Senior Project Manager (IT)

Jigsaw Homes; Ashton-under-Lyne; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent housing organization in England is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead IT and business change projects. In this role, you'll manage projects throughout their lifecycle, ensuring effective stakeholder engagement and governance. The position offers competitive benefits including a flexible work schedule, generous holidays, and opportunities for professional development. If you have solid project management skills and a passion for driving change, apply now to join this innovative team.

Benefits

Up to 24 days holiday + additional leave

Compressed hours with 4-day work week option

Incremental salaried pay

Access to on-site gyms

Qualifications

• Experience in managing complex IT and business change projects.
• Ability to engage stakeholders effectively.
• Strong understanding of governance and risk management.

Responsibilities

• Deliver complex IT and business change projects.
• Manage projects throughout their full lifecycle.
• Ensure alignment with business objectives and technical requirements.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Risk control

Governance

Project management

Job description

About the role

The Senior Project Manager will be responsible for delivering complex IT and business change projects across Jigsaw Homes. Working as part of the PMO and reporting to the Projects & Contracts Manager, the successful candidate will manage projects throughout their full lifecycle, ensuring strong governance, stakeholder engagement, risk control, and successful transition into operational support ensuring alignment with business objectives and technical requirements.

For more information regarding the role, please refer to the job pack below.

About the department

All of Jigsaw's essential services rely on quality information, systems and technology supported by the 50 members of the IT department. Working to a brand‑new IT Strategy, the team has exciting challenges like enabling colleagues to work effectively from anywhere, automating processes and improving digital services for our customers, whilst always improving security. The team is also innovating in its ways of working, ensuring transparency, a keen focus on outcomes and faster delivery of benefits to the business.

Who we are

Jigsaw Homes Group is one of the largest housing groups in England with more than 37,500 homes across the North West and East Midlands. We provide quality, low-cost housing and play a wider role in making sure our residents thrive in their homes and benefit from living in healthy, sustainable communities.

Why join us

Jigsaw Homes Group offers employees a very competitive 24 days holiday per annum, plus 3 days for Christmas closure (5 day working week) plus bank holidays, plus additional days after 2 years continuous service (to a maximum of 5 days). We offer our employees the option to buy/sell up to 5 days extra leave per year and we offer compressed hours of work with the option to work a 4‑day working week in a number of our roles, with 50% of your time working from home upon completion of a satisfactory probation period. This allows for a great work/life balance for many employees.

As a Jigsaw employee you will also receive incremental salaried pay, occupational sick pay, access to the Social Housing Pension Scheme, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, BHSF membership, access to on‑site gyms and training/development opportunities.

If this sounds like the perfect job for you then don’t hesitate to apply now!

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive a sufficient number of applications.