Senior Project Manager in Oxford

Position Overview

The Senior Project Manager is a senior delivery role within the Delivery & Change Excellence function, responsible for leading complex, high-value projects with significant organisational impact. The DCE role ensures Wiley's ambitions actually land, and this role sits at the heart of that. The position leads end-to-end delivery across strategic initiatives, working with senior stakeholders across Technology, Product, and Commercial functions. It operates in an environment that prizes speed, accountability, and agility – where outcomes matter more than process, and where AI-enabled ways of working are becoming the standard, not the exception.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of complex, cross-functional projects, ensuring clear business cases, realistic plans, benefits validated, and changes embedded.
• Develop and maintain project documentation including PIDs, business cases, plans, and RAID logs; manage scope, timelines, budgets, and dependencies.
• Surface risks early and make them visible – own issue resolution and escalation where required.
• Engage and manage senior stakeholders across business and technology functions, providing clear, timely communication and reporting.
• Lead project teams across Technology, Product, Content, and Commercial, providing direction, support, and performance oversight.
• Contribute to portfolio-level visibility – ensuring decision-makers have the information they need, when they need it.
• Actively adopt and champion AI-enabled tools and workflows within project delivery (including tools such as Matae and others in the DCE stack).
• Contribute to DCE's operating model, standards, and capability development – coaching colleagues and sharing what works.

Required Qualifications

• PRINCE2 Practitioner or PMP certification (or equivalent, e.g. APM PMQ).
• Extensive experience of project management experience, including delivery of complex, cross-functional projects.
• Demonstrated ability to manage senior stakeholders and navigate ambiguity in fast-moving environments.
• Strong experience managing scope, risk, budget, and dependencies across multiple concurrent workstreams.
• Track record of delivering outcomes, not just managing process – able to evidence impact.
• Comfortable working in environments undergoing significant change or transformation.
• Working knowledge of project management methodologies and delivery frameworks.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in publishing, research, technology, or information services industries.
• Familiarity with AI-enabled delivery tools or an active interest in embedding AI into ways of working.
• Experience contributing to PM standards, CoEs, or capability frameworks.
• Familiarity with Clarity PPM, Jira, or similar enterprise tools.
• Experience delivering projects involving external partnerships or vendor collaboration.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Wiley is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. We evaluate all qualified applicants and treat all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or based on any individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. Wiley is also committed to providing reasonable accommodation to applicants and employees with disabilities. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact tasupport@wiley.com for assistance.

Salary

Salary Range: 53,000 GBP to 75,867 GBP (#LI-JG2).