priorities, and driving projects through to successful completion.
You will play a key role in programme governance, executive reporting, risk management, and stakeholder engagement, while ensuring projects remain aligned to strategic business objectives.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the delivery of large-scale technology, business change, and transformation projects.
- Manage multiple project workstreams concurrently, ensuring alignment across teams and stakeholders.
- Develop and maintain detailed project plans, milestones, dependencies, and delivery roadmaps.
- Establish and maintain effective project governance, controls, and reporting frameworks.
- Prepare and facilitate Steering Committee meetings, governance forums, and executive reviews.
- Produce high-quality status reports, project updates, and management information for senior leadership.
- Manage project risks, issues, dependencies, and assumptions, ensuring appropriate mitigation and escalation.
- Build and maintain effective relationships with senior business stakeholders, third-party suppliers, and delivery teams.
- Challenge stakeholders constructively where required to drive decisions and maintain programme momentum.
- Ensure projects are delivered in accordance with agreed scope, budget, and timescales.
- Support business readiness, change management, and adoption activities.
- Work across both Agile and Waterfall delivery environments, selecting the most appropriate approach based on project requirements.
- Contribute to continuous improvement of project delivery standards, governance processes, and ways of working.
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We are looking for an experienced Project Manager with a proven track record of delivering complex technology and transformation projects within fast-paced environments.
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Essential Experience
- Demonstrable experience delivering large-scale technology, digital, or business transformation projects.
- Experience managing multiple workstreams within complex programme environments.
- Strong project governance experience, including Steering Committees, executive reporting, and decision-making forums.
- Proven ability to manage project risks, issues, dependencies, budgets, and delivery plans.
- Experience engaging, influencing, and managing senior stakeholders at all levels.
- Strong communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience working within both Agile and Waterfall delivery methodologies.
- Excellent planning, organisation, and prioritisation skills.
- Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively across business and technology teams.
Desirable Experience
- Experience working within large-scale operational or customer-focused organisations.
- Experience delivering enterprise-wide transformation programmes.
- Exposure to regulated industry environments.
- Professional Project Management qualifications such as PRINCE2, AgilePM, MSP, or equivalent.
What's on Offer
- Opportunity to deliver high-profile strategic transformation initiatives.
- Significant exposure to senior leadership and business-critical programmes.
- Predominantly remote working with limited travel requirements.
- The opportunity to make a tangible impact within a business undergoing significant transformation and growth.
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