Principal Project Manager

Triumph Consultants Ltd; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A reputable consultancy firm is seeking a Principal Project Manager in Cardiff to lead the Cloud Transition Programme. The role involves managing large-scale NHS Wales migration projects, ensuring delivery on time and within budget. Candidates should have a Master's degree, project management qualification, and proven success in delivering complex projects. This contract role offers a competitive daily rate and the potential for extension.

Qualifications

• Proven success delivering large, complex digital or transformation projects in a public sector or large-scale IT environment.
• Excellent risk, financial and resource management experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage complex digital transformation projects within DHCW’s Cloud Transition Programme.
• Oversee planning, governance, and risk management processes.
• Engage and manage multiple stakeholders across NHS Wales.
• Develop project plans, business cases, and resource schedules.
• Ensure benefits realisation, quality assurance, and continuous improvement.
• Line-manage and mentor project staff, promoting best practice and accountability.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Leadership

Communication skills

Risk management

Financial management

Education

Master's degree or equivalent professional experience

Professional project management qualification (e.g. PRINCE2, APM, PMI)

Job description

Overview

Role: Principal Project Manager

Reference: QAD 5218/2810

Salary: £213.62 per day PAYE with accrued holiday and pension contribution

Hours: 37.5 hours per week Monday-Friday

Role length: 6 months (with strong potential of extension)

Job type: Remote

Location: Cardiff

Interview: MS Teams – Anticipated from 10/11/2025

Contract Type: Contract

Role

Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW) is seeking a Principal Project Manager to lead the delivery of its Cloud Transition Programme. The post-holder will co-ordinate large-scale migration projects, ensuring successful transition of NHS Wales services to Public Cloud environments.

You’ll provide strategic project management, ensuring delivery on time, within scope and budget, while driving cultural and operational transformation across teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage complex digital transformation projects within DHCW’s Cloud Transition Programme.
• Oversee planning, governance, and risk management processes.
• Engage and manage multiple stakeholders across NHS Wales.
• Develop project plans, business cases, and resource schedules.
• Ensure benefits realisation, quality assurance, and continuous improvement.
• Line-manage and mentor project staff, promoting best practice and accountability.

What the client is looking for

• Master’s degree or equivalent professional experience.
• Professional project management qualification (e.g. PRINCE2, APM, PMI).
• Proven success delivering large, complex digital or transformation projects in a public sector or large-scale IT environment.
• Strong stakeholder engagement, leadership, and communication skills.
• Excellent risk, financial and resource management experience.

Desirable

• NHS Wales or wider health sector experience.
• Certification in MSP, Agile, or Management of Risk.
• Welsh language skills (Level 1 or above).
• Significant understanding and knowledge of the NHS, including the political, strategic and operational environment in which it operates.