Sagacity
Senior Project Manager

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Senior Project Manager
As a Senior Project Manager, you will lead the successful delivery of complex, high-value projects and programmes, working independently or as part of a wider programme leadership team. You will provide senior-level project management expertise across multiple (and potentially concurrent) initiatives and will act as a trusted advisor to clients and internal stakeholders. You will be a proactive, self-motivated leader with a strong delivery mindset, capable of managing ambiguity, influencing at senior levels, and mentoring others within the project and programme team.
Responsibilities
- Take full ownership for the end-to-end delivery of projects to agreed time, cost, quality, and scope, proactively managing risk, dependencies, and delivery outcomes
- Lead complex projects and/or larger programmes, ensuring alignment with client strategic objectives, contractual commitments, and statements of work
- Define, implement, and maintain project quality management approaches, ensuring deliverables meet agreed standards and client expectations
- Develop, maintain, and actively manage detailed Project Plans, ensuring milestones, dependencies, deliverables, and quality checkpoints are clearly defined and tracked
- Monitor and control budgets, schedules, resources, and quality performance metrics, escalating risks, issues appropriately
- Act as the primary point of contact for senior client sponsors, business leaders, delivery teams, and third-party suppliers
- Build strong, trusted relationships and manage stakeholder expectations at all levels, with a clear focus on quality outcomes and value realisation
- Provide clear, concise, and timely status reporting to senior stakeholders and governance forums
- Establish and operate robust project governance, ensuring compliance with agreed delivery frameworks, quality standards, and assurance processes
- Ensure accurate and timely preparation and publication of weekly and ad-hoc progress reports, highlighting progress, successes, risks, and remediation plans
- Act as a senior interface between business stakeholders and delivery (including technical) teams to ensure requirements are clearly understood, implemented, and validated
- Oversee the definition, documentation, and agreement of Acceptance Criteria, quality thresholds, and success measures prior to go-live
- Lead or support UAT and other validation activities, ensuring defects are prioritised, resolved, and verified prior to release
- Drive post-delivery reviews and lessons learned, embedding continuous improvement into future projects and programmes
- Support and mentor Project Managers and team members, promoting best practice in project delivery, governance, and quality management
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of project delivery standards, tools, methodologies, and quality assurance frameworks
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Essential:
- Experience in Utilities, Telecoms, or Financial Services
- Proven experience delivering complex projects as a Senior Project Manager
- Formal Project Management accreditation (e.g. AgilePM, PRINCE2)
- Strong leadership, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
- Extensive stakeholder management experience, including senior client-facing roles
- Consultancy or professional services background
- Strong planning, governance, and documentation skills (e.g. MSP, programme environment)
Desirable:
- PMO or programme-level experience
- Coaching and mentoring experience
- Business Analysis skills
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