Senior Project Manager
Rail Delivery Group
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: London • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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💰 £59,031 - £70,000 per year
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- Develop and maintain detailed project plans, outlining key milestones, deliverables, and timelines.
- Oversee the execution of project plans, ensuring tasks are completed on schedule and within budget.
- Coordinate cross-functional teams, including developers, testers, business analysts, and external suppliers.
- Facilitate effective communication and collaboration among team members to ensure project objectives are met.
- Regularly update stakeholders on project progress, addressing any concerns and incorporating feedback into project plans.
- Identify potential project risks and develop mitigation strategies to address them.
- Monitor risk factors throughout the project lifecycle and adjust plans as necessary to minimise impact.
- Ensure that project deliverables meet quality standards and comply with regulatory requirements.
- Allocate resources effectively to ensure optimal project performance.
- Manage the onboarding and training of new team members, ensuring they are up to speed with project objectives and processes.
- Track project performance against key metrics and milestones.
- Prepare and present regular project status reports to senior management and other stakeholders.
- Ensure all project documentation is up-to-date and accessible to relevant stakeholders.
- Work with stakeholders on non-roadmap requests/additional scope changes.
- Scope shaping and market research, initiation activities in setting and driving workshops and planning sessions
Requirements
- At least five years’ experience of being a Project Manager within complex programmes
- Experience working with programme teams and technology specialists in the creation of digital consumer products (eg websites and apps).
- Strong communication skills, both written and oral, including creating detailed reports, and comprehensive documentation
- Proactive and comfortable working through ambiguity
- Ability to present a compelling narrative with data to influence stakeholders and implement change
- A strong customer first mindset
- Detailed focussed
Benefits
- 75% off rail travel for personal and family use, plus international rail discounts.
- 30 Days annual leave (plus buy/sell options and additional leave for key life events)
- Season ticket loan for commuting costs.
- Enhanced family leave – 30 weeks full pay for maternity, adoption, surrogacy, and shared parental leave.
- Pension scheme – up to 11.58% employer contribution.
- Private medical insurance (AXA PPP) including mental health and specialist care.
- Discounted gym membership and access to wellbeing programmes.
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Hard skills
project managementrisk managementresource allocationstakeholder managementproject planningperformance trackingquality assurancedocumentationdigital product developmentmarket research
Soft skills
communicationcollaborationproactiveattention to detailproblem-solvinginfluencingcustomer focusadaptabilityteam leadershipfacilitation