Senior Project Manager

Digitas UK; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Digitas UK seeks a Senior Project Manager to lead end-to-end delivery of complex digital programmes for a major client partnership. You will bring together multidisciplinary teams and guide delivery to ensure projects are on time, within scope and on budget.

You will own project plans, manage estimates and milestones, and collaborate with clients and internal stakeholders to identify opportunities and drive delivery excellence across the portfolio.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Senior Project Manager in an agency, consulting or digital delivery.
• Experience delivering enterprise-scale websites, platforms or integrations.
• Expertise with Agile delivery and adapting approaches to client needs.
• Strong leadership of large, multidisciplinary teams and coordinating multiple stakeholders.
• Excellent facilitation and client relationship management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of large-scale digital programmes for a major client, ensuring on-time, on-scope and on-budget delivery.
• Create and own project plans, managing estimates, dependencies, resources and milestones across multiple workstreams.
• Guide and support cross-functional teams of 20+ people with clear direction and coordination.
• Manage project governance including RAID logs, status reporting, change control, risk management and escalation.
• Partner with clients and internal stakeholders to identify opportunities and build trusted relationships.
• Support business growth by contributing to scoping, statements of work, estimates and proposals.
• Drive continuous improvement across delivery practices and tools.

Skills

Senior Project Manager

Agile delivery

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

Budget & forecasting

Workshops facilitation

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

We are hiring a Senior Project Manager to lead the successful delivery of complex digital projects for one of our largest client partnerships. This is a brilliant opportunity to play a central role in bringing together talented specialists, guiding multi-disciplinary teams, and helping deliver work that creates meaningful impact for our clients.

At Digitas, we harness the power of connection to create positive impact every day. We bring together diverse perspectives, expertise and creativity to help businesses grow through Consulting, Products & Platforms, Customer Engagement and Digital Media.

Part of Publicis Groupe and recognised as a Leader in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Global Marketing Agencies, we're proud to partner with some of the world's most ambitious brands.

Digitas. Experience the power of connection.

What you'll be doing

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of large-scale digital programmes for a major client, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within scope and on budget.
• Create and own project plans, managing estimates, dependencies, resources and delivery milestones across multiple workstreams.
• Guide and support cross-functional teams of 20+ people, providing clear direction, prioritisation and coordination throughout delivery.
• Manage project governance, including RAID logs, status reporting, change control, risk management and escalation processes.
• Partner closely with clients and internal stakeholders to identify opportunities, align expectations and build trusted relationships.
• Support business growth by contributing to project scoping, solution planning, statements of work, estimates and proposals.
• Drive continuous improvement across delivery practices, encouraging effective collaboration, innovation and operational excellence.

Skills we're looking for

• Proven experience as a Senior Project Manager or Project Manager within an agency, consulting or digital delivery environment.
• Strong track record delivering enterprise-scale website, platform, application or system integration projects.
• Experience applying Agile delivery methodologies and adapting approaches to meet programme and client needs.
• Demonstrated success leading large, multidisciplinary teams and coordinating multiple stakeholders across complex projects.
• Excellent facilitation, communication and client relationship management skills, with the confidence to lead workshops and discussions.
• Experience with project delivery and collaboration tools such as Jira and Confluence, alongside strong planning and organisational skills.
• Ability to balance commercial awareness, delivery excellence and people leadership while managing budgets, forecasts and project performance.
• PRINCE2 Practitioner, Scrum Alliance accreditation, or equivalent project management certification.
• Experience in disciplines such as software engineering, business analysis, information architecture or digital product delivery.
• Experience working with distributed or offshore delivery teams across multiple locations.
• Passion for improving delivery processes, tools and ways of working to enhance project outcomes.