Technical Project Manager

SCC; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

SCC is seeking an experienced Technical Project Manager to lead the end-to-end delivery of complex technology projects across infrastructure, cloud, applications and data within a large enterprise setting. The role involves defining scope, timelines and success criteria aligned with business goals, as well as managing budgets and stakeholders.

You will coordinate cross-functional teams, governance, reporting and risk management to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery and high-quality outcomes.

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering complex technology projects in enterprise environments.
• Strong governance, risk and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Experience across infrastructure, cloud, applications or transformation programmes.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of complex tech projects across infra, cloud, apps, data and transformation.
• Define scope, objectives, timelines and success criteria aligned with business goals.
• Develop detailed project plans, resource schedules, budgets and risk registers.
• Coordinate architects, engineers, analysts, vendors and suppliers.
• Manage governance, reporting and stakeholder communications at all levels.
• Ensure delivery follows defined methodologies and best practices.
• Identify and mitigate risks, issues and dependencies.
• Facilitate meetings, steering groups and reviews.
• Monitor performance, progress and financials with accurate forecasting.
• Support change management and successful adoption of solutions.

Skills

Agile

Waterfall

Hybrid delivery

Stakeholder mgmt

Budget mgmt

Risk mgmt

Microsoft Project

Jira

Azure DevOps

Enterprise IT

Tools

Microsoft Project

Jira

Azure DevOps

Job description

Technical Project Manager - London / Bracknell / Birmingham / Leeds / Manchester / Livingston - Hybrid - SCC Flex Contract

We are seeking an experienced Technical Project Manager to lead the successful delivery of complex technology projects across a large-scale enterprise environment. This is an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated Technical Project Manager to join a high-profile client programme, driving the planning, execution and delivery of strategic technology initiatives.

The successful Technical Project Manager will play a key role in managing cross-functional teams, engaging stakeholders, and ensuring the delivery of projects on time, within budget and to the highest quality standards.

Your responsibilities as the Technical Project Manager:

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of complex technical projects across infrastructure, cloud, applications, data and transformation initiatives.
• Define project scope, objectives, timelines, deliverables and success criteria in alignment with business goals.
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, resource schedules, budgets and risk registers.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams including architects, engineers, developers, business analysts, vendors and third-party suppliers.
• Manage project governance, reporting and stakeholder communications at all levels of the organisation.
• Ensure projects are delivered in accordance with agreed methodologies, standards and best practices.
• Identify, assess and mitigate project risks, issues and dependencies to minimise delivery impact.
• Facilitate project meetings, steering groups, workshops and stakeholder reviews.
• Monitor project performance, progress and financials, providing accurate reporting and forecasting.
• Work closely with technical and business stakeholders to ensure requirements are understood and successfully delivered.
• Drive continuous improvement across project delivery processes and practices.
• Support change management and transition activities to ensure successful adoption of delivered solutions.
• Ensure compliance with organisational governance, security, risk and regulatory requirements.

As a successful Technical Project Manager, you will have:

• Proven experience working as a Technical Project Manager within complex enterprise environments.
• Extensive experience delivering technology projects across infrastructure, cloud, digital, software development or transformation programmes.
• Strong understanding of project management methodologies including Agile, Waterfall and hybrid delivery approaches.
• Experience managing project budgets, resources, timelines and vendor relationships.
• Demonstrable experience delivering projects involving multiple stakeholders and technical teams.
• Strong technical understanding of enterprise IT environments, infrastructure, cloud technologies and system integrations.
• Experience working with project management tools such as Microsoft Project, Jira, Azure DevOps or similar platforms.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to engage audiences from technical teams through to senior executives.
• Strong risk, issue and dependency management capabilities.
• Excellent organisational, planning and problem-solving skills.
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities within fast-paced and complex environments.
• Experience delivering projects within regulated or large-scale enterprise organisations is highly desirable.
• Relevant certifications such as PRINCE2, PMP, Agile PM, Scrum Master or equivalent are advantageous.

If you are a Technical Project Manager seeking a challenging and rewarding contract opportunity where you can make an immediate impact on critical technology and transformation projects, we would love to hear from you.

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