Senior IT Project Manager

Talent Smart; Redhill; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm is seeking a Senior IT Project Manager to lead high-value IT initiatives. The role involves delivering complex projects, managing stakeholders, and ensuring adherence to quality standards. Ideal candidates will have proven experience in project management within various business domains, strong communication skills, and relevant professional certifications.

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing large and complex IT projects across multiple business domains.
• Demonstrable experience managing large-scale Business Services programmes.
• Exceptional stakeholder management, communication, negotiation, and facilitation skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of large and complex IT projects running into millions.
• Manage multiple concurrent projects, ensuring alignment with strategic business goals.
• Conduct regular reporting and communication with senior management on progress, risks, and issues.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Project delivery

Communication skills

Leadership

Negotiation

Education

Professional certifications such as PRINCE2, PMP, or MSP

Job description

Overview

We are seeking an experienced Senior IT Project Manager to lead and deliver a range of high-value IT initiatives across a well-known organisation. The successful candidate will manage complex, multi-million-pound projects that drive business transformation and operational excellence. You will be responsible for ensuring projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards, while effectively managing stakeholders, resources, and suppliers.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of large and complex IT projects running into the millions.
• Manage multiple concurrent projects, ensuring alignment with strategic business goals.
• Define and oversee project scope, objectives, timelines, budgets, and resource plans.
• Manage project teams directly, providing leadership, guidance, and performance oversight.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional stakeholders across business services, IT, and external partners.
• Manage relationships and performance of external suppliers and third-party vendors.
• Ensure adherence to governance frameworks, project management methodologies, and compliance requirements.
• Conduct regular reporting and communication with senior management and stakeholders on progress, risks, and issues.
• Facilitate workshops, negotiations, and communication sessions with business users and clients to ensure alignment.

Person Specification

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Essential Requirements

• Proven experience managing large and complex IT projects across multiple business domains.
• Demonstrable experience managing large-scale Business Services programmes.
• Hands-on experience managing project team members directly within a matrix environment.
• Proven track record of delivery across all stages of the project lifecycle (initiation through to closure).
• Strong Quality Assurance and Quality Control experience within project delivery.
• Exceptional stakeholder management, communication, negotiation, and facilitation skills.
• Demonstrated ability to manage external suppliers and project resources effectively.

Desirable

• Professional certifications such as PRINCE2, PMP, or MSP.
• Experience with Agile and Waterfall delivery methodologies.
• Strong understanding of governance frameworks and risk management.
• Experience working within highly regulated or complex enterprise environments.

Key Attributes

• Strategic thinker with strong leadership and problem-solving capabilities.
• Ability to thrive under pressure while maintaining attention to detail.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with a collaborative approach.
• Commercially astute with a results-oriented mindset