Technology Project Manager (AI)

Argus Media; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Bonus scheme

Group pension

Healthcare & life assurance

Hybrid work (1 day in office)

25 days annual holiday

Season ticket travel loan

Cycle to work

Flexible benefits & training

Job summary

Argus Media is seeking an Technology Project Manager to accelerate AI adoption and oversee strategic tech initiatives across the business. You will lead planning, governance, and delivery of AI and automation programmes, partnering with the GenAI team, Technology leadership, and business stakeholders to maximise efficiency and value.

You will manage multiple projects, balance priorities, and drive adoption through change activities, ensuring measurable improvements and strong governance

Qualifications

• Experience delivering technology or transformation projects from initiation to completion.
• Strong PM skills: planning, risk, stakeholder engagement, governance.
• Ability to translate complex tech concepts into business terms.
• Experience in Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid delivery.
• Degree or equivalent in Technology, Business, PM.
• Familiarity with AI tools and automation initiatives.
• Experience in change management and business readiness.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning, execution, and delivery of AI and technology projects.
• Manage AI Champions Programme with governance and communications.
• Develop project plans, timelines, resource needs, dependencies, milestones.
• Define scope, objectives, outcomes, and success measures with stakeholders.
• Drive cross-functional collaboration between technical and business teams.
• Identify and manage risks, issues, dependencies, change requests.
• Facilitate governance forums and update on progress and decisions.
• Ensure on-time delivery within scope and business outcomes.
• Champion adoption of AI solutions and automation opportunities.
• Support business change activities and adoption planning.
• Maintain project documentation and reporting tools.
• Continuously improve PM practices across Technology.

Skills

Project leadership

Stakeholder management

Effective communication

Agile/Hybrid delivery

AI tools usage

Risk management

Change management

Delivery governance

Planning & scheduling

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Technology, Business or related discipline

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Azure DevOps

Job description

The Technology Project Manager plays a key role in accelerating Argus's adoption of AI and automation across the business. Working closely with the GenAI team, Technology leadership, and business stakeholders, you will lead the planning and delivery of strategic AI and technology initiatives that drive operational efficiency, innovation, and business value.

This is a highly collaborative role requiring strong project leadership, stakeholder management, and delivery expertise. You will be responsible for managing multiple projects and programmes, ensuring priorities are aligned, risks are effectively managed, and initiatives are delivered successfully against agreed objectives. This is an exciting opportunity to help shape Argus's AI transformation and influence how emerging technologies are embedded across the organisation.

What will you be doing

• Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of AI and technology projects from initiation through to implementation and adoption.
• Manage the AI Champions Programme, ensuring effective governance, stakeholder engagement, communications, and delivery of programme objectives.
• Develop and maintain project plans, timelines, resource requirements, dependencies, and delivery milestones.
• Partner with Technology teams, business stakeholders, and senior leaders to define project scope, objectives, outcomes, and success measures.
• Drive cross-functional collaboration, ensuring alignment between technical and business teams throughout the project lifecycle.
• Identify, assess, and proactively manage project risks, issues, dependencies, and change requests.
• Facilitate project governance forums, steering groups, and stakeholder meetings, providing clear updates on progress, risks, decisions, and trade-offs.
• Monitor project performance and ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and against agreed business outcomes.
• Champion the adoption of AI solutions and automation opportunities, ensuring projects deliver measurable efficiency and productivity improvements.
• Support business change activities including communications, training, stakeholder engagement, and adoption planning.
• Maintain project documentation, reporting, and tracking tools, ensuring accurate visibility of delivery status and priorities.
• Continuously improve project management practices, governance, and delivery processes across the Technology function.

Essential

• Experience delivering technology, digital, software, or transformation projects from initiation through to completion.
• Strong project management skills, including planning, risk management, stakeholder engagement, and delivery governance.
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and drive projects to successful outcomes in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear business-focused communication.
• Excellent communication, influencing, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to engage technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Comfortable using AI tools (e.g., Copilot, Gemini, Claude) to improve productivity, analysis, and project delivery.
• Experience managing organisational change, stakeholder adoption, and business readiness activities.
• Experience working within Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid delivery environments.
• Proficiency with project management and collaboration tools, with strong organisational and reporting skills.
• Project management qualification (e.g. PRINCE2, PMP, AgilePM) or equivalent experience.
• Degree or equivalent experience in Technology, Business, Project Management, or a related discipline.

Desirable

• Experience delivering AI, automation, digital transformation, or business process improvement initiatives.
• Experience working with software development or technology delivery teams.
• Familiarity with JIRA, Confluence, Azure DevOps, or similar project management tools.
• Experience in automation, process optimisation, or AI-driven change initiatives

What's in it for you

Our rapidly growing, award-winning business offers a dynamic environment for talented, entrepreneurial professionals to achieve results and grow their careers. Argus recognizes and rewards successful performance and as an Investor in People, we promote professional development and retain a high-performing team committed to building our success.

• Competitive salary and company bonus scheme
• Group pension scheme
• Group healthcare and life assurance scheme
• Hybrid working environment (currently one day in office)
• 25 days annual holiday with incremental increase up to 30 days
• Subsidised gym membershipSeason ticket travel loan
• Cycle to work scheme
• Flexible benefits platform (ability to buy additional medical cover, life assurance, dental cover, holiday, critical illness, travel insurance & health screening)
• Extensive internal and external training