Project Manager (UK)

The Project Manager is a UK-based member of Janison's Delivery Management practice, part of the shared Project Manager / Technical Account Manager resource pool supporting Janison's UK and EU delivery programmes. Working alongside client-side project managers under the Programme Director, the Project Manager plans, tracks and reports on workstream delivery, from mobilisation through acceptance testing, go-live and data/content migration, ensuring programmes are delivered to schedule, budget and the quality standards expected on high-stakes government and enterprise assessment contracts.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Project Planning & Delivery
• Lead planning and day-to-day delivery of assigned workstreams (e.g., platform configuration, identity & access, integrations, reporting, data and content migration) against the agreed delivery plan and milestones.
• Create and maintain the project schedule, ensuring adequate staffing and coordinating UK, EU and AU/EMEA contributors.
• Facilitate project workshops with client and delivery-partner stakeholders (e.g., data profiling, requirements mapping, reporting and UX requirements, migration kick-off).
• Track and report effort and cost for assigned workstreams against approved budget, flagging variances or emerging cost/scope risk to the Programme Director promptly.
• Governance, Reporting & Tools
• Maintain the project schedule and RAID log, and the project backlog/tickets in the practice's standard project management and collaboration tools (e.g., Smartsheet, Jira).
• Contribute to monthly service and status reporting, supporting compliance with the agreed implementation-schedule KPIs.
• Provide regular, accurate progress updates to the Programme Director and client/delivery-partner stakeholders.
• Use AI-enabled tools where appropriate to improve reporting quality, efficiency and turnaround, in line with Janison's AI adoption expectations.
• Risk, Issue & Change Management
• Own and maintain the risk and issue log for assigned workstreams, ensuring mitigations are implemented, reviewed and escalated where required.
• Support the change control process: log, assess and track change requests and their schedule/budget impact.
• Escalate KPI or schedule deterioration promptly, supporting rapid root-cause assessment and remedial action planning.
• Stakeholder & Team Coordination
• Agree project objectives and acceptance criteria with client and internal stakeholders.
• Coordinate, direct and support project staff and functional contributors (Technology Delivery, UK Enablement, TechOps) to deliver assigned workstreams.
• Liaise with the client's service desk and training teams to ensure a smooth handover from build to live service.
• Escalate risks, issues and capability gaps to the Programme Director, and engage constructively with structured mentoring and development support provided.

Experience, Skills & Qualifications

• Certifications: ITIL Foundation v4 (minimum)
• Certifications: PRINCE2 Foundation or equivalent (e.g., Certified Scrum Master)
• Experience: 4-6 years' project management experience, including software vendor, SaaS or client onboarding/implementation projects
• Skills: Strong stakeholder, budget, and issue and risk management skills; able to facilitate workshops and work independently
• Delivery environment: Experience working in a matrixed or multi-vendor/consortium delivery environment
• Eligibility: Eligible to work in the UK and able to satisfy BPSS-aligned pre-employment screening (identity verification, right to work, references and a criminal record check appropriate to the role). Holds a current, valid passport enabling travel outside the UK as required for the role.
• Certifications: PRINCE2 Practitioner or PMP
• Experience delivering assessment, education or public-sector technology programmes
• Skills: Experience with Smartsheet, Jira and RAID-based governance tooling
• Delivery environment: Experience with data migration or system integration projects