GTR
Senior Project Manager
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Job Title: Senior Project Manager
Salary: Attractive along with excellent benefits
Location: Monument Place (Hybrid working)
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing date: Friday 11th September 2026
Are you an experienced senior project leader with a passion for shaping the future? Do you thrive in complex environments where your decisions make a visible impact? If so, we want to hear from you.
Have you had experience with coaching / mentoring more junior staff members in a matrixed environment?
Have you provided line management to a team previously?
We're looking for a Senior Project Manager / Delivery team lead to deliver high-value or complex change projects across GTR and to support other functions mature their delivery experience and capability.
Reporting directly to the Head of GTRs Portfolio Management function, you'll be accountable for delivering our most complex (but generic) projects and supporting our collective talent to grow by providing coaching, mentoring and supported opportunities.
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Key Responsibilities Include
- Providing senior project / programme management capability to enable GTR deliver successful outcomes without the need to leverage external agencies.
- Provide coaching / mentoring and supported training opportunities for internal staff to grow and develop.
- Help mature GTRs project delivery capability.
What You'll Bring
- Significant experience in successfully managing wide and varied complex projects and programmes in multiple functions/organisations
- Strong influencing skills, strength of character, tenacity, and cultural sensitivity to be effective.
- Excellent knowledge of Change Management methods (Eg PROSCI /ADKAR framework) etc
- Analytical mindset, with a “completer-finisher” style
- Transparent, conscientious with an eye for detail
- Excellent communication skills
What We Can Offer You
At GTR, we are committed to supporting our colleagues both professionally and personally. In return for your skills and dedication, we offer a competitive benefits package including:
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- Final salary pension
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Healthcare
- Free travel on GTR and sister groups for you and your family
- 75% off travel on other train operating companies for you, and leisure for your family
- Discounted Oyster Card
- Family-friendly policies, including maternity, paternity, adoption, and shared parental leave
- Access to StarHub – our employee benefits platform offering discounts with a wide range of retailers and services
- Career development and progression opportunities across the UK's largest rail networks
- The opportunity to make a real difference to millions of customer journeys every year.
Don't delay apply today to be part of this established team.
To apply simply attach a cover letter and CV expressing your interest in this role.
Please note that we reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
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