Project Manager

Spirax Group; Cheltenham; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

27 days holiday allowance

3 days' volunteering leave

Private healthcare

Enhanced pension plan

Life assurance

Share Ownership Plan

Onsite parking

Flexible benefits

Job summary

Spirax Group in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, is seeking an experienced IS Project Manager to lead a diverse portfolio of business and technology projects across functions and international OpCos.

This role requires driving delivery from initiation to completion, managing budgets, risks and governance while coordinating cross-functional teams in a fast-paced environment and building strong stakeholder relationships.

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering complex IT, IS or business transformation projects.
• Experience with platforms, infrastructure, ERP/CRM projects.
• Experience with Waterfall and Hybrid delivery approaches.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Budgets, governance and delivery controls experience.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and workstreams.
• Problem-solving and decision-making capabilities.
• Experience with third-party suppliers and delivery partners.
• Project management qualification such as PRINCE2, PMP or APM desirable.
• Collaborative leadership with delivery-focused mindset.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of complex IS and business change projects.
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, milestones and resources.
• Manage budgets, forecasts, risks, issues, dependencies and change controls.
• Coordinate technical and business workstreams for successful outcomes.
• Build relationships with stakeholders across business, OpCos and suppliers.
• Provide clear project reporting to senior stakeholders and governance forums.
• Support governance, quality assurance and compliance with delivery frameworks.
• Lead and motivate multidisciplinary teams for collaborative delivery.
• Manage third-party suppliers and ensure contractual obligations.
• Identify and mitigate project risks to maintain momentum.

Skills

End-to-end delivery

Stakeholder management

Budgets and governance

Waterfall and Hybrid

Leadership of cross-functional teams

Risk and issue management

Multicultural collaboration

External supplier management

Reporting to governance forums

PRINCE2 / PMP / APM (desirable)

Education

PRINCE2 / PMP / APM (desirable)

Job description

Project Manager

Location: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

The role:

We are looking for an experienced IS Project Manager to lead the delivery of a diverse portfolio of business and technology projects. Working across multiple business functions and international operating companies, you'll be responsible for driving projects from initiation through to completion, ensuring successful delivery against scope, budget, timeline and quality objectives.

This is an excellent opportunity for a collaborative and organised project professional who enjoys working with a wide range of stakeholders and leading cross-functional teams in a fast-paced environment.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of complex IS and business change projects.
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, milestones and resource requirements.
• Manage project budgets, forecasts, risks, issues, dependencies and change controls.
• Coordinate technical and business workstreams to ensure successful project outcomes.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders across the business, operating companies and external suppliers.
• Provide clear project reporting and updates to senior stakeholders and governance forums.
• Support effective project governance, quality assurance and compliance with established delivery frameworks.
• Lead and motivate multidisciplinary teams, creating a positive and collaborative delivery environment.
• Manage third-party suppliers and ensure contractual and delivery obligations are met.
• Proactively identify and mitigate project risks to maintain delivery momentum.

Your skills:

• Proven experience delivering complex IT, IS or business transformation projects.
• Experience managing projects involving platforms, infrastructure, ERP, CRM or business change initiatives.
• Strong understanding of project delivery methodologies, including Waterfall and Hybrid approaches.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence at all levels.
• Demonstrated experience managing budgets, project governance and delivery controls.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and workstreams simultaneously.
• Effective problem-solving and decision-making capabilities.
• Experience working with third-party suppliers and external delivery partners.
• Project management qualification such as PRINCE2, PMP, APM or equivalent is desirable.
• A collaborative leadership style and passion for delivering successful outcomes.

Why join us?

You'll be a proactive and adaptable project professional who can work effectively in a dynamic environment, balancing structure and governance with a practical, delivery-focused approach. You'll enjoy building relationships, solving complex challenges and helping teams achieve shared goals while making a meaningful impact across a global organisation.

The Steam Thermal Solutions business is one of three businesses within Spirax Group. Spirax Sarco and Gestra, are our two brands that form Steam Thermal Solutions and are global leaders in the supply of engineered solutions for the design, provision and maintenance of efficient industrial and commercial steam systems. Steam Thermal Solutions has global coverage across 67 operating units (called OpCos), organised into four Divisions: EMEA, APAC, Americas, Gestra.

Spirax Group is a FTSE100 and FTSE4Good multi-national industrial engineering Group with expertise in the control and management of steam, electric thermal solutions, peristaltic pumping and associated fluid technologies.

Our Purpose is to create sustainable value for all our stakeholders as we engineer a more efficient, safer and sustainable world. Our technologies play an essential role in critical industrial processes and industrial equipment across industries as diverse as Food & Beverage, Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology, Power Generation, Semiconductors and Healthcare. With customers in 165 countries, we provide the solutions that sit behind the production of many items used in daily life, from baked beans to mobile phones!

Our Purpose, supported by our inclusive culture and Values, unites us, guides our decisions and inspires us everywhere that we operate. We support our colleagues to make their difference for each other as well as customers, communities, suppliers, our planet and shareholders by creating a truly equitable working environment where everyone feels included.

Benefits

You will receive a competitive salary (and a discretionary bonus), flexible working and excellent benefits including 27 days holiday allowance (before bank holidays), 3 days' paid volunteering leave, comprehensive private healthcare, enhanced pension plan, life assurance, optional participation in a Share Ownership Plan, free onsite parking, flexible benefits, and access to a personal discounts' portal. We also offer a range of additional support and benefits through our Everyone is Included Group Inclusion Plan, detailed below.

Everyone is Included at Spirax Group

We are passionate about creating inclusive and equitable working cultures where everyone can be themselves and achieve their full potential. For us, that means supportive teams and strong relationships where everyone’s contribution is valued - across social and cultural backgrounds, ethnicities, ages, genders, gender identities, abilities, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, and everything else that makes us human and unique.

We want everyone to be able to make their difference here, so we will always consider requests for flexible working.

We know that everyone needs some extra help from time to time too, so we have introduced a range of additional benefits through our Group Inclusion Commitments. These include gender-neutral parental leave, 15 days of extra paid caregiver leave, paid time off and support for anyone experiencing pregnancy loss or domestic abuse, menopause-friendly workplace principles and more.

We are also a Disability Confident Committed Employer.