Digital Project Manager

Kent County Council; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Kent County Council is seeking an experienced Digital Project Manager to join the Digital Transformation Team in the Technology Division. You will lead and deliver complex digital and technology-enabled change initiatives, ensuring projects are delivered effectively and realise measurable benefits.

You will manage projects across services, coordinating with stakeholders, suppliers and multidisciplinary teams to ensure timely, on-budget delivery within governance frameworks.

Qualifications

• Experience of managing complex projects or programmes.
• Strong stakeholder management and collaborative working skills.
• Ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary and hybrid teams.
• Excellent organisational, project and financial management skills.
• Sound decision-making and problem-solving abilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver complex digital and technology-enabled change initiatives.
• Ensure projects are delivered within agreed timescales, budgets and governance arrangements.
• Work closely with stakeholders, suppliers and multidisciplinary teams to ensure successful delivery.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional teamwork

Organisational skills

Financial management

Job description

Digital Project Manager

Role Responsibility

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Digital Project Manager to join the Digital Transformation Team within the Technology Division.

The Digital Transformation programme brings together major digital change projects that support the Council's strategic priorities and long-term ambitions. As a Digital Project Manager, you will lead and deliver complex digital and technology-enabled change initiatives, ensuring projects are delivered effectively, achieve their intended outcomes and realise measurable benefits.

Working across a diverse range of services, you will manage projects involving technology implementation, system integration, digital service improvement and data-driven change. You will work closely with stakeholders, suppliers and multidisciplinary teams to ensure successful delivery within agreed timescales, budgets and governance arrangements.

About You

You will have experience of successfully delivering complex projects or programmes, ideally within a large organisation, and be confident working with a wide range of stakeholders. You will possess strong project management skills, excellent communication abilities and the confidence to lead delivery in challenging and evolving environments.

We are looking for someone who can demonstrate:

• Experience of managing complex projects or programmes.
• Strong stakeholder management and collaborative working skills.
• The ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary and hybrid teams.
• Excellent organisational, project and financial management skills.
• Sound decision-making and problem-solving abilities.

Why Join Us?

This is an opportunity to play a key role in delivering digital transformation across one of the largest local authorities in the country. You'll be part of a supportive and ambitious team working on projects that improve services for residents, businesses and staff across Kent.

Contact Details

Emma Rudd, Head of Digital Transformation ([e-mail])

About the Company

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KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds, faiths and those with caring responsibilities, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.