Senior Project Manager

Hitachi Rail Limited; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Rail is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to take responsibility for the successful delivery of a major project or portfolio of projects. This senior leadership role offers hybrid working, with flexibility between remote work and on-site collaboration with customers, suppliers and internal teams.

You will lead large, multidisciplinary teams and ensure delivery to time, cost and quality while maintaining strong stakeholder relationships.

Qualifications

• Strong professional project management skills with experience delivering high-value, complex projects.
• Experience leading large, multidisciplinary teams across multiple sites.
• Excellent negotiation and stakeholder management with customers, partners and suppliers.
• Proven ability to manage project governance, risk and change control.

Responsibilities

• Take overall responsibility for project delivery performance against time, cost and quality.
• Provide leadership and direction to multidisciplinary project teams.
• Ensure projects are delivered in accordance with governance processes.
• Lead project planning, scheduling and resource management.
• Manage project schedules, including P6 scheduling, schedule maturity assessments and QSRA.
• Manage project risks and opportunities with appropriate actions.
• Manage changes including variations and claims against the baseline.
• Support the Project Director in delivering against KPIs including revenue, cash and EBIT.
• Monitor project performance and report to senior leaders.
• Build and maintain relationships with customers, partners, suppliers and internal stakeholders.
• Coach and develop junior Project Managers.
• Oversee project launch and closure activities.
• Collaborate across Commercial, Finance, Supply Chain, Engineering and other functions.

Job description

A career at Hitachi Rail will help create a legacy. With operations in every corner of the world, our work goes to the cutting-edge of digital transformation and technology. From the multi-cultural strength of our global organisation to the sustainable and innovative ways we work to bring people together, there’s something for everyone to get stuck into. And that’s where you come in.

Job Description:

We’re looking for an experienced Senior Project Manager to take responsibility for the successful delivery of a major project or portfolio of projects within Hitachi Rail.

This role offers hybrid working, providing flexibility between working remotely and collaborating with colleagues and stakeholders on-site.

This is a senior leadership role requiring strong project delivery expertise, commercial awareness and the ability to lead large, multidisciplinary teams. You’ll be responsible for ensuring projects are successfully delivered to time, cost and quality, while maintaining strong relationships with customers, suppliers and senior stakeholders.

You’ll work closely with the Project Director, Project Leadership Team, Project Management Office and wider business functions including Engineering, Finance, Commercial, Legal, Quality, Health & Safety and Operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Take overall responsibility for project delivery performance, ensuring successful delivery against time, cost and quality objectives.
• Provide leadership and direction to multidisciplinary project teams.
• Ensure projects are delivered in accordance with appropriate governance processes.
• Lead project planning, scheduling and resource management activities.
• Manage project schedules, including P6 scheduling, schedule maturity assessments and Quantitative Schedule Risk Analysis (QSRA).
• Manage project risks and opportunities, ensuring appropriate actions and controls are in place.
• Effectively manage project change, including variations and claims, ensuring changes against the project baseline are recorded and controlled.
• Support the Project Director in delivering against key business KPIs, including revenue, cash and EBIT.
• Monitor project performance and provide clear, concise and relevant reporting to senior business leaders.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with customers, partners, suppliers and internal stakeholders.
• Support and develop less-experienced Project Managers through coaching and guidance.
• Oversee effective project launch and closure activities.
• Work collaboratively across Commercial, Finance, Supply Chain, Engineering and other business functions.

About You

We’re looking for someone who can demonstrate:

• Strong professional project management skills, with experience delivering high-value, complex projects.
• Experience leading large, multidisciplinary teams.
• Effective leadership across complex, multi-site organisations.
• Excellent negotiation and stakeholder management skills, including working with customers, partners and suppliers.
• Extensive client and stakeholder management experience at senior levels.
• Strong commercial, financial and business acumen.
• Experience in project planning, scheduling, estimating, budgeting and resource management.
• Strong knowledge of project governance, risk and opportunity management and change control.
• The ability to provide clear and succinct project performance information to senior leaders.
• Strong analytical skills, including the ability to investigate and understand cost variances.
• Experience working across business functions, with an understanding of commercial management, finance and supply chain.
• Experience effectively managing project launch and closure.
• The ability to coach and develop Project Managers and wider project team members.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and motivational skills.

It would be advantageous if you have:

• Experience working within a technical environment in the Rail industry.
• Knowledge of transportation solutions, including train control, communications and safety systems.
• IPMA Level C or B, or an equivalent level of professional project management accreditation.

Closing date for applications is 25th October 2026

At Hitachi Rail, there is a place for everyone. We welcome and value differences in background, age, gender, sexuality, family status, disability, race, nationality, ethnicity, religion, and world view. It is our commitment to create an inclusive environment - we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.