Digital Project Manager

Onyx-Conseil; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

Onyx-Conseil in Birmingham is seeking a Digital Project Manager to own delivery from discovery through to handover, managing mid to high‑tier projects with light oversight of scope, timeline, budget, quality and risk, while maintaining clear, decision‑ready client communication.

You will work across both Agile and waterfall frameworks, translate business objectives into clear requirements and plans, coordinate internal teams and external suppliers, and ensure robust RAID reporting and timely

Qualifications

• Ability to run mid to high-tier, complex IT projects independently with light oversight, across both Agile and waterfall
• Strong stakeholder management across different business levels and stakeholder styles
• Clear, executive-ready communication of status, risks, decisions, options, and next steps
• Ability to influence decisions and maintain forward motion without direct authority
• Strong listening and requirements gathering, turning business objectives into clear specifications, tickets, and delivery plans
• Excellent attention to detail, spotting risks, dependencies, knock-on effects, and wider impacts
• Sound problem-solving, risk management, escalation judgement, and practical mitigation
• Commercial awareness: scope protection, budget tracking, change control, and margin impact
• Ability to manage trade-offs across customer needs, budget, timeline, quality, scope, and internal capacity
• Competence with project management tools, spreadsheets, documents, and AI-enabled productivity methods
• Ability to work under pressure, manage competing priorities, and hold quality, control, and clear communication
• Willingness to learn quickly, use resources well, and seek support appropriately

Responsibilities

• Deliver end-to-end project management across both Agile and waterfall, owning scope, timeline, budget, quality, risk, dependencies, and outcomes
• Lead discovery and planning, turning business objectives into clear requirements, priorities, specifications, tickets, and delivery plans
• Own client success by managing expectations, setting boundaries, resolving issues early, and guiding customers towards the right outcome
• Maintain project control with a live RAID view of risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, and decisions, escalating early with options and a recommendation
• Protect scope, budget, margin, and commercial value through disciplined change control
• Communicate clearly across meetings, email, phone, video, and in person, and produce decision-ready reporting for customers and internal stakeholders covering status, risks, budget, and next actions
• Coordinate internal teams and external suppliers, keeping responsibilities, dependencies, handovers, and outputs well defined
• Oversee quality and acceptance, including UAT coordination, ensuring work meets agreed specifications, designs, and end‑user needs
• Manage support workflow where required, handling client requests and issues clearly and promptly
• Drive continuous improvement by spotting recurring issues and improving documentation, reporting, templates, and ways of working

Skills

Stakeholder management

Executive communication

Requirements gathering

Attention to detail

Risk management

Budget tracking

Change control

AI productivity

Agile-Waterfall

PM tools

Under pressure

Quick learning

Job description

Job Title: Digital Project Manager

Location: Birmingham

Salary: £34,000 - £42,500 per annum

Position: Permanent, Full-Time

About The Company:

The Company is a long-established web and app development agency based in the Jewellery Quarter, specialising in AI integration, SaaS products, apps and portals.

We build high-quality web and mobile solutions for a wide range of clients, from innovative start-ups to established enterprises. We embrace modern technologies, and have frontier adoption of AI. We take pride in a team culture that values high control, continuous learning, and delivering work we can stand behind.

All roles are 'hybrid', meaning we expect our teams to be able to come into the office in the Jewellery Quarter in Birmingham while working effectively from home.

Job Role:

You will own delivery from discovery and planning through to handover, managing mid to high-tier projects with light oversight: scope, timeline, budget, quality, risk, dependencies, customer communication, and delivery outcomes. You will keep projects under control, surface risks early, escalte with options and context, and maintain forward motion.

You will work confidently across both Agile and waterfall delivery, with strong stakeholder management, commercial awareness, attention to detail, and clear, decision-ready communication. You will be confident with stakeholders at all levels, including senior or assertive ones, while staying calm, constructive, and outcome-focused.

You will translate business objectives into clear requirements, priorities, specifications, tickets, and delivery plans, working across customers, internal teams, and external suppliers to manage expectations, resolve issues, influence decisions, and guide delivery towards the right outcome.

Deliverables and Responsibilities:

• Deliver end-to-end project management across both Agile and waterfall, owning scope, timeline, budget, quality, risk, dependencies, and outcomes
• Lead discovery and planning, turning business objectives into clear requirements, priorities, specifications, tickets, and delivery plans
• Own client success by managing expectations, setting boundaries, resolving issues early, and guiding customers towards the right outcome
• Maintain project control with a live RAID view of risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, and decisions, escalating early with options and a recommendation
• Protect scope, budget, margin, and commercial value through disciplined change control
• Communicate clearly across meetings, email, phone, video, and in person, and produce decision-ready reporting for customers and internal stakeholders covering status, risks, budget, and next actions
• Coordinate internal teams and external suppliers, keeping responsibilities, dependencies, handovers, and outputs well defined
• Oversee quality and acceptance, including UAT coordination, ensuring work meets agreed specifications, designs, and end‑user needs
• Manage support workflow where required, handling client requests and issues clearly and promptly
• Drive continuous improvement by spotting recurring issues and improving documentation, reporting, templates, and ways of working

About you:

Skills:

• Ability to run mid to high-tier, complex IT projects independently with light oversight, across both Agile and waterfall
• Strong stakeholder management across different business levels and stakeholder styles
• Clear, executive-ready communication of status, risks, decisions, options, and next steps
• Ability to influence decisions and maintain forward motion without direct authority
• Strong listening and requirements gathering, turning business objectives into clear specifications, tickets, and delivery plans
• Excellent attention to detail, spotting risks, dependencies, knock-on effects, and wider impacts
• Sound problem-solving, risk management, escalation judgement, and practical mitigation
• Commercial awareness: scope protection, budget tracking, change control, and margin impact
• Ability to manage trade-offs across customer needs, budget, timeline, quality, scope, and internal capacity
• Competence with project management tools, spreadsheets, documents, and AI-enabled productivity methods
• Ability to work under pressure, manage competing priorities, and hold quality, control, and clear communication
• Willingness to learn quickly, use resources well, and seek support appropriately

Additional Information:

We value a diverse workforce and believe that people from different backgrounds can bring fresh ideas, thinking and approaches to the way we work. We welcome everyone from everywhere to come and join our team.

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK. We are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

The job title and salary offered will be dependent on the candidate's experience and demonstrated capability.

Candidates with experience of the following may also be suitable to apply for this role; Project Admin, Project Manager, Senior project manager, Project administrator, Technology project manager, scrum project manager, scrum master, Agile Practitioner, SCRUM Practitioner, Scrum manager, Agile Manager, Digital admin, UX project manager, UI project manager, web project manager, AWS project manager, tech project manager, General admin assistant, lead assistant, lead enquiries assistant, app project administrator, app project assistant, project manager, project management, web project administrator, web project assistant, account manager, digital account manager, project support analyst, assistant project manager, junior project assistant.