Project Manager

Persistent Systems; Watford; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Promotion cycles and education Spons

Cutting-edge technologies

Long Service awards

Annual health check-ups

Insurance coverage: life/accident/Med

Job summary

Persistent is seeking a Project Manager for its Watford location. This permanent, hybrid role requires 12–14 years of overall experience and 6+ years in project management, with strong Agile/Scrum capabilities. The position sits at 37 Clarendon Road, Watford, offering two days in the office.

You will own the technical delivery roadmap for data ingestion, ETL/ELT, data lake/warehouse models, streaming workloads, and analytics products, while supervising quality, testing and release governance.

Qualifications

• Must have executed project through complete project life cycle.
• Experience delivering cross-functional programs with some technical background.
• Experience in agile software development with release planning.
• Scrum master experience and certification is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical delivery roadmap across data ingestion, ETL/ELT pipelines, data lake/warehouse models, streaming workloads, and analytics products.
• Oversee quality, testing and release governance.
• Lead cross-functional virtual teams to deliver key program objectives.
• Manage risks and issues; mentor teams in agile practices.
• Experience with data warehousing, migrations, BI, analytics and cloud (AWS/Azure).

Skills

Project management

Agile/Scrum

Cross-functional leadership

Release planning

Iteration planning

Risk/Issue management

Mentor teams

Tools

Agile management tool

CI tools

Job description

About Persistent

We are an AI-led, platform-driven Digital Engineering and Enterprise Modernization partner, combining deep technical expertise and industry experience to help our clients anticipate what's next. Our offerings and proven solutions create a unique competitive advantage for our clients by giving them the power to see beyond and rise above. We work with many industry-leading organizations across the world, including 20 Fortune 50 companies and 4 of the 5 top banks in both the US and India, and numerous innovators across the healthcare ecosystem. Our disruptor's mindset, commitment to client success, and agility to thrive in the dynamic environment have enabled us to sustain our growth momentum. Persistent has been recognized across top industry platforms for innovation, leadership, and inclusion. We have delivered 21 sequential quarters of growth with $389.7M in Q1 FY26 revenue, up 3.9% Q-o-Q and 18.8% Y-o-Y growth. Our 25,000+ global team members, located in 18 countries, have been instrumental in helping the market leaders transform their industries. We have been named the fastest-growing Indian IT services brand in the "Brand Finance India 100" 2025 report. We were also cited as a Leader in the ISG Provider Lens 2025 for Digital Engineering Services 2025 and the Everest Group Talent Readiness for Next-generation Application Services PEAK Matrix Assessment 2025

About Position and details

Role: Project Manager

Location: 37 Clarendon Road, Watford

Hybrid: 2 days to office

Job Type: Permanent role

Experience: 10+yrs

About Position :- Project Manager

Key Responsibilities

Own the technical delivery roadmap across data ingestion, ETL/ELT pipelines, data lake/warehouse models, streaming workloads, and analytics products. Own and Supervise Quality, Testing & Release Governance

• Must have executed project through complete project life cycle.
• Should have managed Risks/Issues, should have managed Agile project.
• Must have used agile management tool.
• Needs to have knowledge around Data specific project executions like - Data Warehousing, Data Migrations, Business Intelligence, Analytics, Big Data, Cloud (AWS/Azure) transformations.

Required Expertise

• Overall experience: 12 to 14 years, 6+ years relevant project management experience with focus on delivering cross-functional programs and projects with some technical background.
• Must be an exceptional planner who is highly organized with attention to detail, self-directed, and able to manage complex programs in a timely manner.
• Experience working in an agile software development environment Delivering to a strategy via incremental releases with a blend of business and technical knowledge
• Must have experience in release planning, iteration planning, estimation
• Must have agile/Scrum expertise, able to mentor, teach and implement into existing teams
• Experience working with Continuous integration tools preferred
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional virtual teams to deliver on key program objectives
• Prior scrum master experience highly desired Scrum master certification highly desired

Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Culture focused on talent development with quarterly promotion cycles and company-sponsored higher education and certifications.
• Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies.
• Employee engagement initiatives such as project parties, flexible work hours, and Long Service awardsAnnual health check-ups
• Insurance coverage: group term life, personal accident, and Mediclaim hospitalization for self, spouse, two children, and parents

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Persistent is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind.