IT Project Manager - Digital Workplace

Spirax Group; Cheltenham; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Pension plan

Life assurance

Share Ownership Plan

Onsite parking

Flexible benefits

Volunteer leave

Job summary

Spirax Group in Cheltenham is seeking an experienced Group IT Project Manager – Digital Workplace to lead strategic technology initiatives and shape the digital employee experience. You will manage end-to-end project lifecycles and drive adoption of modern workplace solutions across the organisation.

Working with IT and business stakeholders, you will deliver projects that improve collaboration, productivity, and operational efficiency, across multiple streams and with external partners.

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering IT projects in digital workplace environments.
• Strong ability to manage end-to-end project lifecycles in complex organisations.
• Experience with Microsoft technologies (Microsoft 365, Teams, SharePoint, Intune).

Responsibilities

• Lead planning and delivery of digital workplace and IT transformation projects from initiation to completion.
• Manage scope, timelines, budgets, risks and dependencies across multiple workstreams.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define requirements and ensure alignment with goals.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams including internal IT, vendors and partners.
• Drive adoption of tools like Microsoft 365 and collaboration platforms.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Microsoft 365

Agile / Hybrid

Change management

Tools

Microsoft 365

Teams

SharePoint

Intune

Job description

Location: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (hybrid working)

The Role

We are looking for an experienced Group IT Project Manager – Digital Workplace to lead the delivery of strategic technology initiatives across the organisation. You will play a key role in shaping and enhancing the digital employee experience, managing end-to-end project lifecycles, and ensuring successful adoption of modern workplace solutions.

Working closely with stakeholders across IT and the wider business, you will drive the execution of projects that improve collaboration, productivity, and operational efficiency.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the planning and delivery of digital workplace and IT transformation projects from initiation through to completion
• Manage project scope, timelines, budgets, risks, and dependencies across multiple workstreams
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to define requirements and ensure solutions align with organisational goals
• Coordinate cross-functional teams, including internal IT, external vendors, and third-party partners
• Drive the implementation and adoption of tools such as Microsoft 365, collaboration platforms, and workplace technologies
• Ensure effective change management, communication, and user engagement throughout project delivery
• Monitor project performance and provide regular status updates to senior stakeholders
• Champion best practice in project management methodologies and continuous improvement

Your Experience

• Proven experience delivering IT projects, ideally within digital workplace or end-user computing environments
• Strong background in managing full project lifecycles in complex organisational settings
• Experience working with Microsoft technologies (e.g. Microsoft 365, Teams, SharePoint, Intune)
• Demonstrated ability to manage stakeholders at all levels, including senior leadership
• Experience working with third-party suppliers and managing vendor relationships
• Familiarity with Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid delivery frameworks
• Programme Management experience

Your Skills

• Excellent project management, organisational, and prioritisation skills
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement abilities
• Ability to translate technical concepts into business-friendly language
• Proactive problem-solving mindset with strong attention to detail
• Ability to manage multiple projects and competing priorities effectively
• Strong leadership and team coordination skills

Spirax Group is a FTSE100 and FTSE4Good multi-national industrial engineering Group with expertise in the control and management of steam, electric thermal solutions, peristaltic pumping and associated fluid technologies.

Our Purpose is to create sustainable value for all our stakeholders as we engineer a more efficient, safer and sustainable world. Our technologies play an essential role in critical industrial processes and industrial equipment across industries as diverse as Food & Beverage, Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology, Power Generation, Semiconductors and Healthcare. With customers in 165 countries, we provide the solutions that sit behind the production of many items used in daily life, from baked beans to mobile phones!

Our Purpose, supported by our inclusive culture and Values, unites us, guides our decisions and inspires us everywhere that we operate. We support our colleagues to make their difference for each other as well as customers, communities, suppliers, our planet and shareholders by creating a truly equitable working environment where everyone feels included.

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, detailed below.

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. These include gender-neutral parental leave, 15 days of extra paid caregiver leave, paid time off and support for anyone experiencing pregnancy loss or domestic abuse, menopause-friendly workplace principles and more. Learn more at www.spiraxgroup.com/en/life-at-spirax/our-inclusive-group/our-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.