Project Manager

At IBM CIC, we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients in the UK. A career in IBM CIC means you’ll have the opportunity to work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio. Curiosity and a constant quest for knowledge serve as the foundation to success here. You’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm, investigate ideas outside of your role, and come up with creative solutions which impact a wide network of clients, whom may be at their site or one of our CIC or IBM locations. Our culture of evolution centres on long‑term career growth and development opportunities in an environment that embraces your unique skills and experience.

We offer:

• Many training opportunities from classroom to e-learning, mentoring and coaching programmes and the chance to gain industry recognised certifications
• Regular and frequent promotion opportunities to ensure you can drive and develop your career with us
• Feedback and checkpoints throughout the year
• Diversity & Inclusion as an essential and authentic component of our culture through our policies and process as well as our Employee Champion teams and support networks
• A culture where your ideas for growth and innovation are always welcome
• Internal recognition programmes for peer-to-peer appreciation as well as from manager to employees
• Tools and policies to support your work‑life balance from flexible working approaches, sabbatical programmes, paid paternity leave, maternity leave and an innovative maternity returners scheme
• More traditional benefits, such as 25 days holiday (in addition to public holidays), online shopping discounts, an Employee Assistance Programme, a group personal pension plan of an additional 5% of your base salary paid by us monthly to save for your future.

In this role, you will work in one of our IBM Consulting Client Innovation Centers (Delivery Centers), where we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients around the world. Our delivery centers offer our clients locally based skills and technical expertise to drive innovation and adoption of new technology.

Your role and responsibilities:

We are seeking a dynamic Project Manager to lead the successful delivery of key technology projects across our organisation. In this role, you will work closely with clients, technical teams, and stakeholders to deliver solutions that meet contractual commitments and business needs, from application development and modernisation to cloud, cognitive, and analytics‑driven initiatives. You will oversee project scope, schedule, and budget, manage risks and dependencies, and ensure strong collaboration between technical and business teams. You may lead modernisation projects involving refactoring, containerisation, microservices, or cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, IBM Cloud, or OpenShift. This role offers the opportunity to work on a wide range of initiatives—from application delivery to complex, multi‑vendor programmes—while shaping project direction, ensuring governance compliance, and building strong client relationships. It suits individuals who thrive on responsibility, clarity, structured delivery, and the challenge of coordinating diverse technical and business stakeholders. If you are passionate about delivering high‑quality solutions, driving project success, and working at the intersection of business and technology, we would love to hear from you.

Required education: None

Preferred education: Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise:

• Project planning, scheduling, budgeting and resource management
• Strong understanding of SDLC and application delivery
• Experience with Agile and traditional PM methodologies
• Cloud delivery experience (AWS, Azure, IBM Cloud, GCP, Red Hat OpenShift)
• Risk, issue, dependency and change management
• Vendor, subcontractor and cross‑functional team coordination
• Stakeholder engagement and communication planning
• Contractual and financial management, including cost controls and deliverables tracking
• Ability to manage complex or large‑scale projects and programmes
• Strong leadership, negotiation and facilitation skills
• Excellent communication and analytical skills

As an equal opportunities’ employer, we welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds. However, for you to be eligible for this role, you must have the valid right to work in the UK. Unfortunately, we do not offer visa sponsorship and have no future plans to do so. You must be a resident in the UK and have been living continuously in the UK for the last 10 years. You must be able to hold or gain a UK government security clearance.

IBM Consulting is IBM’s consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients’ businesses through the power of collaboration.

IBM is proud to be an equal‑opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.