Project Manager

Ocho; Ballymena; Hybrid; GBP 63,000 - 77,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working in Ballymena

Annual leave

Pension and life assurance

Job summary

Ocho in Ballymena seeks a Senior Technical Project Manager to lead group-wide technology delivery, starting with a connected vehicle and telematics programme. The role is hybrid with occasional travel to group sites in England, offering a challenging opportunity to shape delivery standards across the organisation.

You will own end-to-end delivery across IT, data and digital workstreams, managing multiple initiatives, and driving governance as the function grows into a group PMO.

Qualifications

• 5+ years managing technical projects in IT, data or digital environments.
• Experience running several projects concurrently.
• Hands-on, end-to-end delivery with ability to drive change to adoption.
• Full project management toolkit: planning, budgets, risk, dependencies, governance, reporting.

Responsibilities

• Own technical projects and programmes end to end across Data, Digital and IT.
• Lead the connected vehicle programme, coordinating engineering, data and digital workstreams.
• Manage several technology initiatives at once, including Salesforce harmonisation.
• Plan, budget and resource projects, managing risk, issues and dependencies.
• Align business, executive and technical stakeholders behind a shared plan.
• Translate technical detail into clear options for senior leadership.
• Remove blockers and drive change through to adoption.
• Build templates, standards and lightweight governance for a new group delivery function.
• Grow the function towards a group PMO as more project managers join.
• Utilise AI tools to speed up planning, documentation and reporting.

Skills

Technical project management

Cross-project leadership

Stakeholder management

Project governance

Engineering collaboration

Eligibility to work in UK

Education

Technical degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Salesforce

PRINCE2

Job description

• Senior Technical Project Manager leading group wide technology delivery


• IT, data and digital programmes, starting with a connected vehicle and telematics programme


• Hybrid working in Ballymena, with occasional travel to group sites in England


• Salary up to £70,000 plus bonus


• A rare chance to build a group PMO from the ground up

About the Company

Our client is a well established engineering and technology group at the forefront of sustainable transport, with operations across Northern Ireland and England. The group is building out a central technology function to bring data, digital and IT delivery together across its businesses. It offers the stability of an established organisation with the energy of a team shaping how technology is delivered for years to come.

The Role

This is a new, senior role within Group Technology, reporting to the CIO with a matrix line into the Office of the CTO. You'll own technical delivery across the group, starting with a connected vehicle programme that brings together telematics, engineering, data and digital workstreams. Alongside that, you'll run several initiatives at once, including a Salesforce harmonisation project, and set the standards for how technical change is delivered as the function grows towards a group PMO. No manufacturing or engineering sector background is needed... strong delivery experience from any IT, data or digital environment will translate well. It suits a hands on, pragmatic delivery lead who enjoys building structure where none exists.

Key Responsibilities

• Own technical projects and programmes end to end across Data, Digital and IT


• Lead the connected vehicle programme, coordinating engineering, data and digital workstreams


• Manage several technology initiatives at once, including Salesforce harmonisation


• Plan, budget and resource projects, managing risk, issues and dependencies


• Align business, executive and technical stakeholders behind a shared plan


• Translate technical detail into clear options for senior leadership


• Remove blockers and drive change through to adoption


• Build templates, standards and lightweight governance for a new group delivery function


• Grow the function towards a group PMO as further project managers join


• Use AI tools such as ChatGPT and Claude to speed up planning, documentation and reporting

What You'll Need

• 5+ years managing technical projects in an IT, data or digital environment


• Experience running several projects concurrently


• A track record of hands on, end to end delivery, driving change through to adoption


• The full project management toolkit, covering planning, budgets, risk, dependencies, governance and reporting


• Strong stakeholder management across business, executive and technical audiences


• Confidence engaging with engineers and technical teams


• A degree in a technical, IT, data or business discipline, or equivalent experience


• Eligibility to work in the UK

Desirable / Nice to Have:

• A recognised qualification such as PRINCE2, APM, Agile or MSP


• Exposure to telematics, connected vehicle, IoT or Salesforce delivery


• Experience setting up a PMO or new delivery function

Why Apply?

• Up to £70,000 plus bonus


• Annual leave, pension and life assurance scheme


• Hybrid working in Ballymena


• Onsite parking


• The chance to build and shape a new group wide delivery function


• Direct access to senior leadership across the group


• High profile work across connected vehicle, data and digital transformation