Project Manager

UK Government Investments (UKGI); Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working model

Job summary

UK Government Investments (UKGI) is seeking an experienced Project Manager to provide delivery capability across the organisation. You will translate priorities into deliverable plans, maintain oversight of progress, risks and dependencies, and provide senior leaders with clear information and confidence in delivery.

The role will bring structure, pace and transparency to a portfolio of priority initiatives and will involve cross-functional collaboration across the Financial Instruments and

Qualifications

• Significant experience delivering projects or programmes with multiple concurrent workstreams.
• Experience developing and maintaining integrated delivery plans.
• Experience applying proportionate governance, including delivery cadences, RAID logs, action tracking and decision logs.
• Strong track record of managing risks, issues and dependencies with mitigation plans.
• Experience with portfolio management or delivery assurance.
• Proven ability to work with senior sponsors and stakeholders to maintain alignment and support timely decisions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, translating strategy into clear plans.

Responsibilities

• Portfolio planning and prioritisation: Develop and maintain integrated delivery plans with milestones, owners, dependencies and success measures.
• Translate priorities into defined projects and workstreams; agree scope with sponsors and delivery leads.
• Maintain a forward view across portfolios to identify emerging pressures and decisions.

Skills

Project management

Portfolio management

Stakeholder management

Governance and reporting

PMO leadership

Job description

UK Government Investments (UKGI) is looking for an experienced Project Manager to provide project management capability across the organisation.

You will translate priorities into deliverable plans, maintain oversight of progress, risks and dependencies, and give senior leaders clear information and confidence in delivery. The role will bring structure, pace and transparency to a portfolio of priority initiatives.

The Role

You will operate across several projects of varying scale and maturity, often involving multiple stakeholders, tight timelines and evolving requirements. You will work with senior sponsors and delivery leads to establish proportionate delivery discipline and support timely, well-informed decisions. This role will initially work across our Financial Instruments and Transactions Advisory Group (FInTAG) and Data & Analytics Team.

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Portfolio planning and prioritisation

• Develop and maintain integrated delivery plans with clear milestones, owners, dependencies and success measures.
• Translate strategic priorities into defined projects and workstreams, agreeing scope and priorities with sponsors and delivery leads.
• Maintain a forward view across relevant portfolios to identify emerging pressures, dependencies and decisions.

Project delivery and control

• Provide end-to-end project management for priority initiatives, from initiation through to delivery and close-out.
• Establish proportionate controls and maintain oversight of progress, risks, issues, dependencies, actions and decisions.
• Escalate significant delivery concerns promptly and support the development of practical mitigation plans.

Governance, reporting and assurance

• Design and implement lightweight, effective monitoring and regular reporting for team workplans and portfolios.
• Provide concise, decision-focused updates for senior audiences, covering progress, delivery confidence, key risks and critical decision points.
• Establish a regular delivery cadence and support effective governance forums, ensuring that decisions are timely and their implications are clear.

Stakeholder leadership and continuous improvement

• Build strong relationships across UKGI functions to maintain alignment and momentum.
• Promote consistent, proportionate project management practice and identify opportunities to simplify delivery processes.
• Capture and embed lessons learned to strengthen future delivery.

About you

This role is suited to an experienced project manager who is comfortable working across a portfolio, engaging senior sponsors and bringing structure to complex and evolving priorities.

• Significant experience of delivering projects or programmes, including managing multiple concurrent projects and competing priorities.
• Experience of developing and maintaining integrated delivery plans.
• Experience of applying proportionate governance and reporting, including delivery cadences, RAID logs, action tracking and decision logs.
• A strong track record of managing risks, issues and dependencies, including escalation and mitigation planning.
• Experience of portfolio management, PMO leadership or delivery assurance.
• A strong track record of working with senior sponsors and stakeholders to maintain alignment and support timely decisions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate strategic priorities into clear plans and recommendations.
• The ability to operate effectively in ambiguity and establish delivery structure where scope and priorities are evolving.
• A recognised project management qualification.
• Experience of working in government, an arm’s-length body or another complex public-sector environment.
• Experience of supporting delivery in a digital, data or technology-enabled environment.

About UKGI

At UK Government Investments (UKGI), we create value for society from government’s most complex commercial interests. What we do is unique, and so are we. Wholly owned by HM Treasury (HMT), our team comprises c.150 experts who work together with Civil Servants to provide high-quality corporate finance and corporate governance expertise to departments, advising in support of their policy objectives.

Working for UKGI provides a unique opportunity for talented individuals from the public and private sector to contribute to work of national importance. The work we do is challenging and fast-paced and is always significant in terms of social, economic, and political impact. Continuously interesting and often novel, our work spans sectors including: AI, defence, transport, energy security and space travel.

Within UKGI, we have undertaken a key advisory role in the most recent high-profile transactions involving government, including the return of NatWest group to the private sector, the acquisition of Royal Mail by IDS, the acquisition of OneWeb and subsequent merger with Eutelsat, the equity raise to fund the construction of Sizewell C nuclear plant and the re-acquisition of the Annington Homes estate. Our advice ranges from supporting companies in distress, responding to major private sector mergers and acquisitions, moving companies into public ownership and commercial negotiations.

Our commitment to inclusion

UKGI has a strong commitment to equality and diversity. We aim to be an open and inclusive organisation, recruiting and retaining diverse, talented and high-performing people who support and develop one another.

Disability Confident

UKGI is a Disability Confident Employer. We will offer an interview to applicants with a disability who indicate that they wish to take part in the Disability Confident scheme, provided they meet the essential criteria set out in the person specification. If you need reasonable adjustments to take part in the selection process, please tell us in your application.

Great Place to Work for Veterans

UKGI is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative. We will offer an interview to eligible applicants from His Majesty’s Armed Forces who meet the essential criteria set out in the person specification. Please indicate in your application if you wish to be considered through this initiative.

Ways of working

In line with company policy, UKGI operates a hybrid working model, with 40% of working time home-based. We place a high value on work–life balance and actively encourage applications from individuals seeking flexible working, reduced-hours contracts or job shares.

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