Senior Project Manager - Transformation

National Physical Laboratory; Teddington; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

The National Physical Laboratory is seeking a Senior Project Manager to oversee transformative projects. You will be responsible for ensuring successful delivery aligned with business goals while fostering a culture of continuous improvement and innovation. Seeking candidates with proven leadership skills, adaptability, and proficiency in project management tools. This hybrid role offers flexibility in work arrangements.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading complex projects within time and budget.
• Ability to engage and motivate diverse stakeholders.
• A flexible problem-solver with a focus on impactful results.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver projects from conception to completion.
• Develop and manage comprehensive project plans.
• Ensure projects are delivered safely and compliant.

Skills

Project Leadership

Problem-Solving

Stakeholder Engagement

Change Management

Technical Proficiency

Tools

Project Planner

Project Online

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National Physical Laboratory

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Posted:

19.08.2025

Expiry Date:

03.10.2025

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About the Role

At the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), we’re at the heart of the UK's scientific and technological advancements. We set the standards that ensure anything measurable is done with consistency and reliability. Through our vital research, we support innovations that impact international trade, environmental protection, and health and wellbeing, touching lives in extraordinary ways.

We’re looking for a Senior Project Manager to help lead key transformation projects, ensuring they’re delivered with the expected outcomes, on time, within budget, and aligned with the highest quality standards.

You’ll manage one or more projects as part of NPL’s ongoing internal transformation, bringing high-level proposals to life by turning them into defined plans and mobilising teams for delivery. You’ll also join us in improving how we work. Use your experience to challenge the status quo and discover more innovative and efficient ways to deliver projects safely and effectively.

The Senior Project Manager plays a crucial role in driving projects to completion and ensuring we actively deliver the expected benefits. You’ll contribute to our project management excellence by collaborating with colleagues, providing the proper governance, and focusing on delivering tangible, valuable results. If you enjoy making things happen and contributing to continuous improvement, we want to hear from you.

Role responsibilities include:

• Lead and Deliver: Lead projects from start to finish, ensuring they align with business goals, stay on time, and budget, and deliver the expected outcomes.
• Plan, Scope, and Budget: Develop and manage comprehensive project plans, clearly defining scope, resources, timelines, and budgets to ensure successful delivery.
• Team and Stakeholder Leadership: Mobilise teams and build strong relationships with stakeholders, influencing key decisions to keep projects aligned with broader objectives.
• Risk and Issue Management: Identify potential risks early and address issues proactively to prevent them from becoming obstacles.
• Innovate and Improve: Drive innovation in project delivery, while continuously refining processes and methods to enhance outcomes.
• Ensure Safe Delivery: Ensure projects are delivered within risk tolerances, fully compliant, and seamlessly handed over for operational success.
• Own the Results: Take accountability for project success, enabling the realisation of benefits and achievement of business objectives.

We're working in a hybrid way, with a mix of remote and office-based work, and we strive to offer flexibility, whether you're full-time, part-time, or looking for something different. If it can work for the business, we will make it happen.

About You

We're looking for someone who thrives in a dynamic environment, capable of leading and making things happen.

To be successful in this role, you’ll bring:

• Proven Project Leadership: You’ve led complex projects, keeping teams aligned, and delivering within time, scope, and budget, regardless of challenges.
• Adaptable Problem-Solver: You’re flexible and quick to address issues with practical, creative solutions that keep projects moving forward.
• Collaborative Influencer: You engage and motivate diverse stakeholders, fostering teamwork to drive successful outcomes.
• Results-Oriented: You focus on delivering impactful results, keeping projects efficient and free from unnecessary complexity.
• Growth and Change Advocate: You drive continuous improvement, helping teams embrace new ways of working while ensuring successful project delivery.
• Technical Proficiency: You’re comfortable using project management tools like Project Planner, Project Online, or similar software to manage projects effectively.
• Change Management: You have experience leading change and helping teams adapt to new ways of working while ensuring successful project delivery.

At NPL, we thrive on collaboration, respect, and a shared commitment to doing better for ourselves, our customers, and the world. We believe in challenging the status quo to make meaningful improvements but also know when to keep things simple. You'll fit right in here if you enjoy taking initiative, learning from others, and pushing boundaries without overcomplicating. Together, we're helping make the impossible possible.