Senior Project Manager

Crimson; West Midlands; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading IT consulting firm is seeking a PMO Senior Project Manager in West Midlands. This role involves leading software development projects, ensuring successful delivery on scope, quality, and budget. Responsibilities include managing project teams, performing financial forecasting, and mentoring junior members. The ideal candidate should have experience with PM tools and a strong background in Agile methodologies. This is a full-time position with minimal travel requirements.

Qualifications

• Experience leading software development and support projects of varying scale.
• Proven record of delivering across scope, quality, cost, time, and risk.
• Experience mentoring and managing junior team members.

Responsibilities

• Own and manage assigned projects, ensuring successful delivery across time, budget, and scope.
• Lead project planning and execution with cross-functional teams.
• Monitor budgets and provide accurate financial forecasts.
• Identify, manage, and communicate project risks and issues.
• Use delivery models and tools to manage progress.
• Chair project meetings and represent projects at customer steering boards.
• Contribute to internal PMO improvements.

Skills

MS Project

SharePoint

Teams

Dynamics 365 CE

DevOps

O365

PPM tools

Power BI

Job description

PMO Senior Project Manager

Crimson West Midlands, England, United Kingdom

Remote / Minimal travel to West Midlands

(Sponsorship is not provided for this opportunity)

My client is currently seeking a PMO Senior Project Manager to lead software development and support projects of varying scale, including large, long-term programmes. You’ll ensure successful delivery across scope, quality, cost, time, and risk, in line with their PMO Governance standards.

You’ll also act as a role model within the team, aligning with company goals and promoting high performance. The role includes mentoring and line management of junior team members, with responsibility for regular 1:1s, performance reviews, and objective setting.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and manage assigned projects, ensuring successful delivery across time, budget, and scope.
• Lead project planning and execution with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
• Monitor budgets and provide accurate financial forecasts.
• Identify, manage, and communicate project risks and issues, maintaining RAID logs.
• Use the client’s delivery models and tools (e.g. MS Project, Azure DevOps) to manage progress.
• Chair project meetings and represent projects at customer steering boards when required.
• Contribute to internal PMO improvements and promote best practices.
• Lead, motivate, and guide project teams throughout delivery.

Technical skills

• MS Project
• SharePoint
• Teams
• Experience of Dynamics 365 CE both from a project delivery and usage to track client contracts, opportunities, pipeline etc.
• DevOps – Experience of managing projects and engagements following Agile framework utilising DevOps to plan, track, manage and report on daily activities.
• Good knowledge of O365
• Experience of PPM tools and Power BI for reporting

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Information Technology

Industries

IT Services and IT Consulting