Senior Agile Project Manager

Thames Water Utilities Limited; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 68,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading water utility company is seeking a Senior Agile Project Manager to oversee critical projects in the Data Management team. This role involves implementing agile methodologies, managing project budgets up to £10m, and ensuring stakeholder engagement. The ideal candidate will possess extensive experience in IT project delivery and agile practices. This position offers a competitive salary up to £80,000 and comes with benefits including generous annual leave and pension schemes.

Benefits

Competitive salary up to £80,000

Annual leave - 26 days holiday

Generous pension scheme

Health and wellbeing benefits

Performance-related pay plan

Qualifications

• Experience delivering IT/Digital projects through their full lifecycle, including infrastructure and application projects.
• Strong understanding and experience in Agile methodologies including SAFe and Scrum.
• Experience managing project budgets of £5-£10m per annum.
• Proven ability to manage and influence a range of stakeholders across technical and non-technical disciplines.
• Ability to manage third-party suppliers and ensure quality outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Define project scope and outcomes.
• Lead daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
• Proactively identify and manage risks and issues.
• Manage budgets of up to £10m, track expenditures, and forecast financial needs.
• Prepare and present regular updates to senior leadership.

Skills

Agile methodologies

Financial Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Vendor and Supplier Management

Proficiency with MS Project

Education

PRINCE2 Practitioner

SAFe Practitioner

Scrum Master

ITIL v3/v4

APM or equivalent certification

Tools

MS Project

Excel

Word

Job description

Job title Senior Agile Project Manager Ref 41743 Division Digital Location Hybrid - Clearwater Court - RG1 8DB Contract type Permanent Full/Part-time Full-time Salary Competitive salary up to £80,000 per annum Job grade C Closing date 24/11/2025

As a Senior Agile Project Manager, you will be the agile delivery lead responsible for implementing agile approaches to shape, define, manage, and deliver a coherent set of activities across one or more projects within the Data Management team, including Master Data Management, Data Governance, and Information Asset Register programmes. You will report directly to the Head of Data Management.

Your role is fully accountable for the successful execution of medium-scale projects, typically with direct business impact and strict deadlines. You will manage risk, ensure stakeholder engagement, lead agile delivery practices, and deliver projects to the required scope, budget and timescale while maintaining quality standards.

What you’ll be doing as a Senior Project Manager

Project Delivery

• Define project scope and outcomes. Run projects through the full lifecycle using agile methodologies. Lead on the creation and management of delivery plans, ensuring timely and high-quality project delivery.
• Lead daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives. Facilitate scrum ceremonies and apply SAFe, Scrum, and other Agile frameworks as appropriate.

Stakeholder Management

• Work closely with internal teams across data, digital, and business units to ensure alignment and collaboration. Engage external vendors and ensure integration and compliance with Thames Water standards.

Risk and Issue Management

• Proactively identify and manage risks and issues. Apply appropriate mitigation strategies to keep projects on track.

Resource and Financial Management

• Manage budgets of up to £10m, track expenditures, and forecast financial needs. Collaborate with PMO and finance teams to ensure financial accountability.

Performance and Governance

• Prepare and present regular updates to senior leadership. Ensure adherence to project governance frameworks, change control processes, and quality assurance standards.
• Coordinate across the Data Governance Team, Master Data Manager, and Information Asset Register Lead to ensure integrated and aligned delivery of data initiatives.
• Manage relationships with third-party suppliers and integrators. Monitor vendor performance and ensure service delivery meets contractual and business requirements.

Full Time – 36 hours per week

What you should bring to the role

• Experience delivering IT/Digital projects through their full lifecycle, including infrastructure and application projects.
• Agile and Product Delivery: Strong understanding and experience in Agile methodologies including SAFe and Scrum.
• Financial Management: Experience managing project budgets of £5-£10m per annum.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Proven ability to manage and influence a range of stakeholders across technical and non-technical disciplines.
• Tool Proficiency: Strong proficiency with MS Project, Excel, and Word
• Qualifications: PRINCE2 Practitioner, SAFe Practitioner, Scrum Master or equivalent.
• Project Governance: Familiar with Digital PMO frameworks, change management and quality assurance processes.
• Vendor and Supplier Management: Ability to manage third-party suppliers and ensure quality outcomes.
• ITIL v3/v4, APM or equivalent certification.
• Experience with DevOps tools and methodologies.
• Experience working in Data Governance, Master Data Management, or Information Asset Management.
• Understanding of SaaS and cloud-based solutions.
• Experience working in regulated or utilities sectors.

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary up to £80,000 per annum depending on experience.
• Annual Leave - 26 days holiday per year increasing to 30 with the length of service (plus bank holidays)
• Generous Pension Scheme through AON.
• Access to lots of benefits to help you take care of you and your family’s health and wellbeing, and your finances – from annual health MOTs and access to physiotherapy and counselling, to Cycle to Work schemes, shopping vouchers and life assurance.
• Performance-related pay plan directly linked to company performance measures and targets.

We’re the UK’s largest water and wastewater company, with more than 16 million customers relying on us every day to supply water for their taps and toilets. We want to build a better future for all, helping our customers, communities, people, and the planet to thrive. It’s a big job and we’ve got a long way to go, so we need help from passionate and skilled people, committed to making a difference and getting us to where we want to be in the years and decades to come.

Thames Water is a unique, rewarding, and diverse place to work, where every day you can make a difference, yet no day is the same. As part of our family, you’ll enjoy meaningful career opportunities, flexible working arrangements and excellent benefits.

If you’re looking for a sustainable and successful career where you can make a daily difference to millions of people’s lives while helping to protect the world of water for future generations, we’ll be here to support you every step of the way. Together, we can build a better future for our customers, our region, and our planet.

Real purpose, real support, real opportunities. Come and join the Thames Water family. Why choose us? Learn more.

We’re committed to being a great, diverse, and inclusive place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and want to ensure you feel supported throughout the recruitment process . If you need any adjustments, whether that’s extra time, accessible formats, or anything else just let us know, we’re here to help and support .

When a crisis happens, we all rally around to support our customers. As part of Team Thames, you’ll have the opportunity to sign up to support our customers on the frontline as an ambassador. Full training will be given for what is inevitably an incredibly rewarding experience. It’s also a great opportunity to learn more about our business and meet colleagues.

Disclaimer

due to the high volume of applications we receive, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.