Project Manager (Education)
🚀 Senior Project Manager (Education)
📍 Remote | UK Travel
💷 £65,000 - £80,000 + Excellent Benefits including £5k Car Allowance & a 9-Day working fortnight!
Are you an experienced Senior Project Manager with a background delivering Microsoft digital transformation projects within Higher Education?
This is far more than a traditional PM role.
Our client, an award-winning Microsoft Solutions Partner, is looking for someone who can successfully deliver complex programmes whilst mentoring and developing the wider Project Management team. You'll remain hands-on with delivery but also play an integral role in shaping best practice, supporting colleagues and helping drive continuous improvement across the business.
What you'll be doing:
✅ Leading end-to-end Microsoft digital transformation programmes from pre-sales through to successful delivery
✅ Managing project scope, governance, RAID logs, budgets, forecasting, reporting, change control and commercial performance
✅ Building trusted relationships with senior stakeholders across Universities, Colleges and Higher Education institutions
✅ Leading multi-disciplinary delivery teams across consultants, technical specialists and client stakeholders
✅ Supporting pre-sales, project mobilisation and client engagement activities
✅ Mentoring and coaching Project Managers, sharing best practice and helping develop future talent
What we're looking for:
✔ Proven experience delivering end-to-end IT or Digital Transformation projects within Higher Education
✔ Experience working within a Microsoft technology environment, including:
- Microsoft 365
- Azure
- Dynamics 365
- Power Platform
- Copilot
✔ Strong understanding of project governance, financial management, risk management, RAID, change control and stakeholder engagement
✔ Experience managing multiple client projects within a consultancy or professional services environment
✔ Knowledge of both Agile and Waterfall delivery methodologies
✔ Excellent commercial awareness with experience managing project budgets, forecasting and profitability
✔ Ability to build long-term client relationships and confidently engage with senior stakeholders
✔ PRINCE2, APM or Agile certifications are highly desirable
Why join?
⭐ Fully Remote Working
⭐ Genuine Progression into Delivery Leadership
⭐ Opportunity to Mentor & Develop the PM Team
⭐ Work on Enterprise Microsoft Transformation Programmes
⭐ 9-Day Fortnight (Every Other Friday Off!)
⭐ £5k Car Allowance
⭐ Private Healthcare, Life Assurance & Healthcare Cash Plan
⭐ Annual Learning & Development Budget
⭐ Career Development Framework
⭐ Award-Winning Microsoft Consultancy with an Exceptional Culture
If you're looking for your next challenge and want to join a consultancy where you'll have a real impact—not just on projects, but on people—we'd love to hear from you.
📩 Apply now or send me a message for a confidential chat.