Project Manager

Colibri Digital; Greater London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first working

AWS & Databricks certs

Private health insurance

Career growth opportunities

Job summary

Colibri Digital is seeking a highly skilled Project Manager to oversee the delivery of complex, high-risk projects from single-site to global deployments. You will ensure projects meet time, cost, and quality standards by applying industry best practices and robust governance.

Based in a remote-friendly setup, you will coordinate across departments, manage stakeholders including C-level executives, and drive successful outcomes for public sector and private clients.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years’ project management experience in a fast-paced MSP environment.
• Proven ability to deliver multiple complex projects to time, cost, and quality targets.
• Experience with governance, risk, issues, dependencies and decisions management.
• Strong stakeholder management, including C-level executives.

Responsibilities

• Leads planning and delivery of projects to time, cost, and quality measures.
• Owns, develops, and monitors project plans and governance.
• Controls project scope and aligns with customer expectations within the commercial model.
• Manages project documentation for tracking and audit purposes.
• Monitors budget, forecast, and costs with early deviation warning.
• Coordinates resources across departments and third parties.
• Produces highlight reports and status updates for internal/external customers.
• Implements quality management processes for project activities.

Skills

Project planning

Delivery management

MSP experience

Stakeholder management

Budget & risk control

Microsoft technologies

Job description

Description

We are seeking a highly skilled Project Manager to oversee the successful delivery of complex, high-risk projects, ranging from single-site to global deployments. You will ensure all projects meet strict time, cost, and quality standards by utilizing industry best practices.

Department: Services

Location: Remote, UK

Key Responsibilities

• Leads planning and delivery of projects to time, cost, and quality measures, taking account of dependencies and resource requirements.
• Owns, develops, and proactively monitors project plans.
• Consolidates and documents the fundamental components of projects (scope, schedule, resource requirements, budgets, risks, opportunities, issues, and quality requirements)
• Tightly controls project scope whilst meeting and managing customers broader expectations within the commercial model
• Responsible for provision and control of project documentation as a primary reference point for tracking and audit purposes
• Monitors project budget, forecast and actual costs, providing early warning of any deviation
• Work with Senior Commercial Accountants to ensure timely Revenue booking, accurate cost forecasting and tracking across the project
• Develops, implements, and updates project resource allocation plans (RBAs), working with Professional Services to confirm staff availability and scheduling
• Engages and manages resources from all necessary departments, customer and third parties on a matrix management basis
• Establishes and maintains governance arrangements for the delivery of projects, defining clear roles, responsibilities, and accountabilities, which align with organisational practice
• Provides input into project health check reviews as required
• Works with Delivery Support to suggest improvement areas for the project delivery methodology
• Identifies, logs and monitors project risks (threats and opportunities), planning and implementing responses to them and responding to other issues that affect projects. Reports and escalates risks as required to appropriate level
• Produces highlight reports and presentations to internal and external customers on project status to aid successful delivery of project
• Develops, maintains, and applies quality management processes for project activities and outputs
• Secures the provision of goods and services needed for projects from internal and/or external providers, monitoring compliance and managing variances
• Works with Service Transition to ensure the timely transition of project outputs into live services
• Manages changes to project scope, timeline, budget in a controlled, transparent manner with agreement of customer and relevant stakeholders
• Able to clearly set direction and align expectations across all stakeholder cohorts.
• Manages internal and external stakeholders, and taking account of their levels of influence and particular interests

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Minimum of 3 years’ Project Management Experience
• Proven experience of delivering multiple concurrent & complex projects in a fast-paced MSP environment
• Knowledge of and experience in delivering Microsoft technologies, solutions and services
• Knowledge of using techniques for planning, monitoring and governance including risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies and decisions management
• A track record of managing delivery of large and complex change programmes/projects
• Proven ability in stakeholder management including C-level executives

Benefits

• Remote-first working with flexibility around client needs
• Projects with global brands & public sector leaders, working on real-world impact.
• Exclusive access to AWS & Databricks certifications, training, and partner tools.
• A collaborative culture of technical excellence and continuous learning.
• Private health insurance.
• Competitive salary and long-term growth opportunities.