Senior Project Manager – Higher Education

Morson Edge (Technology); Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days annual leave

Pensions scheme

Job summary

Morson Edge (Technology) is seeking a Senior Project Manager to drive strategic initiatives across estates, IT and academic/student programs within a Higher Education setting. You will lead complex projects from inception to delivery, aligning benefits with organisational strategy, and managing risk, budget and stakeholders.

The role focuses on a blended on‑site/off‑site pattern in London, with a strong emphasis on cross‑functional delivery and senior partnerships.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering projects across Higher Education or equivalent complex environments.
• Full lifecycle project management including business case development, delivery, and benefits realization.
• Budget management experience and KPI tracking with evidence of benefits realisation.
• Ability to manage multiple high‑profile projects simultaneously.

Responsibilities

• Lead estates, IT, business change and academic/student projects from inception to completion.
• Ensure projects run on time and within budget while achieving impact.
• Communicate progress via concise reporting to senior stakeholders.
• Collaborate with academic and operational teams to incorporate inputs.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Budget management

Cross-functional collaboration

Data-driven decisions

Education

Prince2/MSP/APM or equivalent

ITIL/BCS qualifications

Higher Education sector experience

Tools

MS Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Teams

SharePoint

Job description

Senior Project Manager with experience of managing strategic projects across the full project lifecycle, ideally within the Higher Education sector or similarly complex environment is required to work with our Higher Education client to realise their long term strategy.

The role represents an opportunity to work for an innovative and industry focussed Higher Education institution that is embarking on an ambitions period of strategic growth to deliver an exceptional student experience.

The Senior Project Manager will play a pivotal role in delivering ambitious projects that drive our client’s strategic growth. Initially focusing on estates and IT, you will ensure projects are managed from inception to completion on time, within budget, and achieving their intended impact. The Senior Project Manager will be responsible for leading a variety of projects across estates, technology, business change and academic/student based projects

Senior Project Manager-Higher Education- Essential Experience

• Extensive experience as a project manager delivering projects across Higher Education or equivalent complex environments. (Public sector, government, NHS, charity or third sector).
• Broad project experience, its not a IT Project Manager role, experience of supporting business change, strategy, academic, student engagement and or other projects.
• Full lifecycle project management experience including (business case development, approval, delivery, resource allocation, budget and risk management)
• Experience of successfully delivering multiple high profile projects simultaneously across a range of functional operations.
• Skills is identifying and managing risks, issues and dependencies.
• Experience of managing projects through change controls and stage gate including business case approval, technical design authority, change advisory, service transition and benefits realisation.
• Experience of managing high value project budgets (Circa £2M +), defining KPI’s and evidence benefits realisation quantitatively.
• Ability to utilise data and other evidence to inform project scope and objectives.
• Project Management qualification or experience with Prince 2, MSP, APM or similar.
• Experience of applying project management qualifications/methodologies to deliver complex projects.
• Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft applications (Ms Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Teams, SharePoint).
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with the abilities to work collaboratively with senior stakeholders across multiple business functions to ensure all inputs are incorporated.
• Strong communication skills to communicate project progress through concise reporting whilst maintaining effective relationships with academic, operational and senior/executive management stakeholders.
• Broad project experience across a range functional operation’s and services, not limited to digital or technology.

Senior Project Manager-Higher Education- Desirable Experience

• Agile or Lean Six Sigma qualifications
• BCS Business Analysis, ITIL v3 or 4 qualifications

Excellent benefits including 30 days annual leave and a competitive pensions scheme

Hybrid working with an average of 2-3 days on site per week in London.