- Lead projects from initiation through delivery and implementation, including scope, schedule, resources, quality and outcomes.
- Build and maintain an integrated delivery plan that reflects constraints, milestones, delivery approach, and cross-team dependencies (including third parties where relevant).
- Drive delivery cadence and transparency: clear priorities, accurate status, active removal of blockers, and timely decisions/escalations.
Governance, control and reporting
- Run effective governance using standard project disciplines (e.g., RAID, change control, action/decision tracking and dependency management).
- Produce concise, executive-ready updates for senior stakeholders, steering forums and portfolio governance.
- Ensure delivery aligns to portfolio direction and adheres to required Technology governance and control expectations.
Financial management and portfolio hygiene
- Manage project financials, including forecasting, tracking and variance management across operating/capital spend (as applicable).
- Use Clarity and Excel to maintain accurate plans, financials, resourcing and status reporting.
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- Coordinate across multiple teams to manage delivery hand-offs and ensure operational readiness.
Capture lessons learned and feed continuous improvement back into the portfolio and PM practice
SKILLS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
- Outstanding project and programme management experience which include communications capabilities, decision making and problem solving skills, lateral thinking, analytical and interpersonal skills.
- Strong experience delivering technology infrastructure projects (data centre, storage and/or core infrastructure), ideally with global stakeholders.
- Proven ability to lead delivery in a matrix environment (no line management), influencing outcomes through pace, clarity and collaboration.
- Solid working knowledge of project management methodologies (Waterfall and Agile) and the ability to apply them pragmatically for infrastructure delivery.
- Strong financial discipline: forecasting, variance management, and translating financial data into clear delivery actions.
- Strong tooling capability including Clarity and Excel, plus standard project artefacts and reporting.
- Confident communication skills—able to translate complex technical delivery topics into clear updates, decisions and actions for senior stakeholders