Senior Project Manager

World Wide Technology; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

World Wide Technology is seeking a Senior Project Manager in the United Kingdom to oversee large, multi-stream technology programs. You will lead cross-functional teams, drive strategic communications with stakeholders, and ensure on-time, on-budget delivery.

The role requires strong leadership, deep PM expertise, and a track record of profitable project delivery in professional services. You will work with internal and external customers to optimize performance and outcomes.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years' progressive project management experience in technology.
• Experience managing large, multi-workstream programs.
• Strong communication with stakeholders at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Manages the day-to-day operational and tactical aspects of multiple large complex projects with several work streams.
• Ability to create in-depth WBS with interdependencies and defined critical path.
• Develops and executes an efficient internal and external communication strategy for all management levels.
• Monitors and reports on project progress to stakeholders.
• Builds and strengthens relationships with customers and stakeholders (internal and external).
• Responsible for creation and maintenance of resource plans ensuring effective resource allocation across portfolio of projects.
• Utilizes project management tools and techniques to improve execution and drive efficiencies.
• Implements engagement reviews and quality assurance procedures in line with our methodology.
• Ensures profitable and successful execution of engagements as measured by regional goals and customer feedback.
• Proactively manages changes in project scope.
• Effectively creates and executes risk management plans.
• Manages profitability, revenue, margins, bill rates and utilization across projects.
• Understands and manages key project financial components to ensure delivery within budget.
• Responsible for quality and timely execution of deliverables across projects.

Skills

Stakeholder management

WBS creation

Risk management

Budget & profitability tracking

Leadership

Project management software

Job description

The Senior Project Manager is responsible for managing large and complex technical projects, leveraging project management best practices to drive continuous improvement, and ensuring high-quality outcomes. The Senior Project Manager is expected to weigh the interests of multiple stakeholders, act with the highest professionalism and exercise independent judgment and decision-making.,

• Manages the day-to-day operational and tactical aspects of multiple and large complex projects with multiple work streams
• Ability to create in depth WBS with interdependencies and a defined critical path
• Demonstrates excellent verbal and written communication skills; Develop and execute an efficient internal and external communication strategy for ensuring communication with all levels of management within the team
• Monitors and reports on project progress to stakeholders
• Builds and strengthens relationships with the customer and stakeholders (internal and external)
• Responsible for creation and maintenance of resource plans ensuring effective resource allocation and distribution across portfolio of projects
• Utilizes project management tools and techniques to improve execution and drive efficiencies.
• Implements engagement review and quality assurance procedures in accordance with our methodology
• Ensures profitable and successful execution of all assigned engagements as measured by regional goals and customer feedback
• Proactively manages changes in project scope
• Effectively creates and executes risk management plans
• Manages and analyzes profitability, revenue, margins, bill rates and utilization across projects
• Understands and manages key project financial components to ensure projects are delivered within budget
• Responsible for quality and timely execution of deliverables across projects
• A minimum of 8 years' progressive experience in a related field
• Working knowledge of both the theoretical and practical aspects of project management, in a technology industry.
• Experience managing client expectations, vendor terms, and internal resource alignment
• Demonstrated leadership in providing project deliverables as assigned.
• Ability to manage budgets, analyze financial reports, and track profitability across projects.
• Skilled at navigating complex challenges with analytical rigor
• Understand difference between a risk and issue, and skills required to drive risk and issue resolution.
• Ability to work independently and aggressively track to project timelines.
• Proficiency in managing multiple projects, prioritizing tasks, and meeting deadlines
• Excellent documentation skills and attention to detail.
• Experience in effectively influencing and leading internal and external teams.
• Ability to influence, motivate, and guide cross-functional teams
• Excellent problem solving, and critical thinking skills.
• Strong verbal, written, and presentation skills to engage clients, teams, and executives
• Proficiency with project management software.
• Experience delivering project management in a professional services environment, WWT will consider for employment, without regard to disability, a disabled applicant who satisfies the requisite skill, experience, education, and other job-related requirements of the job and is capable of performing the essential requirements of the job with or without reasonable accommodation. World Wide Technology is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or other characteristics protected by law. We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you have a disability and you believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or to submit an online application, please call 1-800-432-7008 and ask for Human Resources.