Project Manager - Industrial Digitalisation in Leatherhead

Location: Leatherhead (Surrey, UK)

Job Type: Full time, 24 months Fixed term.

Work Model: Hybrid (4 days in the Leatherhead office, 1 day remote)

Required: 4+ years in project management, fluency in French and English.

Travel: Regular short business trips to France, approximately once a month, for a few days at a time.

Salary: £65,000 - £75,000 per annum (depending on experience)

About Eigen ltd

Eigen is a leading provider of digital solutions for the energy sector, specialising in advanced data platforms, control system integration, industrial automation, and digital transformation initiatives. We help major operators enhance operational performance, increase safety, and accelerate their journey toward fully data-driven operations.

The Role

• Lead full lifecycle delivery of digital and IT projects, ensuring alignment with business goals and technical requirements.
• Coordinate multi-disciplinary teams across engineering, IT, OT, and cybersecurity, ensuring clarity of roles, responsibilities, and deliverables.
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, schedules, and execution strategies using Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid methodologies as appropriate.
• Oversee integration of digital platforms with existing OT/IT systems, including SCADA, historians, DCS, cloud platforms, APIs, and data pipelines.
• Work closely with architects and SMEs to ensure solutions are technically feasible, secure, and aligned with enterprise architecture.
• Understand data models, integration flows, and technical dependencies to ensure smooth delivery and deployment.
• Build strong relationships with client stakeholders at all levels, from technical specialists to operational leaders.
• Manage communication, expectations, risks, and dependencies across global and cross-disciplinary teams.
• Lead vendor and integrator coordination, ensuring contractual and technical obligations are met.
• Establish clear project scope and maintain change control discipline throughout delivery.
• Manage project budgets, financial forecasts, cloud licensing models, and cost reporting.
• Define and run quality assurance processes, including system testing, cybersecurity validation, and documentation compliance.
• Identify and mitigate technical, operational, cybersecurity, and delivery risks.
• Ensure digital solutions adhere to relevant industry standards and data governance requirements.
• Make sound decisions in environments with technical uncertainty, variable data quality, and evolving requirements.
• Plan and coordinate deployment into operational environments, ensuring minimal disruption and strong end-user acceptance.
• Drive training, communication, support processes, and operational handover.
• Ensure digital tools deliver measurable value and are adopted effectively by engineering and operations teams.

Skills & Experience

• 4+ years' project management experience, ideally in IT, digitalisation or industrial technology.
• Experience with managing multiple projects at the same time.
• Proven ability to manage complex technical projects with multiple stakeholders and integration points.
• Strong understanding of digital ecosystems: cloud platforms, data architectures, APIs, cybersecurity principles, and industrial control system interfaces.
• Experience working with or alongside engineering and operations teams in industrial sectors (Oil & Gas preferred).
• Demonstrated ability to deliver projects on time, within budget, and to high-quality standards.
• Fluency in English and French, able to communicate confidently with French-speaking clients and stakeholders.
• Must already have the right to work in the UK. Please note that Eigen is unable to provide visa sponsorship for this role.
• Able and willing to undertake regular short business trips to France (approximately once a month, a few days at a time).

Key Competencies

• Technical integration & systems thinking across OT/IT environments.
• Strong stakeholder management across global, multi-functional teams.
• Robust scope and change control discipline.
• Budgeting, license management, and cost forecasting.
• Agile/Waterfall/hybrid scheduling and delivery orchestration.
• Vendor and systems integrator management.
• High proficiency with digital tools, dashboards, and project controls.
• Risk-based decision-making under uncertainty.
• Quality assurance, technical validation, and cybersecurity awareness.
• Strong leadership, communication, and conflict-resolution abilities.
• Experience delivering change management and driving operational adoption.

Preferred Experience

• Experience with managing projects using Jira.
• Experience in Oil & Gas, energy, heavy industry, or other high-reliability sectors.
• Familiarity with platforms such as Azure, AWS, AVEVA, Hexagon, or industrial data solutions.

What We Offer:

• Competitive salary package with performance incentives.
• Hybrid working model with flexibility.
• Opportunity to work on high-impact digitalisation projects for major energy operators.
• A collaborative team culture with supportive leadership and strong engineering expertise.
• Professional development opportunities, including exposure to cutting-edge digital technologies and industry best practices.
• A role that directly contributes to the digital future of industrial operations.