Project Manager

Codethink; Manchester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Annual salary reviews

Training budget up to £2,500

Flexible working

25 days holiday

Supportive culture

Manchester city centre location

Casual dress code

Company events and travel

Free snacks and beverages

Job summary

Codethink is seeking a Project Manager to lead world‑class projects across sectors including electronics, finance and automotive. You will drive delivery from start to finish, ensuring adherence to budget and client specifications, while shaping multi‑disciplinary teams and managing risks.

You will support bids, coordinate engineers, and work closely with sales and account teams to grow client relationships.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering technical software projects.
• Understanding of SDLC and project lifecycles.
• Proven ability to manage teams and individuals.
• Strong communication, written and verbal.

Responsibilities

• Deliver multiple complex projects on time and within budget.
• Lead project teams and coordinate engineers and stakeholders.
• Support sales by contributing engineering input to bids.
• Maintain client relationships and account management.
• Create and manage project plans, risk logs, and change requests.
• Collaborate with technical leads to ensure delivery.

Skills

Software project management

SDLC understanding

Team management

Communication skills

Job description

As a Project Manager at Codethink you will be working with world-class organisations across industries such as electronics, finance, medical and automotive. You’ll have a leading role in ensuring projects are managed from the start through to successful completion, within the agreed budget and client specifications.

Key responsibilities include:

• Supporting the sales process, through managing the engineering and project delivery input for bids
• Managing the delivery of multiple simultaneous customer projects, often highly complex technical projects, both client facing and internal investments
• Being a proactive member of account management teams with a view to maintaining/increasing sales within a client account
• Collaborating with Codethink colleagues, to nurture and effectively manage client relationships
• Building effective project teams
• Management of engineers on the project
• Management of project budgets
• Creation and management of project plans, risk logs, change requests and logs, dependency logs
• Working closely with the technical teams and leads

What are we looking for:

• A sociable and confident individual, with the ability to deal with all kinds of people
• Someone capable of dealing with pressure, uncertainty and deadlines
• The ability to demonstrate both willingness and ability to grasp new technical concepts
• A self starter, well organised with a practical approach, capable of adapting to different demands from week to week
• Excellent communication skills, both verbally and in writing
• At least 3 years experience in software project management

An ideal candidate will have demonstrable experience in some or all of the following:

• Managing the successful delivery of technical software projects
• Working within the SDLC, or possessing a good understanding of this
• Managing teams and individuals

What you can expect from us

• Competitive salary with annual salary reviews
• Personal budget of up to £2,500 per year for training and conferences
• Regular performance reviews to support your continued professional development
• Flexible approach to working
• 25 days of holiday plus the statutory bank holidays
• Supportive working environment and culture
• Desirable office location in Manchester City centre
• Casual dress code
• Company fun days and social events
• Free snacks, fruit, tea and coffee
• Opportunities to travel and do great work for our global customers