Digital Project Manager - Business Transition ( Condor Project )

-; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent retail company is seeking a Digital Project Manager for a 12-month FTC in Nottingham. This role is crucial for the success of the Digital Transformation programme, coordinating various teams and ensuring timely delivery of business transition activities. Candidates should have experience in complex project management and possess strong communication and organisational skills. The position offers a full-time commitment with benefits including generous discounts and a flexible benefits scheme.

Benefits

Boots Retirement Savings Plan

Discretionary annual bonus

Generous employee discounts

Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay

Flexible benefits scheme

24/7 counselling and support

Qualifications

• Experienced in project and/or programme management.
• Able to create and manage complex plans involving multiple teams.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Co-ordinate all business transition activities across multiple departments.
• Work closely with IT to create and deliver a release plan.
• Identify and address risks and issues as needed.

Skills

Organisational skills

Project management

Technology implementation

Communication skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Attention to detail

Education

MSP practitioner or similar (e.g. APM practitioner)

Tools

PowerPoint

MS Teams

Sharepoint

Excel

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

Job Description

Role: Digital Project Manager - Business Transition (Condor Project)

Contract: 12 month FTC

Shift pattern: Weekdays

Pattern: Full Time

Hours: 37.5

Location: Nottingham

Closing date: 7th November 2025

Recruitment Partner: Matthew Nelligan

About the role

The role is critical to ensuring the Digital Transformation programme (Condor) lands successfully for business teams and our customers. It will co‑ordinate all associated business transition activities across Digital, Marketing, Healthcare, Stores and Supply Chain, and will work closely with IT to create and deliver a release plan for our business. You will work with specialists in Business Change, Business Architecture, Digital Product and our business SMEs to ensure all activities are identified and organised into the business delivery plan for the release(s) for which you are responsible. You'll then ensure these plans are delivered, identifying and addressing risks and issues as needed, working closely with the Condor & Digital leadership teams.

The role reports to the Head of Business Transition. The role has no direct reports but works closely with a large number of people across the programme and organisation.

What you’ll need to have

• You are extremely organised and experienced in project and/or programme management
• Must have experience of creating and managing large complex plans involving multiple teams/functions and a wide variety of different activities including technology implementation
• Able to work effectively in a fast‑paced environment with rapidly changing priorities, and challenging stakeholders
• Confident, flexible and unflappable and will challenge when deadlines are not met or standards not achieved
• Excellent communication skills (written and oral) and good attention to detail
• Great at bringing a cross‑functional group together, and leading/facilitating the group to work through potential problems or barriers
• Works well with others and experienced in working cross‑functionality with a diverse range of people - including effectively holding others to account when needed
• Able to follow guidelines & processes but know when these can/should be flexed
• Experience of project and programme management methodologies
• Confident user of PowerPoint, MS Teams, Sharepoint and Excel

It would be great if you also have

• Ideally have completed (or working towards) MSP practitioner or similar (e.g. APM practitioner)
• Experience using JIRA / Confluence
• Knowledge of APMG International Change Management, Lean Six Sigma and Agile methodologies is beneficial

Our benefits

• Boots Retirement Savings Plan
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Generous employee discounts
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay and gift card for anyone expecting or adopting a child
• Flexible benefits scheme including holiday buying, discounted gym membership, life assurance, activity passes and more.
• Access to free, 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health, our Employee Assistance Programme.

We have a great range of benefits in addition to the above that offer flexibility to suit you - find out more at boots.jobs/rewards. Please note, any salary estimates given on third‑party sites are not provided or endorsed by Boots and may not be accurate.

Why Boots

At Boots, we foster a working environment where consideration and inclusivity help everyone to be themselves and reach their full potential. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, passionate about embracing the diversity of our colleagues and providing a positive and inclusive working environment for all. As the heart of everything we do at Boots, it’s with you, we change for the better.

What’s next

If you are successful in being selected for interview, one of our Talent Team will contact you to go through the process and tell you more about the role.

If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process, we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you to be at your best.

Boots is a Ban the Box employer and will consider the suitability of applicants with criminal convictions on a case‑by‑case basis.