Strategic Shared Services Project Manager

Department for Work and Pensions (DWP); Leeds; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) in Leeds is seeking a Project Manager to lead and deliver complex programmes across HR, finance and procurement.

You will coordinate multi-disciplinary teams, manage dependencies, and report to the Programme Management Office to ensure timely delivery and governance alignment.

The role requires strong stakeholder engagement, governance, and extensive experience in large-scale transformation within the public sector.

Qualifications

• Experience of leading delivery within large-scale, complex Shared Services transformation programmes, with a strong understanding of HR, Finance and Procurement services.
• Experience of managing and assuring the quality of contractual supplier deliverables across complex multi-supplier environments.
• Ability to establish, implement and manage governance, assurance and reporting frameworks to oversee contractual obligations, programme dependencies and delivery risks.
• Proven experience managing supplier-to-supplier and third-party dependencies across multiple delivery partners.
• Experience of project management in complex technical environments, including defining scope, deliverables, timescales, resources, budget and key risks.
• Leadership, collaboration and delivery at pace in multi-disciplinary teams within politically sensitive environments.
• Willingness to work towards a recognised PPM practitioner level qualification (e.g. PRINCE2, Agile PM, MSP, P30 or equivalent).

Responsibilities

• Lead, monitor and drive delivery of complex programmes with multiple teams, partners and stakeholders to prepare, plan and deliver changes.
• Use project methodologies to build cohesive plans, model resources and report progress, identifying risks and applying mitigations.
• Manage competing workstreams, delivering milestones and interdependencies to keep governance on track.
• Identify and manage stakeholder relationships across internal partners and external parties to design future ways of working.
• Promote performance by contributing to knowledge sharing and coaching within the programme.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Programme delivery

Problem solving

Education

PRINCE2 Practitioner

AgilePM

Job description

Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) in Leeds is seeking a Project Manager to lead and deliver complex programmes across HR, finance and procurement.

You will coordinate multi-disciplinary teams, manage dependencies, and report to the Programme Management Office to ensure timely delivery and governance alignment.

The role requires strong stakeholder engagement, governance, and extensive experience in large-scale transformation within the public sector.