Strategic Project Manager

BUUK Infrastructure; Bury; Hybrid; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Cost of living pay review

Company pension up to 10%

33 days holiday + 2 extra

Enhanced parental pay

£1000 referral bonus

Hybrid working

Development opportunities

Inclusive culture

Job summary

BUUK Infrastructure is seeking a Strategic Project Manager to translate strategic objectives into practical plans that deliver outcomes. You will partner with executives to steer priorities, manage risks, and drive a portfolio of initiatives across the business.

You will lead change, engage with senior stakeholders, and ensure governance and reporting are in place to realise benefits and growth for BUUK.

Qualifications

• Degree level or equivalent experience.
• Experience leading with senior business stakeholders and facilitating decisions.
• Ability to establish structure in evolving priorities and scope.
• Understanding governance, planning, risk management and stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Business Partnering: align, decide, remove barriers, turn strategy into action.
• Project & Programme Delivery: coordinate a portfolio of strategic initiatives.
• Governance: ensure decision making and controls for delivery.
• Benefits & Outcomes: identify and measure business benefits.
• Stakeholder Engagement: build trusted relationships and enable change.

Skills

Build credibility & relationships

Strategic thinking

Commercial & operational awareness

Clear stakeholder communication

Analytical problem solving

Education

Degree level or equivalent

Job description

Job Location: Woolpit

Additional Location Information:

Salary: From £41,261

Contract type: Permanent

Posting End Date: 30/10/2026

At BUUK Infrastructure, our vision is to be the leading utility partner to accelerate the UK towards net zero for all our customers. Our group of companies has been the major drive for change and innovation over 30 years.

We provide a supportive environment that is committed to enabling our people to be the best - ensuring they feel proud to be themselves and part of BUUK Infrastructure.

We are looking for Strategic Project Manager who would like to help us reach our mission to "earn customer loyalty and drive business growth by providing consistently excellent service".

The role is suited to an individual who enjoys solving business problems, influencing stakeholders, and turning strategic objectives into practical plans that can be delivered successfully.

We welcome candidates from a broad range of backgrounds, including project management, operational leadership, business improvement, service management, and transformation roles. We are particularly interested in individuals who have successfully led change and can apply those experiences to support strategic initiatives across the business.

Purpose of this role

As the business continues to grow and evolve, we are increasing our focus on strategic delivery and transformation. This role has been created to ensure our most important business priorities are translated into successful outcomes.

Working alongside Executive Sponsors and Business Leads, the role acts as a trusted advisor, helping leaders define priorities, navigate complexity, manage risk, and deliver sustainable business outcomes.

Your key responsibilities are

Strategic Business Partnering

Building alignment, facilitating decisions, overcoming barriers and helping leaders turn strategy into action.

Provide constructive challenge to assumptions, risks, and proposed solutions to ensure alignment to project objectives.

Enable stakeholder to establish clear priorities, requirements and ownership by leading workshops, planning sessions, and forums to support effective stakeholder engagement.

Project & Programme Delivery

Coordinate and drive a portfolio of strategic initiatives and business improvements across varying levels of complexity.

Manage activities across business functions to support successful delivery, helping to surface interdependencies within the wider programmes of work with the PMO.

Monitor progress against agreed objectives and highlight risks, issues and dependencies requiring management attention.

Develop and delivery necessary progress reporting to project stakeholders and senior leadership

Governance

Ensure appropriate governance, decision making and controls are in place to support successful delivery.

Support preparation of business cases, investment requests, and executive papers.

Provide visibility of project status, dependencies, and emerging risks.

Benefits & Outcomes

Support Business Leads in identifying and owning business benefits, and the appropriate measures of their success.

Report on progress against agreed outcomes, including post-delivery review.

Support post-implementation reviews and lessons learned activities to ensure future success.

Stakeholder Engagement

Build trusted relationships with stakeholders across all levels of the organisation, enabling open and effective communication.

Support adoption of change through engagement, communication, and structured planning.

Work collaboratively with internal and external resources.

Qualifications

• Degree level or equivalent experience.

Experience/Knowledge

• Formal project management qualifications are welcome but not essential. We are equally interested in candidates who have successfully led business change, operational improvements or strategic initiatives through other career paths.
• Experience leading and working with senior business stakeholders and facilitating effective decision making.
• Ability to establish structure and clarity in environments where priorities, scope or requirements are evolving.
• Understanding of governance, planning, risk management, and stakeholder engagement in a project management setting.

Abilities/Skills

• Build credibility and trusted relationships, using influence and constructive challenge to support decisions and change.
• Combine strategic thinking with commercial and operational awareness and a practical delivery focus.
• Communicate and present clearly to stakeholders at all levels.
• Apply an analytical, structured approach to problem-solving and objective recommendations.
• Navigate ambiguity, establish priorities and translate strategic objectives into achievable plans

Desirable

• Financial management experience or qualification.
• Business change management certification.
• Experience in complex, multi-stakeholder environments.
• Strong workshop and decision-forum facilitation skills.
• Experience acting as a business lead, workstream lead or subject matter expert within project or transformation environments.
• Exposure to PMO, business transformation, operational excellence, or strategic planning functions.
• Experience facilitating workshops, improvement activities, or business process redesign.
• Experience of creating business cases and benefits tracking.

What can you expect from us

Cost of living annual pay review.

Company pension contributions up to 10% if employees contribute 5%.

33 days holiday including bank holidays with the ability to purchase an additional 2 weeks.

Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay.

To say thank you, each time you successfully refer someone you will receive a referral payment of £1000 (net of tax).

Hybrid working for eligible roles.

Development opportunities to reach your career aspirations.

BUUK has an award-winning culture. We care about your wellbeing and safety as we all deserve the right to go home safe, every day. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, we respect each other and advocate for equity, diversity and inclusion in all we do.

Research shows that women and people from different underrepresented backgrounds often only apply for a job if they meet 100% of the listed qualifications. If you would like to be a part of our team and you meet many, but not all our requirements for this role, please apply. You can also ask us about flexible working options.

Please note we reserve the right to close the role early. Therefore, if you're interested in this role, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

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