Senior Technical Project & PMO Manager

Careers; Warrington; On-site; GBP 66,000 - 81,000; Full time

Job summary

JCDecaux UK is seeking a Senior Technical Project & PMO Manager in Warrington to lead complex technology-led transformations and strengthen controls for scalable, secure change. You will align architecture, delivery, PMO governance and operational readiness to ensure programmes move from scoping to production with clear ownership.

The role emphasizes managing RAID, dependencies, release planning and ensuring business adoption and measurable value.

Qualifications

• Strong technical programme or project management experience across applications, integration, cloud, data or platforms.
• Good understanding of technical delivery lifecycles, testing, release planning and transition to support.
• Experience partnering with Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architecture, engineering or suppliers.

Responsibilities

• Technical programme delivery: Lead complex technical programmes across discovery, planning, delivery, transition and closure, managing scope, risks and decisions.
• Cloud, applications and integration: Coordinate delivery across Azure, applications, integrations, data platforms and digital services.
• Architecture alignment: Collaborate with Enterprise and Solution Architecture for design decisions and roadmap alignment.
• PMO governance and control: Maintain RAID, dependency tracking, financial impacts and governance reporting.
• Technical delivery enablement: Work with engineering, data, service delivery and suppliers to remove blockers and manage release activity.

Skills

Tech programme management

Azure knowledge

PMO governance

Stakeholder coordination

Tools

Azure

Governance tooling

Job description

Within JCDecaux UK, the Senior Technical Project & PMO Manager is responsible for leading complex technology-led transformation and strengthening the controls required to deliver scalable, secure and supportable technology change. The role exists to connect business priorities, architecture direction, technical delivery, PMO governance and operational readiness, ensuring programmes move from scoping through delivery into production with clear ownership, risk management and measurable value.

What You'll Be Doing...

What you'll be doing....

• Technical programme delivery: Lead complex technical programmes across discovery, planning, delivery, transition and closure, maintaining control of scope, risks and decisions.
• Cloud, applications and integration: Coordinate delivery across Azure, applications, integrations, data platforms and digital services, ensuring solutions are supportable and secure.
• Architecture alignment: Partner with Enterprise and Solution Architecture to manage design decisions, technical standards, assumptions, dependencies and roadmap alignment.
• PMO governance and control: Maintain clear plans, RAID, dependency tracking, financial impacts, decision logs, governance packs and delivery confidence reporting.
• Technical delivery enablement: Work with engineering, applications, data, service delivery and suppliers to remove blockers, coordinate readiness and manage cutover or release activity.
• Business value and transition: Ensure technical delivery supports business adoption, support models, documentation, operational readiness and benefits realisation.

What success looks like....

• Technical programmes are delivered with stronger control, clearer ownership and reduced delivery ambiguity.
• Business, architecture and delivery teams are aligned around scope, standards, risks and decisions.
• Technical risks, dependencies, design issues and supportability concerns are identified early.
• Governance materials provide clear delivery confidence, options and recommended action.
• Solutions transition smoothly into support with clear documentation, ownership and business readiness.

A Little Bit About You...

• Strong technical programme or project management experience across applications, integration, cloud, data or platforms.
• Good understanding of technical delivery lifecycles, testing, release planning, cutover and transition to support.
• Experience partnering with Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architecture, engineering, applications, data or suppliers.
• Strong PMO capability across RAID, dependencies, governance reporting, financial control and executive updates.
• Azure, architecture, project, programme or agile qualifications, or equivalent practical experience, are desirable.

Behaviours and capabilities needed to be effective....

• Technically curious and able to translate complexity into clear business language.
• Structured and calm under pressure, maintaining delivery pace without losing control.
• Constructively challenging where technical choices create risk, duplication or supportability issues.
• Collaborative across business, architecture, engineering, service and supplier teams.
• Outcome-focused, linking technical delivery to adoption, resilience, efficiency and business value.

A Little Bit More About Us...

• We believe in building a diverse and inclusive culture and positive employee experience.
• We are One Team, more than just ourselves.
• We are customer first, we understand, and help solve our customers' problems.
• We Test & Learn, we are empowered to learn and grow, unafraid of change.
• We choose to care, we are committed to doing the right thing, the right way.

It's really important to us that we give as much to our colleagues as they give to us.

Our latest Belonging Survey showed that our colleagues feel valued and listened to as we continue to build an environment where everyone can thrive, grow, belong and be their authentic selves.

We believe that diversity of thought, experience and background provides the platform for great creativity,

We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability or gender identity.

Many of our Colleagues work flexibly in many different ways. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need. We can't promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise not to judge you for asking.

We're JCDecaux, the world's largest Digital Out-of-Home media business.

Our communication channels help businesses grow and thrive, and help non-commercial organisations reach the widest possible audience for their important messages.

Our talented team make all this happen, working in a wide variety of roles to connect brands and communities.

We're really proud that 50p in every £1 of revenue is reinvested into the communities we serve, so we can provide innovative, environmentally-responsible infrastructure and services designed to make cities better for everyone. This principle has been at the heart of our business from the beginning.

If you join us, you will make a real difference.

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