Project Manager – eDV Clearance Required

IBM; Leicester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Private medical cover

Dental & optical cover

Employee Assistance Program

Group pension plan

Job summary

IBM Consulting UK FutureNow is seeking a delivery-focused project professional to lead medium to large-scale initiatives across public and private sectors in the UK. You will define scope, manage plans and milestones, and ensure governance and testing are in place to deliver value.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, manage risks, and communicate progress to senior leadership, while fostering continuous improvement and adherence to policies.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading projects from initiation to closure.
• Strong stakeholder management with senior business/tech partners.
• Experience delivering across Agile, Waterfall or hybrid delivery.
• Ability to coordinate multidisciplinary and geographically distributed teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects from initiation and planning through to implementation and closure.
• Define project scope, objectives, deliverables, timelines and success criteria.
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, schedules and milestones.
• Manage project budgets, resources and forecasts to ensure effective financial control.
• Identify, assess and manage project risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies.
• Establish effective project governance, reporting and controls.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams and ensure clear ownership of project activities and deliverables.
• Manage relationships with key stakeholders, providing regular updates on progress, risks and issues.
• Facilitate project meetings, workshops and governance forums as required.
• Monitor project progress against agreed milestones, scope, budget and quality requirements.
• Manage changes to project scope through an appropriate change-control process.
• Ensure project documentation is maintained accurately and effectively.
• Work with suppliers and third-party partners where required, managing deliverables and performance.
• Identify opportunities to improve project delivery processes and ways of working.
• Ensure appropriate testing, implementation and transition activities are completed.
• Lead project closure activities, including lessons learned and handover to operational teams.
• Ensure projects comply with relevant organisational policies, standards and governance requirements.
• Proven experience delivering medium to large-scale projects within a complex organisation or client environment.
• Strong experience across the full project lifecycle, from initiation through to implementation and closure.
• Demonstrable experience managing project scope, schedules, budgets, risks, issues and dependencies.
• Strong stakeholder management experience, including engagement with senior business and technology stakeholders.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary and/or geographically distributed teams.
• Strong communication, facilitation and presentation skills.
• Ability to operate effectively in environments with ambiguity, competing priorities and changing requirements.
• Experience working within Agile, Waterfall or hybrid delivery methodologies.
• Strong understanding of project governance and delivery controls.
• Excellent problem-solving, planning and organisational skills.
• At IBM Consulting UK FutureNow, you'll build a career at the forefront of hybrid cloud and AI, working with leading clients across the public and private sectors.
• You’ll collaborate with top industry professionals, gain hands on experience with cutting edge technologies, and deliver solutions that create real business impact. From day one, you’ll work on meaningfull, high profile programmes that stretch your skills and accelerate your growth. We invest heavily in you--supporting continuous learning, in demand skills development, and long term career progression. You’ll thrive in a flexible, inclusive environment that values curiosity, encourages reinvention, and recognises what makes you unique., At IBM Consulting UK FutureNow, you’ll build a career at the forefront of hybrid cloud and AI, working with leading clients across the public and private sectors. You’ll collaborate with top industry professionals, gain hands on experience with cutting edge technologies, and deliver solutions that create real business impact.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder mgmt

Agile & Waterfall

Cross-functional teams

Risk management

Budget management

Leadership

Communication skills

Job description

IBM Consulting UK FutureNow is seeking a delivery-focused project professional to lead medium to large-scale initiatives across public and private sectors in the UK. You will define scope, manage plans and milestones, and ensure governance and testing are in place to deliver value.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, manage risks, and communicate progress to senior leadership, while fostering continuous improvement and adherence to policies.