Project Manager

Tended; Lincoln; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Tended is seeking an energetic Project Manager to lead end-to-end client implementations and rollouts across UK sites. You’ll drive delivery pace, mitigate risks, align cross-functional teams, and ensure our geofencing safety tech delivers tangible value in live operations.

You will work on-site at depots and hubs, manage training, reporting, and stakeholder communications, and own the control of scope and blockers while maintaining delivery schedules.

Qualifications

• Track record of managing complex technical projects, deployments, or system rollouts end-to-end.
• High ownership, proactive and able to create structure in fast-paced environments with shifting priorities.
• Exceptional stakeholder management skills across engineers, enterprise leads, and frontline operations.
• Full UK Driving Licence essential for visiting client sites across regions.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain detailed project plans, timelines, and resource schedules using project management software.
• Continuously track risks, manage dependencies, and maintain scope control across parallel client deployments.
• Take charge of live deployments on-site at depots, hubs, or shift-based operations, including occasional weekends or nights.

Skills

PM Experience

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Communication

Education

PRINCE2 / PMP / APM

Computer Science or Engineering background

Tools

MS Project

Jira

Job description

We are seeking an energetic, adaptable Project Manager to lead end-to-end client implementations and rollouts.

In a fast-growing scale-up, project management isn't just about updating spreadsheets - it's about driving delivery pace, mitigating real-world risks, aligning cross-functional teams, and making sure our technology delivers immediate, tangible value in live operational environments.

At Tended, we create first-of-a-kind safety systems that use some of the most advanced technologies on the market to transform rail worker safety. Our flagship geofencing solution has been named as one of TIME's Best Inventions and has made it onto the Digital Leaders 100 list for Geospatial Initiative of the Year.

We're a venture-backed scale-up with an incredible team and work alongside industry-leading organisations in the rail sector to innovate and bring rail workers home safe every day. Tended is growing quickly and we're now recruiting for Project Managers to support our technology deployments on client sites around the UK.

Tasks

Key Responsibilities

• Project Planning & Governance: Build and maintain detailed project plans, critical path timelines, and resource schedules using project management software (e.g., MS Project, Jira).
• Risk & Scope Management: Continuously track risks, manage dependencies, resolve delivery blockers, and maintain scope control across parallel client deployments.
• On-the-Ground Rollouts: Take charge of live implementations. You're comfortable being on-site in operational settings (such as depots, hubs, or shift-based operations) to support deployments—including occasional weekend, bank holiday, or overnight shifts when rollouts go live.
• Training & User Adoption: Develop and deliver training programs tailored to different end-user cohorts - from tech-savvy site leaders to frontline operational workers - ensuring capability and long-term retention.
• Proactive Problem Solving: Take total ownership of project issues. When deployment roadblocks appear, you take the initiative to find creative, pragmatic solutions to keep projects moving forward.
• Client Reporting & Value Insights: Measure deployment progress and operational outcomes. Write clear, structured reports that demonstrate project performance, ROI, and key insights to client stakeholders

Requirements

About You

• Proven PM Experience: Track record managing complex technical projects, deployments, or system rollouts end-to-end.
• Start-Up / Scale-Up Agility: High ownership, proactive, and comfortable creating structure in fast-paced environments with shifting priorities.
• Strong Leadership & Communication: Exceptional stakeholder management skills -able to speak the language of engineers, enterprise leads, and frontline operations.
• Full UK Driving Licence: Essential for visiting client operational sites across regions.

Desirable Qualifications & Experience

• Domain Expertise: Prior project experience in the rail, transport, logistics, or infrastructure sectors is a major advantage.
• Academic Background: Degree or professional qualifications in Project Management (e.g., PRINCE2, PMP, APM), Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Commercial Acumen: Understanding of how project outcomes tie into client retention, expansion, and long-term account value.