Senior Project Manager - Technology & Business Change

Womble Bond Dickinson; Plymouth; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working policy

Job summary

Womble Bond Dickinson seeks an experienced Senior Project Manager to join our IT team on a full-time, permanent basis to help deliver the Modern Workplace. The role can be based in Leeds, Plymouth, Newcastle, or Bristol and operates under our hybrid policy.

The role sits in the PMU with end-to-end delivery of high-impact change across the business, engaging senior stakeholders and managing multiple teams and suppliers.

Qualifications

• 5-8+ years' experience delivering complex projects across technology and/or business change
• Experience in a legal or professional services environment
• Experience working within governance environments (PMO/PMU)
• Strong stakeholder management with senior level engagement
• Experience delivering multi-stream projects with IT and third-party suppliers
• Able to engage delivery teams without being a deep technical specialist
• Proven ability to manage risk, dependencies and priorities in fast-paced environments
• Strong written and verbal communication, ownership and delivery focus
• Self-motivated with ability to start from day one

Responsibilities

• End-to-end delivery of high-impact change initiatives across the business
• Operate across technology-led and broader business change with governance and controls
• Own delivery from initiation through closure, ensuring time, cost and quality objectives
• Engage senior stakeholders including Partners and manage multiple teams and suppliers
• Collaborate with other Senior Project Managers to embed best practices in delivery and governance

Job description

Senior Project Manager - Technology & Business Change

Date: 2026-10-17T00:00:00

Location: Plymouth, Devon, GB, PL1 1

Company: Womble Bond Dickinson

Closing Date: 2026-11-17T10:00:13.717

Role Overview

We're currently looking for an experienced Senior Project Manager to join our IT team on a full-time, permanent basis to help deliver our Modern Workplace. The role can be based in Leeds, Plymouth, Newcastle, or Bristol and falls under our hybrid working policy. We would ask that you reside close enough to one of our office locations so that you can visit weekly or a few days a fortnight as per current working practices.

The Team

First-class IT systems are absolutely key to the success of any business in today's commercial world and the legal sector is no exception. Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP prides itself on being at the forefront of technological advancements within the legal profession, something we've become well known for.

To remain competitive in our markets, and to continue supporting our growth strategies, our team of dedicated IT professionals have a key role to play, ensuring the integrity of the IT infrastructure, development of new and existing systems, and providing excellent support to all of our employees and clients.

Role Purpose

The role sits within the firm's Project Management Unit (PMU) and is responsible for the end-to-end delivery of high-impact change initiatives across the business. While many programmes are technology-enabled, the role is not limited to IT delivery and will operate across both technology-led and broader business change. The successful candidate will take ownership of project delivery from initiation through to closure, ensuring appropriate governance, stakeholder engagement, risk management, and delivery to agreed time, cost, and quality objectives.

The role requires the ability to operate effectively within a professional services environment, engaging senior stakeholders, including Partners, and managing delivery across multiple teams and suppliers.

An important aspect of the role will be working collaboratively with other Senior Project Managers to develop, agree, and embed best practice approaches to delivery, governance, and continuous improvement across the PMU. The individual will be expected to establish control and structure quickly, manage competing priorities, and ensure delivery remains aligned to agreed business outcomes.

What We Are Looking For

• 5-8+ years' experience delivering complex projects across technology and/or business change (e.g., core systems, platforms, integrations, security, or infrastructure)
• Demonstrable experience operating in a legal or professional services or similarly complex, stakeholder-led environment
• Experience working within structured governance environments (e.g., PMO / PMU frameworks)
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage and influence at senior level
• Experience delivering multi-stream projects involving business, IT, and third-party suppliers
• Technically credible, with the ability to engage delivery teams and challenge appropriately, without needing to be a deep technical specialist
• Proven ability to manage risk, dependencies, and competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
• High level of ownership, accountability, and delivery focus
• The right attitude, mindset, and drive to learn, contribute, and succeed
• Ability to operate with minimal onboarding and take ownership of complex initiatives from day one
• Occasional travel to other office locations may be required (very rarely)

What Makes It Great to Work Here?

We continually work hard to create an open culture that sets us apart from other firms. Our culture gives us much more of a human feel, emphasizing that we're more than just suits! As signatories to the Mindful Business Charter, we prioritize maintaining healthy and happy lives, both in and out of work.

We have resources and initiatives to support health and wellbeing, and we're very happy to talk flexible working. Through our DEI initiatives, we create an environment where differences are valued. Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Group, led by our Board Sponsor, works with colleague networks for race, ethnicity, cultural heritage, LGBTQ+, disabilities, neurodiversity, families, and women's career development to better support everybody.

We encourage applicants from all social backgrounds, ethnicities, disabilities, gender identities, and sexual orientations. We are committed to an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you have a disability or long-term condition, please let us know if adjustments are needed to support your application.

We will offer interviews to candidates with a disability or long-term condition who meet the minimum criteria. You can opt into this scheme within the application form.

Location and Contract

Locations: Bristol, Leeds, Newcastle, Plymouth

Contract Type: Permanent