Project Manager

Venture Recruitment Partners; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking a Project Manager in London for a 6-month contract. This role requires a deep understanding of Agile principles and the ability to work in a hybrid Agile-waterfall environment. The Project Manager will champion Agile values, maintain project artifacts, and collaborate across various teams. Candidates must have extensive experience in delivery and change management.

Qualifications

• Understanding of delivery best practices including estimating and reporting.
• Experience in a senior delivery role.
• Ability to coach delivery leads on best practices.

Responsibilities

• Champion Agile values and principles across teams.
• Maintain and optimize project artifacts.
• Define project scope, goals, deliverables, and timelines.

Skills

Agile methodologies

Waterfall project management

Risk management

Change management

Job description

Project Manager - London

Chilworth Partnership have been engaged by a high growth entertainment business in London, to recruit a Project Manager with a good understanding of Agile work principles with waterfall needs.

Key responsibilities

• Champion Agile values and principles across teams, fostering a culture of iterative delivery and continuous improvement.
• Maintain and optimize project artifacts: product backlogs, sprint boards, burn-down reports, and roadmaps.
• Define project scope, goals, deliverables, timelines, and resource plans in collaboration with stakeholders.
• Identify, track, and mitigate project risks, especially those related to regulatory compliance and data security.
• Collaborate with engineering, QA, data, design, operations, and legal teams to ensure alignment and smooth delivery.

About you

• Understands delivery best practice (eg, importance of good estimating, accurate reporting).
• Have worked in a delivery role at a senior enough level, able to coach a head of delivery for best practices & the delivery leads underneath.
• Understand how to make agile work with waterfall needs (hybrid role).
• Transformation experience - eg understanding of how to change ways of working and challenges.
• Experience implementing the agile WoW including change management.

Benefits / Additional Information

• 2 days per week in London.
• £(Apply online only) per day.
• 6 month contract.

All applicants must have the right to work in the UK.

We will consider all qualified applications for this position. Chilworth Partnership / Venture Recruitment Partners does not discriminate against disability, sex, race, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, age, veteran status, or any other status protected under the Equality Act 2010.