Project Manager

Qodea; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global technology group is seeking a Project Manager to lead delivery of innovative solutions and transformation projects. You'll work with clients to build strong relationships, ensuring projects meet business objectives while maintaining high-quality standards. The position offers competitive salary, bonus schemes, and opportunities for career development and work-life balance.

Benefits

Competitive base salary

Matching pension scheme

Discretionary company bonus scheme

Private medical insurance

36 days annual leave

Qualifications

• Strong communication skills for both client-facing and internal relationships.
• Proven project management experience in the information technology sector.
• Experience with methodologies like Prince 2, ITIL, Agile, and Scrum.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of solutions and transformation projects.
• Engage with clients and partners to build relationships.
• Proactively suggest improvements to processes and tools.

Skills

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Proven working experience as a project manager in IT

Structured approach to work practices (Prince 2, ITIL, Agile)

Accurate reporting abilities

Good commercial awareness

Job description

Elevate your career at Qodea, where innovation isn't just a buzzword, it's in our DNA.

We are a global technology group built for what's next, offering high calibre professionals the platform for high stakes work, the kind of work that defines an entire career. When you join us, you're not just taking on projects, you're solving problems that don't even have answers yet.

You will join the exclusive roster of talent that global leaders, including Google, Snap, Diageo, PayPal, and Jaguar Land Rover call when deadlines seem impossible, when others have already tried and failed, and when the solution absolutely has to work.

Forget routine consultancy. You will operate where technology, design, and human behaviour meet to deliver tangible outcomes, fast. This is work that leaves a mark, work you'll be proud to tell your friends about.

Qodea is built for what's next. An environment where your skills will evolve at the frontier of innovation and AI, ensuring continuous growth and development.

We really value in-person collaboration, so we're looking for you to spend some of your time on-site with clients or in the office for team meetings.

We look for people who embody: Innovation to solve the hardest problems. Accountability for every result. Integrity always.

About The Role

As a Project Manager, you will have responsibility for leading the successful delivery of a wide range of solutions and transformation projects for our clients. The position is highly adaptable and provides the opportunity to liaise with senior stakeholders across client businesses to execute on their own specific requirements.

Key Areas of Responsibility

• Project Management
• Stakeholder Management

What You'll Do

Project Management

• Deploy a wide range of solutions, ranging from infrastructure migrations through to data platforms and custom application development
• Coordinate the delivery of end-to-end projects in line with agile methodologies
• Proactively identify and suggest improvements to templates, policies, tools and partnerships to support Qodea's continued growth
• Apply Qodea's high quality standards across all projects and areas of work, taking accountability for delivering projects in rapid timescales and within challenging budgets, consistently achieving the target margin
• Assist our colleagues in Sales to produce high quality statements of work that minimise risk during delivery
• Aptitude at working in agile environments, as well as coordinating internal teams against external demands while reacting appropriately to dynamic circumstances

Stakeholder Management

• Engage with clients and partners to build and develop strong relationships
• Coordinate key internal and external stakeholders to deliver projects to meet the company's business objectives
• Tracking the impact your work has on your individual stakeholders, while maximising transparency and accountability
• Document and present to both internal and external stakeholders making the delivery approach, progress and project health clear.

Requirements

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, for both client-facing and internal relationships
• Proven working experience as a project manager in the information technology sector
• A solid structured and standard approach to work practices such as Prince 2, ITIL, Agile and Scrum
• Accurate reporting abilities while taking an analytical approach to performance management and optimisation
• Good commercial awareness

Benefits

Compensation and Financial Wellbeing

• Competitive base salary
• Matching pension scheme (up to 5%) from day one
• Discretionary company bonus scheme
• 4 x annual salary Death in Service coverage from day one
• Employee referral scheme
• Tech Scheme

Health and Wellness

• Private medical insurance from day one
• Optical and dental cash back scheme
• Help@Hand app: access to remote GPs, second opinions, mental health support, and physiotherapy
• EAP service
• Cycle to Work scheme

Work-Life Balance and Growth

• 36 days annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays)
• An extra paid day off for your birthday
• Ten paid learning days per year
• Flexible working hours
• Market-leading parental leave
• Sabbatical leave (after five years)
• Work from anywhere (up to 3 weeks per year)
• Industry-recognised training and certifications
• Bonusly employee recognition and rewards platform
• Clear opportunities for career development
• Length of Service Awards
• Regular company events

Diversity and Inclusion

At Qodea, we champion diversity and inclusion. We believe that a career in IT should be open to everyone, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, age, sexual orientation, disability, or neurotype. We value the unique talents and perspectives that each individual brings to our team, and we strive to create a fair and accessible hiring process for all.