Project Manager

Nigel Wright Group; North East; Hybrid; GBP 47,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

Nigel Wright Group in Newcastle (Hybrid) is seeking an experienced Project Manager to drive a diverse portfolio of business and technology transformation initiatives. You will lead end-to-end delivery across change, regulatory projects, system implementations, digital initiatives and growth programmes.

You will coordinate stakeholders, SMEs and technical teams to ensure successful outcomes, manage budgets and timelines, and contribute to business readiness and change activities in a growing

Qualifications

• Proven project management experience.
• Strong stakeholder management skills.
• Experience delivering business and technology change.
• Ability to work in Agile and/or Waterfall environments.
• Strong governance and reporting capability.
• Comfortable operating within evolving and growing organisations.
• Financial services experience advantageous but not essential.

Responsibilities

• End-to-end project delivery.
• Stakeholder management and engagement.
• Governance, RAID and reporting.
• Supplier management.
• Managing budgets, timelines and resources.
• Supporting business readiness and change activities.
• Working closely with development and testing teams.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Business and technology change

Agile & Waterfall

Governance & reporting

Change readiness

Job description

The Opportunity

Newcastle (Hybrid Working)
£55,000
Permanent

Are you an experienced Project Manager looking for the opportunity to work across a wide portfolio of business and technology transformation initiatives?

I'm supporting a growing Change function that is continuing to invest in its project delivery capability and is looking to appoint a Project Manager to support a range of strategic projects across the organisation.

This isn't a role where you'll be tied to one specific programme. Instead, you'll have the opportunity to work across business change, technology transformation, regulatory projects, system implementations, digital initiatives and growth-focused programmes.

What you'll be doing?

You'll be responsible for managing projects from initiation through to delivery, working closely with stakeholders, SMEs and technical teams to ensure successful outcomes.

• End-to-end project delivery
• Stakeholder management and engagement
• Governance, RAID and reporting
• Supplier management
• Managing budgets, timelines and resourcesSupporting business readiness and change activities
• Working closely with development and testing teams

What you need

• Proven Project Management experience
• Strong stakeholder management skills
• Experience delivering business and technology change
• Ability to work in Agile and/or Waterfall environments
• Strong governance and reporting capability
• Comfortable operating within evolving and growing organisations
• Financial Services experience advantageous but not essential

Why join?

• Join a growing Change & Transformation function
• Work across a varied portfolio of projects
• Exposure to both business and technology change
• Opportunity to influence how change is delivered across the organisation
• Hybrid working and strong long-term development opportunities