Senior Project Manager

Sopra Steria Limited; Basingstoke; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

£6,600 car allowance

3% cash fund

25 days annual leave (+ optional extra

Medical Insurance

Life assurance

6% pension

Job summary

Sopra Steria Limited in Basingstoke is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead end-to-end delivery of complex IT infrastructure projects in a highly secure Defence environment. Active MoD DV clearance is required to operate across governance, risk, and stakeholder management with multidisciplinary teams.

You will own scope, schedules and budgets, coordinate infrastructure engineers, security teams, and suppliers, and report to senior stakeholders through clear delivery plans and RAID updates.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Senior Project Manager delivering complex IT infrastructure projects within Defence or other highly secure environments.
• Strong governance, reporting and assurance experience across end-to-end delivery.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary technical and business teams in regulated settings.

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 to ensure on-time delivery.
• Provide leadership across infrastructure engineers, security teams, suppliers and delivery partners.
• Act as the main contact for customers and senior stakeholders, guiding decisions.
• Governance and assurance activities including delivery plans, RAID, and governance updates.
• Identify and manage dependencies, address risks and escalate blockers as needed.
• Ensure compliance with security, quality and operational requirements in a secure environment.
• Build strong relationships across customer and delivery teams to maintain momentum.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Governance

Delivery leadership

Risk management

Cross-functional leadership

Budget management

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

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

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.