Senior Project Manager

Procentia; West of England; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Holiday carry over

Pension 5% employer contribution

Private Medical Insurance

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

Health care cash plan

Electric Car Leasing

Job summary

Procentia is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead delivery for large, complex pension technology projects. You’ll manage cross-functional teams of analysts, developers, testers and release managers, translating client requirements into actionable plans and ensuring on-time delivery.

You’ll work within PMO standards, ensuring governance, RAID control, and clear accountability while coordinating with offshore contributors as needed.

Qualifications

• Extensive delivery experience, end-to-end management of complex projects.
• Proven leadership of software implementations from initiation to go-live and support.
• Strong planning, governance, and risk/issue management.

Responsibilities

• Lead large, complex projects or multiple deliveries with cross-functional teams.
• Collaborate with clients to define requirements, milestones, and governance.
• Develop and maintain project plans and ensure delivery within PMO standards.
• Communicate progress through regular project reports and meetings.

Skills

Delivery leadership

Stakeholder management

Project management

Governance & RAID

Budget & forecasting

Team leadership

Tools

MS Project

Job description

About us

Procentia, part of the Brightwell Group, is an award-winning software and technology company specialising in the Pensions and Pension Risk Transfer/Bulk Purchase Annuities market. Established in 2002, the business is renowned for its web-based pensions administration and management system, IntelliPen.

Procentia’s products and solutions help pension schemes and administrators of all types and sizes manage exceptional volumes of data, meet the demand for self-serve technology, and provide meaningful, consumer-like experiences that users expect from modern online financial platforms while minimising the need for administrator intervention and involvement.

With offices in the UK and North America, Procentia supports some of the largest pension schemes, insurers and retirement plans across the private and public sectors, including BP, British Airways Pension Scheme, BTPS, Chicago Transit Authority, Legal & General Retirement America, Retirement System City of Detroit, Rolls-Royce, Royal London, and Universities Superannuation Scheme.

The job:

Our Senior Project Managers play a critical role in the successful delivery of complex client and internal projects, with accountability from initial scoping through to go-live and early-life support.

Their role combines strong delivery leadership, stakeholder engagement, and hands‑on project management to ensure outcomes are delivered to a high standard, on time, and in line with client and organisational objectives.

Acting as a trusted delivery partner, you’ll work closely with clients and internal teams to translate requirements into structured, achievable delivery plans, while building strong and effective working relationships across stakeholders at all levels.

You’ll typically lead large, complex projects or smaller programmes, often involving multiple workstreams and cross‑functional teams.

You’ll oversee delivery teams comprising business analysts, developers, testers, consultants, and release roles, ensuring effective coordination, clear accountability, and consistent delivery performance.

Here’s what you’ll be doing:

• Managing a team (size varies with project size, and as a senior PM you’ll get the bigger more complex ones or multiple deliveries to manage at the same time) of implementation consultants, business analysts, developers, testers and release managers
• Working closely with our clients to agree delivery requirements, milestones, governance, and agreed ways of working
• Working on projects worth upwards of £3m or multiple smaller deliveries
• Writing a Project Initiation Document (PID) and running project kick off meetings
• Developing and maintaining a project plan in MSP
• Operating within PMO standards and Procentia Ways of Working, adhering to internal governance and maintaining those standards throughout delivery
• Working in a consortium with offshore contributors
• Running regular (usually weekly) project progress meetings (via Teams); internal and external
• Producing project reporting in line with Procentia’s PMO standards

Key skills and experience:

• Extensive delivery experience (8–12 years), with a strong track record managing complex projects and multi-workstream projects end‑to‑end
• Proven leadership of software implementations, from initiation through to go‑live and post‑implementation support
• Strong planning and governance capability, including RAID management, dependency control, and structured delivery frameworks
• Excellent stakeholder management, with the ability to engage, influence and present confidently at senior/executive level
• Commercial and financial awareness, including budget management, forecasting, and control of scope and change
• Team leadership experience, leading cross‑functional teams and driving accountability, performance and delivery momentum

Let’s talk about what’s in it for you…

• 25 days holiday (plus public holidays) increasing with length of service up to a maximum of 28 days, with carry over of up to 1 week
• Buying and Selling holiday (up to 1 week)
• Volunteer day
• 5% Employer contribution pension
• Life Assurance
• Private Medical Insurance
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Health care cash plan
• Tusker – Electric Car Leasing scheme

Don’t meet every requirement?

We know that some candidates, particularly women, disabled people, LGBTQ+ individuals, neurodivergent people, and those from ethnic minority backgrounds, may hesitate to apply unless they meet every listed requirement. At Procentia, we’re committed to building a diverse, inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive. If this role excites you but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement, we encourage you to apply anyway. You could be a great fit for this role or another opportunity within our team.