Senior Project Manager

About the role

As an Senior Project Manager, You will lead the end‐to‐end delivery of complex, high‐value programmes, ensuring projects are executed to scope, schedule, budget, and quality standards. Operating in a dynamic and often multi‐vendor environment, you will drive structured delivery processes, establish strong governance, and proactively manage risks, dependencies, and change.

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Our client is currently looking for a recruit in joining their current team, below are the job details for your reference:

You can also ask our friendly recruitment team for any questions you may have about the role, between 09.00am till 17.00pm Monday to Friday.

Shifts: Monday to Friday (37.5 hours)

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Lead the full lifecycle delivery of multiple concurrent Packet Core technology projects.
• Define project scope, deliverables, milestones, and resource requirements.
• Maintain robust project plans using MS Project and ensure alignment with strategic business and customer objectives.
• Coordinate internal technical teams, Operational teams and external suppliers to ensure timely and successful project execution.
• Act as the primary project interface for key corporate customers, including major client enterprise clients.
• Translate customer requirements into actionable technical project activities.
• Provide regular project updates, manage expectations and ensure customer satisfaction throughout the delivery lifecycle.
• Support commercial conversations by providing Packet Core delivery expertise when needed.

Other stuff we’re potentially looking for:

• Strong understanding of Packet Core architecture across 3G, 4G and 5G technologies (vEPG, PCC, IMS, AMF/SMF/UPF, PCRF/PCF, etc.).
• Experience delivering large scale telco network infrastructure and software projects.
• Familiarity with mobile operator environments, network integration, and end to end testing processes.
• Extensive experience managing complex, multi vendor technology projects.
• Strong competency in project planning, risk management, change control and governance frameworks.
• Ability to drive structured delivery processes while adapting to fast moving technical environments.
• Customer & Vendor Engagement
• Proven experience in customer-facing delivery roles, ideally with large enterprise or strategic accounts.
• Skilled in managing suppliers, negotiating deadlines and ensuring quality outputs.
• MS Project – project planning & scheduling
• MS Teams – collaboration & communication
• MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint – documentation & reporting
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Highly organised, detail oriented and delivery focused.
• Comfortable working in matrix environments with distributed technical teams.
• Confident decision-maker with excellent problem-solving ability.
• Degree in Telecommunications, Engineering, IT, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• Professional project management certification (e.g. PMP, PRINCE2, APM).

What’s in it for you? –

Our client loves to reward their people for doing a great job.

• This is Until Sep 2026
• This role provides a hybrid working access in Reading/ Paddington/ Manchester (Twice a week)

Next Steps

Once you’ve applied, one of our friendly recruitment consultants will give you a call and talk you through the screening process.

If your application is successful, you’ll be involved in a live virtual interview with one of our client’s hiring managers to get to know you better.

We look forward to speaking to you!