Software Project Manager

Software-Focused Project Manager
Location: Cambridgeshire (South)
Type: Full-Time
Working Pattern: Hybrid (Minimum 3 Days Office-Based)
Salary: Competitive

Are you an experienced Project Manager with a passion for delivering innovative, software-led solutions? Join our growing team and help shape technically complex, high-impact projects across a range of sectors.
This is a highly client-facing role requiring close collaboration with sales, engineering, and customer teams to define, secure, and deliver cutting-edge software projects - often with electronics or embedded systems elements.



The Role


  • Full-time position, reporting to the Head of Project Management

  • Based in South Cambridgeshire, with hybrid working (minimum 3 days in the office)

  • Occasional UK and international travel to support project delivery or business development


Key Responsibilities


  • Lead the end-to-end delivery of software-led technical projects across diverse industries

  • Collaborate with engineering and commercial teams to scope, estimate, and shape project proposals

  • Manage project scope, schedule, budget, and risks, using structured PM methodologies

  • Foster strong client relationships and ensure clear communication at all levels

  • Drive motivation and performance across cross-functional teams

  • Apply Agile methodologies, Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), and Microsoft Project planning

  • Champion software development best practices and continuous improvement

  • Ensure rigorous governance, reporting, and quality standards throughout the project lifecycle


About You


  • Proven track record delivering complex software development projects

  • Excellent stakeholder and people management skills; emotionally intelligent and team-focused

  • Clear, confident communicator - able to engage engineers and senior executives alike

  • Technically fluent: familiar with modern software engineering practices including version control (e.g. Git), CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing frameworks

  • Experience using tools like Jira, Confluence, Git, and Microsoft Project

  • Holds a degree (or equivalent) in a relevant technical discipline

  • Comfortable in a consultancy-style environment, juggling multiple priorities and working at pace


If you thrive in a collaborative environment and want to work on challenging, meaningful projects with a team of like-minded professionals - we'd love to hear from you.
Apply today and help us deliver the next generation of software-led innovation.

Company
Matchtech
Location
Saffron Walden, Essex, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
£75000 - £85000/annum Pension, Hybrid working
Posted
Company
Matchtech
Location
Saffron Walden, Essex, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
£75000 - £85000/annum Pension, Hybrid working
Posted