Contract - Project Manager

Deloitte LLP; Leeds, Milton Keynes, Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm is seeking an experienced Project Manager for a contract role in their IT Portfolio Management team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in agile project management and proven experience in delivering transformation projects. This hybrid role requires managing various stakeholders and ensuring project deliverables meet business objectives. Excellent communication skills and commercial awareness are essential.

Qualifications

• Experienced Project Manager from a Professional Services or Financial Services background.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Budget and resource management experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage project scope and deliverables.
• Identify project risks and escalate when necessary.
• Develop timely status reports with key metrics.

Skills

Agile and Scrum

Strong stakeholder skills

Excellent communication skills

Commercial awareness

Organizational skills

Analytical and flexible

Tools

Prince2

Waterfall

Job description

Bristol, Cardiff, Leeds, Manchester, Milton Keynes

Business Line: Enabling Functions

Job Type: Contract

Date published: 06-Oct-2025

Job Title: Project Manager (contract)

Location: Cardiff/Bristol/Leeds/Manchester/London Hybrid - travel to office is on an ad hoc basis

Duration: 6 months

Contract Start Date: ASAP October 2025

Working with the Deloitte Associate (Contractor) Programme means we can offer you the opportunity to work on a variety of industry and client-related projects. Our aim is to retain the best talent and so when your project end date nears our team of Talent Community Advisors will be working with you to look at alternative projects within the firm that suit your experience should you wish to continue with Deloitte.

The Role

We are looking for an experienced Project Manager to join the IT Portfolio Management team. You will plan, execute and monitor your projects, build strong relationships with your business stakeholders, understand their strategic direction, processes and requirements. As a trusted advisor, you will advise on all elements of the project delivery. You will have experience working in an agile environment with multiple stakeholders at varying levels of seniority and equally be able to adapt to traditional project management approaches as required, to support the business’ objectives. You will be accountable for delivering your projects in full and their alignment with the agreed benefits through a value-driven approach.

Responsibilities include

• Manage the scope of your assigned projects (both software/products and/or infrastructure projects) and the production of relevant project deliverables and assurance artefacts
• Identify project risks and issues, escalating where appropriate, in a timely manner
• Manage the expectations and satisfaction of the stakeholders
• Implement effective change control by ensuring project change impacts are assessed and communicated so all parties are aligned
• Implement an effective project business change approach to ensure business adoption is successful and the ROI can be realised
• Ensure project resources and budgets are tracked and kept up to date
• Develop and distribute timely status reporting with key metrics to appropriate stakeholders
• Follow and align with the organisation’s processes, governance framework and best practice
• Own and engage in all stages of the agile development process – planning, stand-up, show-and-tell and retrospective ceremonies
• Work closely with the product owners to ensure the backlog is sufficiently prioritised for the next iteration
• Manage, coach and motivate the project team
• Communicate with openness, honesty and respect in all situations and be adept at conflict resolution and direction setting.

Essential Skills and Experience

• Experienced Project Manager with Agile and Scrum, from a Professional Services, Financial Services or Commercial sector background
• An SME with experience of leading and driving transformation delivery for Finance, HR, Cyber, AI, data integration, SAAS projects
• Strong stakeholder skills - able to collaborate and present to technical and non-technical senior stakeholders and partners
• Excellent communication skills, both verbally and written that inspire confidence in business stakeholders and the team
• Good commercial awareness and experience of managing budgets and resource utilisation
• Organised and able to respond to changing priorities
• Analytical and flexible with the ability to rapidly understand ambiguous and complex concepts
• Ability to understand the commitment to deliver the project on time through the use of Agile tools (where appropriate), the value of metrics and incremental delivery
• Prince2 and Waterfall

Deliverables: Responsibilities but not limited to:

• Evaluate existing solutions against the requirements and if necessary, conduct an RFP process to identify suitable alternatives
• Creation of another business case for refinement of the scope and requirements of the full implementation phase
• Based on the findings of the discovery phase, design, build, and implement the chosen solution

IR35

As a means of managing tax, commercial and reputational risks, Deloitte prohibits the use of Associates through Personal Service Companies (‘PSCs’). All Associates must contract under PAYE arrangements through a Deloitte approved ‘Employment Company’ (aka ‘umbrella company.’)