Project Manager

Vocative Consulting; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic consulting firm in Bristol is seeking an experienced IT Project Manager to establish a new project management function. This hybrid role offers a competitive salary of £55-60,000, plus a bonus and excellent benefits. You will lead high-impact projects in IT, cloud, and data, implementing best practices and managing stakeholder relationships. This role is perfect for those who thrive in a collaborative environment and are excited about shaping effective delivery frameworks.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Strong support for professional development

Qualifications

• Proven experience as an IT Project Manager delivering multiple projects, including data-focused initiatives.
• Strong working knowledge of PRINCE2, Agile (Scrum / Kanban), and modern delivery practices.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement, and influencing skills.

Responsibilities

• Establish and mature a new project management function, including governance and reporting standards.
• Lead end-to-end delivery of IT and data projects using hybrid methodologies.
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies and manage risks, issues, financials, dependencies.

Skills

PRINCE2

Agile

Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)

DevOps tooling and practices

Stakeholder engagement

Job description

Project Manager – Bristol (Hybrid 50:50)

Salary: £55-60,000 plus bonus and excellent benefits

We're looking for an experienced IT Project Manager to help stand up a new project management function within our expanding technology and data client. This is a key role where you'll shape delivery frameworks, implement best-practice standards, and oversee a portfolio of high-impact projects across IT, cloud, DevOps, and data. You will manage multiple concurrent projects, working closely with stakeholders across engineering, data, product, and business teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Establish and mature a new project management function, including governance, reporting standards, and delivery frameworks.
• Lead end-to-end delivery of a variety of IT and data projects using PRINCE2, Agile, and hybrid methodologies.
• Support and coordinate delivery of data initiatives, such as data platform upgrades, analytics improvements, and data governance enhancements.
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives, and sprint reviews.
• Drive cloud and DevOps initiatives, ensuring collaboration across development, data engineering, and infrastructure teams.
• Manage risks, issues, financials, dependencies, timelines, and resourcing across multiple projects.
• Build strong relationships with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, ensuring transparency and alignment throughout the project lifecycle.
• Champion continuous improvement and help embed a culture of structured, predictable project delivery.

About You

• Proven experience as an IT Project Manager delivering multiple projects, including data-focused initiatives.
• Strong working knowledge of PRINCE2, Agile (Scrum / Kanban), and modern delivery practices.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and familiarity with DevOps tooling and practices.
• Ideally have an understanding of data environments, such as data platforms, data pipelines, analytics, BI, or data governance.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement, and influencing skills.
• Comfortable setting up new processes, structures, and ways of working from scratch.
• Highly organised with a proactive, solution-focused mindset.

What They Offer

• The opportunity to shape a new project management capability from the ground up.
• A collaborative and innovative environment.
• Flexible working arrangements and strong support for professional development.

If you're excited about building something new and driving impactful technology and data projects, we'd love to hear from you