Project Manager

Canvas8

Project Manager at Canvas8 managing qualitative research projects with global insights and team collaboration. Overseeing logistics, budgets, and timeline management for successful delivery.

Posted 6/18/2026full-timeLondon • 🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Managing projects across membership and consultancy streams
Working closely with senior teams to ensure seamless execution from start to finish
Overseeing participant recruitment, scheduling, and logistics for qualitative research projects including focus groups, ethnographies, and online communities
Building and maintaining detailed project plans, timelines, and delivery roadmaps for both client-facing and internal workstreams
Tracking project budgets, monitoring spend, and proactively flagging scope creep or financial risks to senior stakeholders
Liaising daily with internal teams, ensuring clear updates, prioritised to-do lists, and aligned delivery expectations across departments
Contributing to the ongoing development of internal delivery processes, helping improve efficiency and consistency across projects

Requirements

What you’ll need

3–5 years of project or account management experience within a fast-paced agency, strategic research consultancy, or client-side insights team
Proven track record coordinating end-to-end qualitative fieldwork and participant recruitment across mobile ethnographies, online communities, in-person and remote focus groups
Sharp financial acumen with direct experience tracking project budgets and proactively mitigating scope creep
Confidence managing senior client stakeholders and collaborating directly alongside internal Senior Leadership Teams
Prior experience working with financial services clients (highly desirable but not essential).
Genuine interest in exploring new markets, cultures, and research methods
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Exceptional organisational skills
Ability to work both independently and collaboratively
Proactive and self-motivated

Benefits

Comp & perks

Hybrid working with flexible start times
29 days paid holiday (including bank holidays) plus a festive half day at the end of the year
Work from anywhere for up to two weeks per year
Pension, life insurance, cashback, private health plan and cycle scheme
Access to physical and mental wellbeing support, including two ‘Mental Wealth’ days each year and access to 24/7 GP support
Personalised career development plan and ongoing training
Interest-free Life Unlock Loan for life’s bigger moments
Dependant leave for those times when your family needs you most
Summer Fridays, seasonal perks and regular socials to keep things fun
Buddy system to support you as you settle in
Long service awards to celebrate your milestones with us
A friendly and welcoming team (pooches included)

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Hard Skills & Tools

project managementqualitative researchparticipant recruitmentbudget trackingscope managementfieldwork coordinationmobile ethnographiesfocus groupsdelivery roadmapsprocess improvement

Soft Skills

communicationinterpersonal skillsorganizational skillscollaborationproactivityself-motivationstakeholder managementteam leadershiptime managementadaptability