Janison
Project Manager (UK)
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Position Summary
The Project Manager is a UK-based member of Janison's Delivery Management practice, part of the shared Project Manager / Technical Account Manager resource pool supporting Janison's UK and EU delivery programmes. Working alongside client-side project managers under the Programme Director, the Project Manager plans, tracks and reports on workstream delivery, from mobilisation through acceptance testing, go-live and data/content migration, ensuring programmes are delivered to schedule, budget and the quality standards expected on high-stakes government and enterprise assessment contracts.
Duties & Responsibilities
Project Planning & Delivery
- Lead planning and day-to-day delivery of assigned workstreams (e.g., platform configuration, identity & access, integrations, reporting, data and content migration) against the agreed delivery plan and milestones.
- Create and maintain the project schedule, ensuring adequate staffing and coordinating UK, EU and AU/EMEA contributors.
- Facilitate project workshops with client and delivery-partner stakeholders (e.g., data profiling, requirements mapping, reporting and UX requirements, migration kick-off).
- Track and report effort and cost for assigned workstreams against approved budget, flagging variances or emerging cost/scope risk to the Programme Director promptly.
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- Maintain the project schedule and RAID log, and the project backlog/tickets in the practice's standard project management and collaboration tools (e.g., Smartsheet, Jira).
- Contribute to monthly service and status reporting, supporting compliance with the agreed implementation-schedule KPIs.
- Provide regular, accurate progress updates to the Programme Director and client/delivery-partner stakeholders.
- Use AI-enabled tools where appropriate to improve reporting quality, efficiency and turnaround, in line with Janison's AI adoption expectations.
Risk, Issue & Change Management
- Own and maintain the risk and issue log for assigned workstreams, ensuring mitigations are implemented, reviewed and escalated where required.
- Support the change control process: log, assess and track change requests and their schedule/budget impact.
- Escalate KPI or schedule deterioration promptly, supporting rapid root-cause assessment and remedial action planning.
Stakeholder & Team Coordination
- Agree project objectives and acceptance criteria with client and internal stakeholders.
- Coordinate, direct and support project staff and functional contributors (Technology Delivery, UK Enablement, TechOps) to deliver assigned workstreams.
- Liaise with the client's service desk and training teams to ensure a smooth handover from build to live service.
- Escalate risks, issues and capability gaps to the Programme Director, and engage constructively with structured mentoring and development support provided.
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Experience, Skills & Qualifications
Essential
- Certifications: ITIL Foundation v4 (minimum)
- Certifications: PRINCE2 Foundation or equivalent (e.g., Certified Scrum Master)
- Experience: 4-6 years' project management experience, including software vendor, SaaS or client onboarding/implementation projects
- Skills: Strong stakeholder, budget, and issue and risk management skills; able to facilitate workshops and work independently
- Delivery environment: Experience working in a matrixed or multi-vendor/consortium delivery environment
- Eligibility: Eligible to work in the UK and able to satisfy BPSS-aligned pre-employment screening (identity verification, right to work, references and a criminal record check appropriate to the role). Holds a current, valid passport enabling travel outside the UK as required for the role.
Desirable
- Certifications: PRINCE2 Practitioner or PMP
- Experience: Experience delivering assessment, education or public-sector technology programmes
- Skills: Experience with Smartsheet, Jira and RAID-based governance tooling
- Delivery environment: Experience with data migration or system integration projects
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