Consultant Project Manager in Cheltenham

Empowering projects in a complex world. Are you ready to take up a vital role in shaping some of our exciting projects? How about joining our talented team, where everyone has a voice, and together we face our clients’ problems head-on. It’s a diverse and inclusive work environment where world‑class talent knows no distinctions.

In your role, you’ll enable organisations to achieve maximum benefits from digital transformation and innovative operations. You’ll work directly with clients, identifying, shaping and managing better delivery capabilities. You’ll be supported to lead your own work packages or Agile delivery teams across our markets.

Your role:

• Manage and lead defined work packages or small‑to‑medium projects.
• Ensure delivery meets agreed scope, schedule, budget, and quality expectations.
• Work directly with clients to shape delivery approaches.
• Manage risks and dependencies across delivery activities.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams to achieve project outcomes.
• Ensure outputs support successful digital transformation.
• Analyse performance and produce clear, insightful reporting.
• Guide team activity and support continuous improvement.
• Operate with autonomy while maintaining strong delivery discipline.
• Represent the Transformation Solution Practice and build client confidence.

About you:

• Strong Leadership skills with demonstrable experience of leading diverse technical specialists across a complex supply chain.
• Proven experience delivering work packages or projects within structured or agile environments.
• Ability to manage scope, schedule, budget and quality to meet client expectations.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills, building trusted relationships.
• Confidence analysing project data and presenting insights clearly.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary teams and shaping delivery approaches.
• Strong facilitation skills across meetings, workshops and delivery sessions.
• Ability to anticipate risks, manage dependencies and support mitigations.
• Strong written communication, producing high‑quality reports and deliverables.
• Commercial understanding of project financials, contracts and supply chain impacts.

We support flexible working and welcome applications that align with our policies. While hybrid working is part of life at AtkinsRéalis, many Secure Government projects require more onsite collaboration due to security and client requirements. For these positions, candidates must be able to work onsite at least four days per week.

Rewards & benefits:

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.

Additional information:

This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.

We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they belong – a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop to be the best we can be. So, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee resource groups to support all employees. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability. At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world‑class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.