Senior Project Manager

We’re looking for an experienced Senior Project Manager to work in our Head Office in Swindon. This is a pivotal role sitting between execution and strategic leadership, responsible for driving the successful planning and implementation of complex, cross-functional, and technical initiatives. Operating with a high degree of autonomy, this role bridges the gap between day-to-day project delivery and strategic change governance, acting as a direct support and deputy to the Head of Business Change.

The successful candidate will go beyond standard execution to help embed a structured, repeatable project management framework across the business. They will bring deep experience in planning technical, software, or web-focused projects, ensuring tight alignment between technical delivery and broader business goals. Additionally, they will champion the adoption of emerging technologies and AI-driven tools within the change function to automate processes, elevate reporting, and optimise team efficiency.

This role requires a strategic, commercially minded professional who can confidently manage senior stakeholders, challenge the status quo, and ensure high-impact projects are delivered to time, cost, and purpose.

We can offer hybrid working, with two days in the office (Tuesdays and Thursdays) and three days from home.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Delivery & Execution: Lead the end-to-end planning and implementation of large-scale, complex, and technical projects across multiple functions, ensuring scope, goals, and deliverables directly align with strategic business cases.
• Strategic Support & Deputy Leadership: Partner closely with the Head of Business Change to establish, embed, and champion a consistent PMO framework, change governance routines, and reporting cadences across the change function.
• Advanced Technical Project Planning: Develop robust, full-scale project plans for technical initiatives, mapping out detailed tasks, timelines, resource allocation, and complex cross-functional dependencies across development lifecycles.
• AI & Tooling Optimisation: Drive team efficiency by actively utilising and embedding emerging technologies and AI-driven tools (e.g., smart reporting solutions, automated status updates) to increase project visibility and streamline delivery.
• Stakeholder & Sponsor Management: Form strong relationships with Executive sponsors and business leaders, ensuring they are clear on their project responsibilities and kept transparently informed of project status, risks, and schedule changes.
• Risk & Change Governance: Monitor and track portfolio-level risks and issues. Implement structured change management processes for project scope, schedules, and costs while offering constructive challenge to delivery blockers.
• Financial & Benefit Oversight: Maintain a comprehensive understanding of project budgeting and cost control, ensuring initiatives are delivered within budget and successfully realise their intended commercial value and purpose.
• Continuous Improvement & Mentorship: Lead project post-mortems and knowledge transfers to raise delivery standards across the business, while coaching, mentoring, and functionally guiding standard Project Managers to improve throughput and efficiency.