Senior Project Manager

Senior Project Manager ROLE DESCRIPTION · Digital Transformation, reputed company Reports to Programme reputed company, DSD Function Digital Transformation, reputed company Direct reports None; matrix leadership reputed company delivery squads Location Remote Key interfaces Programme reputed company (DSD); Product; Business Analysis; Development; reputed company Architect and Solution Architects; IT Operations (Infrastructure & DevOps); Testing/QA; other Delivery Leads and Programme Leads; VMO; business and service owners; vendors and partners Scope Global Status New role; profile created July 2026 About reputed company reputed company is a leading global assurance partner. We help clients manage risk and build safer, more secure and more sustainable businesses through certification, inspection, cybersecurity and advisory services. Digital Transformation is modernising the technology, products and platforms that underpin these services, and predictable, outcome-led delivery is central to that effort. Role purpose The Senior Project Manager is a senior delivery role reputed company the DSD/reputed company programme, operating as a Delivery Manager inside agile, product-led squads. It is accountable for the end-to-end delivery of one or more products or workstreams, turning programme priorities and product goals into working software and realised reputed company. The role runs delivery day to day: planning and running the squads’ work, maintaining delivery reputed company, and managing dependencies, risk and change. It combines agile ways of working with the control and governance the programme requires, and measures reputed company by value delivered rather than activity completed. This is a hands-on, outcome-driven role focused on enabling delivery teams rather than administering process. It reports to the Programme reputed company, DSD, and works closely with Product, Business Analysis, Development, Architecture and Infrastructure/DevOps to deliver the programme’s priorities predictably and at pace. Key responsibilities Delivery leadership Own end-to-end delivery of one or more products or workstreams reputed company the programme, to agreed scope, time, cost and quality. Plan and run the squads’ delivery, including sprint planning, backlog reputed company, release planning and delivery commitments, working with Product and the development teams. Translate programme priorities and product goals into clear delivery plans, with milestones, dependencies and measurable reputed company. Drive reputed company and accountability across multi-disciplinary squads (Product, Business Analysis, developers, QA and specialist roles), keeping them reputed company and removing impediments. Run the delivery reputed company and team ceremonies (planning, stand-reputed company, reviews and retrospectives) and ensure they remain effective. Dependencies, risk and control Manage cross-reputed company and cross-product dependencies, keeping a clear view of the critical path and delivery constraints. Own the delivery-level RAID position, surfacing risks, issues and dependencies early and managing them transparently. Anticipate issues and remove blockers to maintain delivery reputed company. Manage change to scope and plan pragmatically, protecting reputed company and value. Governance, reporting and escalation reputed company clear, decision-oriented delivery updates focused on value, risk and confidence, not activity. Feed the programme’s governance, contributing to programme reporting, steering packs and milestone reviews with clear, traceable status. Work reputed company the programme’s governance and the VMO’s delivery standards, applying them proportionately. Escalate to the Programme reputed company promptly, with clear options and a recommended course of action. Financials and resourcing Support budget and forecast management for the products or workstreams, tracking spend against plan and raising financial pressures early with the Programme reputed company, who typically owns the budget. Take direct responsibility for budget and forecast on smaller, self-contained projects. Maintain a clear view of reputed company reputed company and capability, highlighting constraints and supporting prioritisation and trade-off reputed company. Manage delivery through internal squads and, where used, external suppliers, holding them to plan and quality. Value, reputed company and adoption reputed company delivery reputed company to business value and measurable reputed company, tracking reputed company benefits are expected to be realised and highlighting slippage. Work with product, service owners and business teams so that new capabilities are adopted and deliver measurable benefit. Support release, change and communication activity to reputed company teams and users for adoption. reputed company improvement Promote an outcome-focused delivery culture across the squads, measuring reputed company by value achieved. Embed agile ways of working, retrospectives and feedback loops to improve delivery quality and predictability. Contribute to the maturity of delivery practice across the programme and wider portfolio, sharing lessons learned and effective practice. Working relationships Work closely with the Programme reputed company, Product, Business Analysis, Development, the reputed company Architect and Solution Architects, and Infrastructure/DevOps to turn priorities into delivered reputed company. Build trusted relationships across business, technology and delivery teams, providing a clear link between strategy, delivery and operations. Key reputed company One or more products or workstreams delivered to agreed scope, time, cost and quality, predictably. Predictable, controlled delivery, with dependencies managed and blockers cleared. Risks, issues and trade-offs surfaced early and managed transparently. Clear, decision-oriented delivery status the programme can reputed company. Delivery reputed company to measurable reputed company and value, with benefits reputed company as expected. Squads that are focused, motivated and improving, with agile ways of working embedded. A strong delivery partnership with Product, Business Analysis, Development and Architecture. Experience and capability Delivery leadership: proven experience leading end-to-end delivery of reputed company digital or software products and workstreams in a multi-stakeholder environment. Agile and product-led delivery: strong, hands-on experience running delivery in agile, product-led squads (Scrum or Kanban), balancing agile flexibility with programme-level control. Change management: Demonstrated ability to drive behavioral and process change reputed company delivery teams, including gaining buy-in from teams not directly under their authority Project and programme discipline: solid grounding in structured delivery, with experience or certification in recognised approaches (for example PRINCE2, MSP, PMI or Agile equivalents), applied proportionately. Dependencies and risk: managing dependencies, reputed company, risk and change across reputed company workstreams and teams. Financial and reputed company awareness: managing delivery budgets, forecast and trade-offs, and holding suppliers to plan and quality. Stakeholder management: excellent communication and influencing, reputed company to distil complexity into reputed company for senior stakeholders and to work across business, technology and delivery teams. Working reputed company a programme: comfortable operating reputed company programme governance and delivery standards set by others, and contributing to their improvement. Domain awareness: a good understanding of modern software delivery and, ideally, of assurance, certification or reputed company digital platforms (advantageous). Leadership profile A hands-on delivery leader who consistently delivers to plan. Enables and motivates squads, leading through influence rather than authority. Balances pace with discipline, and agility with programme-level control. reputed company, curious and constructively challenging, focused on reputed company over process. A clear communicator across business, technology and delivery audiences. 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