Senior Project Manager

BSI; Milton Keynes; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

BSI is looking for a Senior Project Manager to lead complex projects in their Change Delivery team. This hybrid role involves managing project outputs, stakeholder engagement, and ensuring compliance with delivery frameworks. Ideal candidates will possess strong leadership skills and a Change Management qualification, and will contribute to positive societal impacts through their work.

Benefits

Flexible working

27 days’ annual leave

Health insurance

Life insurance

Pension plan with company contribution

Car allowance (dependent on role)

Paid maternity leave

Paid paternity leave

Learning and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience managing project teams of 20+ people.
• Extensive experience of portfolio/project management.
• Demonstrable record of delivering complex projects successfully.

Responsibilities

• Deliver project outputs to agreed time, quality and budget constraints.
• Define and manage project plans and dependencies across multiple workstreams.
• Manage issues, risk and ensure timely escalation where necessary.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder Management

Communication Skills

Change Management

Education

Change Management Qualification (APM, Prosci)

Tools

Microsoft Projects (MS Projects)

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Senior Project Manager

Chiswick, London – Hybrid 1-2 days a week in the office.

About the role

This is an exciting time to join the new and expanding Change Delivery team as a Senior Project Manager. You will establish, shape and lead the delivery of the more complex projects within the Group Change Portfolio. You will be responsible for delivering on the project outputs within agreed cost, quality and time constraints.

Responsibilities:

• Deliver project outputs to the agreed time, quality and budget constraints.
• Potentially delivering several projects at the same time, depending on their complexity.
• Ensure that BIS’s Change Delivery Framework is applied to all projects and that project deliverables comply with the standards set by the EPMO.
• Work closely with Sponsors/Business Owners to ensure their expectations are managed, there are no surprises, and the required outcomes are achieved.
• Identify stakeholders and ensuring their interests/needs are understood and met.
• Establish/shape complex projects and define workstream responsibilities.
• Define and manage project plans and dependencies across multiple workstreams and with any external suppliers.
• Hold members of the team accountable for their deliverables.
• Define and manage project budgets and resource plans.
• Establish effective project governance, including Project Steering Boards, which you may Chair.
• Manage issues, risk and ensure timely escalation where necessary.
• Manage changes to project scope, schedule, and costs through agreed processes.
• Manage 3rd party resources and integrate them into the teams ways of working.

To be successful in the role, you will have:

• Experience using Microsoft Projects (MS Projects)
• Extensive experience of portfolio/project management within multi-disciplined and commercial environments both as a direct resource and managing others.
• Demonstrable record of delivering complex projects successfully.
• Experience managing project teams of 20+ people.
• Strong leadership and line management skills.
• High level of stakeholder management and engagement capabilities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Change Management Qualification such as: (APM, Prosci etc.)

Grow your career and expand your skills and knowledge. At BSI, we offer opportunities to work across industries and across the globe. You’ll benefit from the different perspectives and experiences of your international colleagues, as well as ongoing training and development. We offer flexible working, as well as 27 days’ annual leave, paid sick leave, bank holidays, health insurance, life insurance, pension plan with company contribution, car allowance (dependent on role), income protection, paid maternity leave, paid paternity leave, paid parental leave, adoption leave, compassionate leave, paid bereavement leave, learning and development opportunities,and a wide range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your lifestyle.

We’re building an organisation that meets the challenges of tomorrow. Want to grow with us?

We exist to have a positive impact. Our people influence international thinking and action on important issues. Our 86,000 customers are based in 193 countries across the globe.

Now we’re taking on society’s biggest challenges. We’re developing standards and guidelines that will help our customers get to net zero, and we’re defining the way new technologies such as AI impact all our lives.

We’re focused on our future – and we’re looking for people who want to grow with us as we take on the challenges of tomorrow. At BSI, you’ll find a workplace where everyone can flourish and thrive, where innovation is encouraged and where learning is part of your everyday. You’ll contribute to work that shapes industries and enhances lives – and you’ll take pride in what you do.

We’re looking for passionate people who want to make a difference in a purpose-led organisation. If that sounds like you, apply now. Together, we can help create a better society and a more sustainable world.

D&I Policy

The world needs fresh thinking and new perspectives to tackle its biggest challenges. It’s why, at BSI, we’re committed to creating a collaborative environment where everyone can contribute. Whatever your background, experience or outlook, here you can be your best self and do your best work.

If you have a disability or a health condition, please let us know if you need any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process.

Our Excellence Behaviours: Client-centric, Agile, Collaborative. These three behaviours represent how we do things at BSI. They help us ensure that BSI is a great place to work and a highly successful business.

BSI is conducting face-to-face interviews where appropriate and possible. If you are invited to a face-to-face interview but feel more comfortable with conducting the interview virtually, please speak to a member of our recruitment team.