Senior Project Manager

Government Recruitment Service; Leeds; On-site; GBP 54,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension contributions 28.97%

25 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays

Flexible working options

Job summary

Government Recruitment Service in Leeds is recruiting a Senior Project Manager to lead the delivery of high-profile digital projects across the Department for Transport. You will guide multidisciplinary teams through the full lifecycle, ensuring time, cost and quality targets are met while maintaining governance and strong stakeholder engagement.

You will optimise delivery capability, monitor progress with data insights, and drive continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering complex digital projects in fast-paced environments.
• Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary project teams through change.
• Strong governance, risk, and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide daily management and leadership of project teams.
• Design project structures and controls for each stage and choose delivery methodologies.
• Manage stakeholder relationships, risks, and dependencies to ensure timely delivery.
• Coach and mentor teams to strengthen project management capability.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Digital transformation

Job description

Do you excel at delivering complex projects in fast-paced environments?

Have you successfully led project teams through change and transformation?

Would you thrive in a role driving digital transformation and delivering meaningful change at scale?

If so,we’dlove to hear from you!

This is an exciting time to join the Digital, Information and Security Directorate within the Department for Transport as we restructure our directorate to ensure we are ready for future challenges, building a more sustainable, skilled and in-house capability.

Join us as a Senior Project Manager and oversee the delivery of high-profile digital projects, bringing together people, technology and innovation to deliver meaningful change across the Department for Transport.

Joining our department comes with many benefits, including:

• Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensionshere
• 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays aprivilege day for the King’s birthday
• Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.

Read more in the Benefits section below!

Find out more about whatit'slike working atProject Delivery - Department for Transport Careers

https://www.youtube.com/embed/sXhyzRAkRH4?si=h0NtVS3yKG9uRT6y

As a Senior Project Manager, you will lead the delivery of complex, high-risk digital projects that support business, policy and operational priorities across the Department for Transport. Working within the Create Service Line, you will oversee projects through their full lifecycle, ensuring they are delivered to agreed time, cost and quality objectives while maintaining strong governance and stakeholder engagement.

You will provide leadership to multidisciplinary project teams, creating a clear project vision and enabling teams to perform at their best. Working closely with senior stakeholders, suppliers and delivery partners, you will manage risks, dependencies and resources, ensuring informed decision-making and successful outcomes.

Using data and insight to monitor progress and forecast performance, you will identify opportunities, address emerging challenges and drive continuous improvement throughout the delivery lifecycle. You will also play a key role in strengthening project management capability through coaching, mentoring and sharing best practice.

This is an exciting opportunity to lead business-critical digital initiatives, influence strategic delivery decisions and help shape the future of digital services across DfT.

Your responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to:

• Providing daily management and effective leadership of the projects and project teams.
• Designing the project structure suitable for each stage, establish project controls, selecting appropriate delivery methodologies, and managing transitions between project phases.
• Identifying and managing stakeholder relationships, ensuring necessary senior-level support. Manage relationships with DfT and the agencies stakeholders appropriately.
• Identifying and monitoring project risks and issues, develop mitigating actions and escalation routes.
• Identifying and outlining project benefits throughout the project into operational use.
• Collaborating with related stakeholders to manage interdependencies.

For further information on the role, please read the role profile. Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process.

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Senior Project Manager

Company: Government Recruitment Service

Salary: £59,816 to £59,816 a year

Hours: Full-time

Location: Leeds

Job type: Permanent

Posting date: 26 Oct 2026

Closing date: 8 Nov 2026

Summary

Do you excel at delivering complex projects in fast-paced environments?

Have you successfully led project teams through change and transformation?

Would you thrive in a role driving digital transformation and delivering meaningful change at scale?

If so,we’dlove to hear from you!

This is an exciting time to join the Digital, Information and Security Directorate within the Department for Transport as we restructure our directorate to ensure we are ready for future challenges, building a more sustainable, skilled and in-house capability.

Lead project delivery. Drive transformation. Make a lasting impact.

Join us as a Senior Project Manager and oversee the delivery of high-profile digital projects, bringing together people, technology and innovation to deliver meaningful change across the Department for Transport.

Joining our department comes with many benefits, including:

• Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensionshere

• 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays aprivilege day for the King’s birthday

• Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.

Read more in the Benefits section below!

Find out more about whatit'slike working atProject Delivery - Department for Transport Careers

https://www.youtube.com/embed/sXhyzRAkRH4?si=h0NtVS3yKG9uRT6y

As a Senior Project Manager, you will lead the delivery of complex, high-risk digital projects that support business, policy and operational priorities across the Department for Transport. Working within the Create Service Line, you will oversee projects through their full lifecycle, ensuring they are delivered to agreed time, cost and quality objectives while maintaining strong governance and stakeholder engagement.

You will provide leadership to multidisciplinary project teams, creating a clear project vision and enabling teams to perform at their best. Working closely with senior stakeholders, suppliers and delivery partners, you will manage risks, dependencies and resources, ensuring informed decision-making and successful outcomes.

Using data and insight to monitor progress and forecast performance, you will identify opportunities, address emerging challenges and drive continuous improvement throughout the delivery lifecycle. You will also play a key role in strengthening project management capability through coaching, mentoring and sharing best practice.

This is an exciting opportunity to lead business-critical digital initiatives, influence strategic delivery decisions and help shape the future of digital services across DfT.

Your responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to:

• Providing daily management and effective leadership of the projects and project teams.
• Designing the project structure suitable for each stage, establish project controls, selecting appropriate delivery methodologies, and managing transitions between project phases.
• Identifying and managing stakeholder relationships, ensuring necessary senior-level support. Manage relationships with DfT and the agencies stakeholders appropriately.
• Identifying and monitoring project risks and issues, develop mitigating actions and escalation routes.
• Identifying and outlining project benefits throughout the project into operational use.
• Collaborating with related stakeholders to manage interdependencies.

For further information on the role, please read the role profile. Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

About Disability Confident Disability Confident is a government scheme. It encourages employers to recruit and retain disabled people and those with long term health conditions.

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