Senior Project Manager

Durham University; North East; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading university in the UK is seeking a Senior Project Manager to oversee and implement strategic projects. The role involves leading project planning, managing deliverables, and facilitating change in complex environments. Strong project management and communication skills are essential. The successful candidate will have a proven history of delivering significant projects and will thrive on the university's ambition and vision.

Qualifications

• Experience in project management and change methodologies.
• Ability to build effective relationships with teams.
• Proven record of delivering change in complex environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning and implementation of projects.
• Oversee project scope, tasks, deliverables, and timelines.
• Identify and manage project dependencies and critical path.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Communication

Change management

Analytical skills

Job description

Overview

The Role and the Department

Durham University has an ambitious strategy that will build on our world-leading research, education, and wider student experience. Over the coming years we will be investing in our people, estate, and IT infrastructure and our ways of working to ensure that we remain one of the World's great universities. We are looking for a Senior Project Manager to deliver major strategic projects. The Strategy Delivery Unit is focused on co-ordinating and facilitating the implementation of the University's ambitious strategic plans. There are three teams within the unit covering the activities of portfolio management, change and project delivery and continuous improvement. The role will sit in the Change and Projects team but will deliver projects across the University. The purpose of the role is to manage the delivery of projects within assigned parameters including scope, schedule, finance, risk, quality and resource. The role will be required to:

• Lead the planning and implementation of projects
• Collect and analyse stakeholder feedback to help define needs and requirements and the design of key deliverables
• Oversee and manage project scope, tasks, deliverables, and timelines
• Identify and manage project dependencies and the critical path
• Matrix manage staff teams
• Facilitate the delivery of benefits

The successful candidate will be an experienced project manager with a good understanding of project and change methodologies and techniques. They will be able to build trusted relationships with teams across the university, will be a good communicator, and will be tenacious and pragmatic. They will have experience of delivering change in complex environments, plus, they will be excited about - and motivated by - Durham University's ambition and the opportunity to play a key part in making it happen.

Further information about the role and the responsibilities is at the bottom of this job description.

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning and implementation of projects
• Collect and analyse stakeholder feedback to help define needs and requirements and the design of key deliverables
• Oversee and manage project scope, tasks, deliverables, and timelines
• Identify and manage project dependencies and the critical path
• Matrix manage staff teams
• Facilitate the delivery of benefits

Qualifications

The successful candidate will have experience of delivering change in complex environments, a good understanding of project and change methodologies and techniques, and the ability to build trusted relationships with teams across the university. They will be a good communicator, tenacious and pragmatic, and motivated by Durham University's ambition and the opportunity to play a key part in making it happen.