Programme Manager, Telco

Cambridge Consultants; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Company bonus (profit share)

Hybrid working

Medical insurance

Pension plan

Career development

Office: breakfast and lunch provided

Job summary

Cambridge Consultants is seeking an experienced Programme/Project Manager to lead complex telecoms projects, coordinating teams across software, hardware and systems disciplines. You will own end-to-end delivery, steer client relationships, and guide multi-disciplinary teams toward innovative solutions.

The role offers hybrid working with opportunities to shape strategy and elevate project outcomes while developing your leadership and technical acumen within a world-class technology environment.

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering complex, multi-disciplinary projects
• Experience managing software and hardware development programmes
• Understanding of agile and waterfall project management methodologies
• Demonstrated stakeholder management and client relationship skills
• Ability to scope, size and shape projects with technical experts

Responsibilities

• Take overall responsibility for successful delivery of complex projects
• Manage customer relationships and expectations
• Collaborate with Business Developers and Technical Leads to guide clients to solutions
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams including Signal Processing, AI, Digital Systems, RF, embedded software
• Oversee budget performance and delivery across multiple projects

Skills

Project management

Agile

Waterfall

Stakeholder management

Multi-disciplinary teams

Telecoms experience

Education

APM qualification (beneficial)

Job description

Overview

We are currently looking for an experienced Programme/Project Manager (PM) within Telecoms, an area in which we have unparalleled pedigree. Our work within this domain has led to the creation of numerous world-firsts and paradigm shifting technologies.

You will have the opportunity to lead programmes that help our clients develop solutions that solve some of the world's most complex engineering, technology, and design problems including those where we havedeveloped the world's most dense cellular networkfor Ocado and the world's largest commercial airborne antenna for SPL.

This role offers the opportunity to contribute to the global technology landscape by delivering innovative, world-class projects, while developing your own skills and career within a collaborative environment.

What you'll be doing:

• Take overall responsibility for the successful delivery of complex projects involving multidisciplinary technical teams.
• Play a key role in managing the customer and the customer relationship.
• Work alongside Business Developers and Technical Leads, to uncover challenges and help guide clients to a solution.
• Collaborate and work alongside various teams from a variety of disciplines which include Signal Processing, Artificial Intelligence, Digital Systems, Radio Frequency, Embedded Software among others.
• Manage budget performance across multiple projects, ensuring effective planning and delivery.

What you need to succeed:

• Proven experience as a Programme/Project Manager with the ability to manage complex, multi-disciplinary projects involving both software and hardware development.
• Demonstrated knowledge of project management tools and processes. A formal PM qualification (e.g. APM) is beneficial.
• Demonstrated understanding of multiple project management methodologies, e.g. agile and waterfall.
• Ability to work in a dynamic environment where project requirements and technologies continue to evolve.
• Strong problem solving and analytical thinking when addressing complex technological challenges.Demonstrated experience in stakeholder management and translating client challenges into deliverable solutions.
• Ability to scope, shape, and size projects in collaboration with technical experts and subject matter specialists.
Ability to motivate and inspire diverse project teams, fostering collaboration, accountability, and high performance to achieve programme objectives.Experience within telecoms or closely related technology sectors is a plus.

What we offer:

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (with the option to buy 10 more a year)
• Company bonus (profit share)
• Flexible working patterns and hybrid working
• Medical insurance and group income protection
• Employee assistance programme and mental health support group
• Enhanced maternity/paternity leave
• Sabbatical leave
• Travel insurance (business and leisure)
• Generous company pension plan
• Personalised career development and training plans
• Free breakfast and two-course lunch in the office every day
• Free onsite parking and we are close to public transport links
• A variety of events organised by our social committee, ranging from summer and Christmas parties to board game nights and socials at our own rooftop bar!

Why Cambridge Consultants?

At Cambridge Consultants, you'll contribute to radical, new-to-the-world innovation that transforms business, society and the planet. Joining our multidisciplinary teams means helping to turn bold ideas into reality, harnessing the power of deep tech to create products, services and experiences that have never existed before. Whether you're advancing technologies, shaping strategy, supporting operations or driving commercial growth, it's an opportunity to make a real impact and help create the future.

By submitting an application to Cambridge Consultants, you confirm that the information provided in this application, together with any supporting documentation, is true, complete, and accurate to the best of your knowledge and belief. You understand that any false statement, misleading information, or material omission may render you liable to disqualification from the recruitment process, withdrawal of any offer of employment, or dismissal without notice if discovered following appointment. You acknowledge that the organisation reserves the right to verify the information supplied.