Project Manager in Cheltenham

The Information Systems (IS) Project Manager will lead project teams and workstreams to deliver projects for IS across the EMEA region and across global IS as required. The successful candidate can be based in the UK, France or Italy, but must be within commuting distance of Cheltenham, Trappes or Chatellraut, or Milan. This role will coordinate workstreams, managing project timelines while collaborating with global cross‑functional teams to deliver projects on time, within budget and to quality acceptance criteria.

Your objectives and responsibilities will focus on:

• Developing comprehensive project plans, including defining scope, objectives, deliverables, milestones, dependencies and resource requirements.
• Developing and managing project budgets, ensuring proper allocation of resources and adherence to financial constraints.
• Monitoring project progress, budget and resource allocation while taking proactive measures to address issues or risks.
• Coordinating and managing multiple workstreams to ensure smooth implementation.
• Developing mitigation and contingency plans, identifying and assessing project risks and issues.
• Leading and motivating cross‑functional teams, assigning tasks/deliverables, establishing clear roles and responsibilities and providing guidance and support to team members.
• Managing vendor relationships and monitoring their performance to ensure adherence to project requirements and timelines.

Qualifications:

• Proven experience as a Project Manager, overseeing multiple sub‑projects simultaneously.
• Completion of a relevant qualification.
• Experience in senior stakeholder management.
• Utilising both agile and waterfall methodologies.
• Considerable experience in aspects of the application development life cycle.
• Experienced in both business change and IS/IT Delivery.
• A broad working knowledge and understanding of current technology enablers.
• Demonstrate Company Core Values at all times.
• Be adaptable and able to shift priorities, demands and timelines.
• Demonstrate excellent leadership, interpersonal, communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Be able to positively influence and establish psychologically safe environments to enable effective problem‑solving.
• Possess effective analytical, attention to detail and organisational skills.
• Understand and apply best practices in software and service release and deployment.
• Be self‑motivated and client‑oriented in your approach.
• Work well within a multi‑cultural business environment.

Benefits:

• You will receive a competitive salary (and a discretionary bonus), flexible working and excellent benefits including 27 days holiday allowance (before bank holidays), 3 days' paid volunteering leave, comprehensive private healthcare, enhanced pension plan, life assurance, optional participation in a Share Ownership Plan, free onsite parking, flexible benefits, and access to a personal discounts' portal.
• We also offer a range of additional support and benefits through our Everyone is Included Group Inclusion Plan.

Everyone is Included at Spirax Group. We are passionate about creating inclusive and equitable working cultures where everyone can be themselves and achieve their full potential. For us, that means supportive teams and strong relationships where everyone's contribution is valued - across social and cultural backgrounds, ethnicities, ages, genders, gender identities, abilities, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, and everything else that makes us human and unique. We want everyone to be able to make their difference here, so we will always consider requests for flexible working. We know that everyone needs some extra help from time to time too, so we have introduced a range of additional benefits through our Group Inclusion Commitments.

We are also a Disability Confident Committed Employer. If you would like to apply using this scheme, please select this option in our application form or notify our recruitment partners.