Capgemini
Senior IT Project Manager
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Senior IT Project Manager
Senior Project/Programme Manager
About the Role
As a Senior Project/Programme Manager, you will lead the delivery of large, complex IT and technology projects and programmes for public sector and other clients. Your responsibilities span the full project lifecycle—from initiation to end-to-end delivery—ensuring successful outcomes in dynamic, multi-supplier and matrix environments.
You will provide executive leadership to multi-discipline and multi-supplier teams, foster a collaborative, high-performing culture, and engage with senior stakeholders to drive value and continual improvement.
Hybrid Working
This role will require a hybrid working model, blending:
- Company offices
- Client sites
- Home (though not exclusively from home)
Pre-employment Checks
Successful applicants will undergo:
- Identity, nationality, and immigration status verification
- Three-year employment history check
- Unspent criminal record check (Disclosure and Barring Service, DBS)
Your Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end delivery of large-scale IT/technology projects and programmes, ensuring alignment with scope, quality, timeline, and budget.
- Provide strong leadership to multi-disciplinary and multi-supplier teams, fostering a high-performance, collaborative culture.
- Develop and maintain project/programme schedules, manage risks, dependencies, and blockers, ensuring timely progression.
- Build and sustain strong relationships with all levels of stakeholders, including senior decision-makers, to qualify alignment and project success.
- Drive continuous improvement and operational efficiency through agile methodologies and lessons learned.
- Manage projects within budgetary constraints, delivering accurate forecasting, value realization, and effective change control.
- Demonstrate commercial acumen, including proposal development and experience with various contract structures (e.g., Time & Materials, Fixed Price).
- Provide reporting and data-driven insights to support stakeholder communication and data-driven decision-making.
- Ensure quality standards are met across all deliverables while adhering to timelines and deadlines.
- Foster an inclusive, collaborative, and innovative workspace, promoting employee growth and innovation.
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Required Skills and Experience
- Proven experience delivering complex IT/technology projects/programmes at a senior level, ideally in a multi-supplier/matrix environment.
- Strong ability to manage and coordinate projects from conception to completion, ensuring end-to-end alignment with business objectives.
- Deep understanding of agile project management and scrum/clare principles; familiarity with programme lifecycle methodology.
- Exceptional stakeholder management skills, including engagement with executive leadership to secure alignment and support.
- Proven track record of motivating and guiding cross-functional teams to achieve high performance.
- Experience budget management, forecasting, and financial accountability, including P&L oversight.
- Strong risk management capabilities—identifying, assessing, mitigating threats, and ensuring issue resolution timely.
- Robust project planning skills, with an ability to develop dynamic, adaptable plans that guide delivery success.
Capgemini’s Commitment: Disability Confident ™
Capgemini is a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2). If you declare:
- A disability, and
- Meet the minimum essential criteria,
You will receive an interview.
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Security Clearance Requirement
To proceed with this role, Security Check (SC) certification is mandatory.
To obtain SC clearance, you must:
- Have resided continuously in the UK for the past 5 years (and fulfil other eligibility requirements).
During the recruitment process, you will be asked about:
- Residency history
- Nationality
Due to security restrictions, certain posts are open to UK nationals only.
What We Offer: Meaningful Work, Support, and Growth
As a Great Place to Work for Wellbeing, we prioritise employee health, trajectory, and development:
- Wellbeing initiatives: In-house mental health champions; wellness apps such as Thrive and Peppy.
- Eliminating technology barriers, helping organisations create sustainable futures through innovative solutions.
- A loyal, collaborative environment: Partner with teams and clients to achieve meaningful impact across industries.
Why Capgemini?
- Join a global enterprise with 420,000 employees fighting to make inclusive, resilient companies a reality.
- Collaborate with world class professionals; push boundaries that bring clarity and growth to every client.
- Drive long-term change—connect with entrepreneurs who are challenging norms, challenging technologies, and empowering businesses.
Capgemini: Imagine technology’s future. Make it real.
About Capgemini
Capgemini is an AI-first global consultancy and technology services leader, helping organisations transform through innovation. With ~60 years of experience, our 420,000+ team across 50+ countries delivers end-to-end solutions for strategy, technology, and operations, accelerating growth resilient for the next chapter.
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