Senior Project Manager

Atlas Copco Group; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Atlas Copco Group Co.,Ltd is seeking a Senior Project Manager to own delivery of assigned projects within a Programme, ensuring alignment with portfolio priorities and PCP governance. You will report to the Programme Manager and lead cross-functional teams to meet milestones and deliverables across potentially multi-site, high-risk developments.

The role requires a degree in a technical field, extensive experience in managing complex technical programmes, and strong influencing/negotiation

Qualifications

• PM qualification (APM PMQ, Prince2) or equivalent (Essential).
• Degree level in Technical/Engineering/Science discipline (Essential).
• Experience managing complex technical programmes/projects spanning multiple phases/years to time, scope and cost with software content (Essential).
• Experience influencing and managing across global teams (Essential).
• Experience improving systems, processes, or tools (Desirable).
• Excellent influencing and negotiation skills at multiple organisational levels (Essential).
• Ability to generate a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) from complex requirements (Essential).
• Experience with project planning tools (e.g. Microsoft Project) and RAID logs (Essential).
• Ability to set standards and hold people accountable (Essential).

Responsibilities

• Deliver assigned projects aligned with objectives, portfolio priorities and PCP governance.
• Handle multi-site projects and complex technical programmes.
• Lead scope, schedule, cost, risk and quality for projects.
• Translate programme direction into executable project plans and WBS.
• Manage day-to-day cross-functional team execution to milestones and deliverables.
• Maintain RAID logs and escalate to Programme Manager as needed.
• Provide clear project reporting into governance forums (e.g., CPR).
• Manage project-level change control per governance and evolving requirements.
• Identify resource needs and escalate conflicts to the Programme Manager.

Skills

Project management

Programme management

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder management

Negotiation skills

Risk management

Education

Degree in Technical/Engineering/Science

Tools

Microsoft Project

RAID tracking

Job description

Your role

Bring your curiosity to work as our next Senior Project Manager. In this role, your mission is to be accountable for the delivery of assigned projects within a Programme, ensuring execution aligns to portfolio priorities, governance, and the Product Commercialisation Process (PCP). You will contribute directly to how we create high-quality products and solutions for our customers. You will report to the Programme Manager.

Your day-to-day

• Deliver assigned projects in alignment with Programme objectives, portfolio priorities, and PCP governance.


• Project(s) complexity may include platform development, first of kind technologies, multi-site projects, and/or high-risk/strategic developments.


• Act as the primary delivery lead for project scope, schedule, cost, risk, and quality


• Translate programme direction and requirements into executable project plans and WBS structures


• Manage day-to-day execution of cross-functional teams to achieve project milestones and deliverables


• Maintain and manage RAID (Risks, Actions, Issues, Decisions), ensuring timely mitigation and escalation to Programme Manager


• Provide clear, consistent, and accurate project reporting into Programme governance forums (e.g. CPR)


• Manage project-level change control in line with programme governance and ensure alignment to evolving requirements


• Identify and communicate resource needs, constraints, and impacts, escalating conflicts to the Programme Manager

Your Skills And Experience

• Have a recognised Project or Programme Management Qualification (e.g. APM PMQ, Prince2), or equivalent experience (Essential).


• Educated to Degree level in a suitable Technical/Engineering/Science discipline (Essential).


• Have significant experience of managing complex technical programmes or projects spanning multiple phases/years to time, spec, and cost and have experience in managing projects with software content (Essential).


• Must have demonstrated experience of influencing and managing across global teams (Essential).


• Demonstrated achievements in continuous improvement to systems, processes, or tools (Desirable).


• Must have excellent influencing and negotiation skills at multiple organisational levels (Essential).


• Must be able to analyse complex programme requirements and generate a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) as part of high-level programme definition (Essential).


• Experience of project planning tools (such as Microsoft Project), processes and methodologies (Essential).


• Experience of RAID logs (Risk, Actions, Issues and Decisions) (Essential).


• Able to set the standard and hold people accountable to deliver (Essential).

Your job location

This role offers a hybrid working arrangement, allowing you to split your time between working remotely and being on-site at our office in Bristol, United Kingdom (GB).

Why it is great to work with us

Your career grows through your skills, your curiosity, and the people you work with. You join a global network where we learn from each other and share knowledge openly. We focus on long-term development and encourage you to explore new ideas that help us move forward. Innovation is part of how we think and act - we test, improve, and use what we learn to create solutions that matter. You can make a meaningful impact by contributing with your insights and taking ownership of your work, supported by flexible ways of working and leaders who empower you.