Senior Project Manager
Location: Glasgow
Contract Type: Contract (6 months initially)
Day Rate: Up to £567 per day
Hours: 40 hours per week
Security Clearance: SC Clearance required
Role Overview
We are seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead the successful delivery of large-scale and complex technology programmes.
The successful candidate will have a minimum of 15 years' experience within project and delivery management, with a strong track record of managing major programmes across both application and infrastructure environments.
This is a senior delivery role requiring excellent leadership, financial management, stakeholder engagement and programme control capabilities.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the successful delivery of large and complex technology programmes.
- Manage programmes with a labour value of £10m+ and delivery teams of 100+ people.
- Oversee delivery across both application and infrastructure environments.
- Provide strategic leadership across multiple workstreams and service lines.
- Develop realistic project estimates, plans, budgets and forecasts.
- Maintain effective project monitoring, governance and controls.
- Manage project finances, costs and overall commercial performance.
- Identify, assess and manage project risks, issues and dependencies.
- Manage relationships with third-party suppliers and delivery partners.
- Build strong relationships with customers and senior stakeholders.
- Support the shaping and mobilisation of complex programmes.
- Troubleshoot complex delivery challenges and implement appropriate corrective actions.
- Lead delivery using both Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
Essential Skills & Experience
- Minimum 15 years' experience within project and delivery management.
- Demonstrable experience successfully running large and complex technology programmes.
- Experience managing programmes with a £10m+ labour value.
- Experience leading teams of 100+ people.
- Track record of managing at least five major programmes.
- Strong delivery experience across both applications and infrastructure.
- Experience delivering programmes within medium to large-scale organisations.
- Strong understanding of Agile and Waterfall delivery methodologies.
- Proven experience delivering cross-service-line programmes.
- Excellent strategic management, project management and leadership skills.
- Strong financial management and cost awareness.
- Proven experience with project monitoring, project control and forecasting.
- Demonstrable experience managing third-party suppliers.
- Strong understanding of risk assessment and risk management methodologies.
- Experience shaping deals and providing strategic leadership on complex engagements.
- Excellent customer-facing and senior stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to take ownership of complex programmes and resolve challenging delivery issues.
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