Senior Project Manager

Sopra Steria; Basingstoke; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Car allowance

Cash fund

Annual leave

Medical insurance

Life assurance

Pension

Job summary

Sopra Steria in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead complex IT infrastructure delivery within a Defence environment. This on-site role in Basingstoke requires active DV clearance and robust governance, budgeting and stakeholder engagement to ensure secure, timely outcomes.

You will manage scope, schedules, budgets, and dependencies while guiding multidisciplinary teams and maintaining momentum on high-value projects.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading end-to-end delivery of complex IT infrastructure projects within defence/security environments.
• Strong governance, stakeholder management and delivery controls.
• Active MoD DV clearance or the ability to obtain it.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of complex IT infrastructure projects within a secure Defence environment.
• Own scope, schedules, budgets, resources, risks, issues and dependencies.
• Provide leadership across multidisciplinary teams and key stakeholders.
• Act as primary liaison for customers and senior stakeholders.
• Lead governance, reporting and RAID management for governance forums.
• Identify and manage technical and delivery dependencies, address blockers.

Job description

Are you an experienced Senior Project Manager experienced in delivering complex IT infrastructure projects? We are involved in a significant technology programme, focused on the delivery and integration of complex, secure IT infrastructure.

This role would suit an experienced Senior Project Manager with a strong track record of leading end-to-end delivery of complex IT Infrastructure projects within secure or highly regulated environments. You will bring a strong understanding of project governance, stakeholder management, delivery risk and the challenges associated with delivering complex technical change.

Working across multidisciplinary technical and business teams, you will provide the leadership and direction needed to drive delivery forward, manage dependencies and ensure secure, high-quality outcomes.

This is a full-time, on-site role based in Basingstoke, and you will need to hold active MoD Developed Vetting (DV) clearance.

What they will be doing:

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of complex, high-value IT infrastructure projects within a secure Defence environment, from initial planning through to implementation, transition and handover.
• Take ownership of project scope, schedules, budgets, resources, risks, issues, dependencies and change, ensuring delivery remains on track against agreed outcomes.
• Provide leadership across multidisciplinary technical teams, working closely with infrastructure engineers, architects, security teams, suppliers and other delivery partners.
• Act as a key point of contact for customers and senior stakeholders, providing clear direction, managing expectations and driving effective decision-making throughout the project lifecycle.
• Lead project governance and assurance activities, producing clear delivery plans, financial reporting, RAID management and status updates for senior stakeholders and governance forums.
• Identify and manage complex technical and delivery dependencies, proactively addressing risks, resolving blockers and escalating issues where required.
• Ensure projects are delivered in line with relevant security, compliance, quality and operational requirements expected within a highly secure environment.
• Build strong relationships across customer, technical and delivery teams, creating accountability and maintaining momentum across complex project environments.

What they will bring:

• Proven experience as a Senior Project Manager delivering complex IT infrastructure projects within Defence, National Security or other highly secure environments.
• Strong experience managing projects throughout the full delivery lifecycle, with ownership of scope, schedules, budgets, resources, risks, issues and dependencies.
• A good understanding of complex IT infrastructure environments and experience working closely with technical specialists, architects and engineering teams.
• Strong knowledge of project governance, assurance and delivery controls within regulated or security-critical environments.
• Demonstrable experience engaging and influencing senior stakeholders and customers, with the confidence to communicate complex delivery challenges and drive effective decision-making.
• Strong commercial and financial awareness, including budget management, forecasting, supplier management and delivery against contractual commitments.
• Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams, manage competing priorities and maintain delivery momentum within complex project environments.

Employment Type: Permanent

Location: Basingstoke - full time on site

Security Clearance Level: Active MoD DV required

Internal Recruiter: Josh

Salary: Competitive, based on experience

Benefits: Bonus, £6,600 car allowance, 3% cash fund, 25 days annual leave with the choice to buy extra days, Medical Insurance, life assurance, and 6% pension

Loved reading about this job and want to know more about us?

Sopra Steria’s Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions to Central Government clients. The work we do makes a real difference to the client’s goal of National Security, and we operate in a unique and privileged environment. We are given time for professional development activities, and we coach and mentor our colleagues, sharing knowledge and learning from each other. We foster a culture in which employees feel valued and supported and have pride in their work for the customer, delivering outstanding rates of customer satisfaction in the UK’s most complex safety- and security-critical markets.

We embrace difference as a source of creativity, innovation and competitive advantage and are striving to become a more diverse organisation.

We welcome applications from people with a diverse variety of backgrounds and identities.

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation or marital status.

We have partnered with Vercida, the UK's largest diversity and inclusion focused careers site, where all our vacancies are available in an accessible format.

If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, to enable you to perform to the best of your ability, please let us know when completing your application.

We participate in the Disability Confident scheme and are committed to offering an interview to any candidate with a disability, who meets the minimum criteria for the role.

If you believe this could apply to you, please let us know when completing your application.