Senior IT Project Manager
Senior IT Project Manager
Hybrid - Shropshire/North Birmingham (2-3 days per week on-site)
Permanent
£80,000 - £85,000 base + performance-based bonus + excellent benefits
The opportunity
An established organisation delivering complex technology solutions is looking for a Senior IT Project Manager to lead high-profile, business-critical IT programmes.
This is a senior delivery role with end-to-end accountability. You'll be trusted to take ownership of large, complex initiatives, lead multi-disciplinary teams and work closely with senior stakeholders to ensure successful outcomes.
What you'll be doing
- Leading the end-to-end delivery of large and complex IT and technology projects and programmes
- Taking full accountability for scope, schedule, quality, risk, and budget
- Providing clear, confident leadership to multi-disciplinary and multi-supplier teams
- Establishing strong delivery rhythms, managing dependencies, and removing blockers
- Building trusted relationships with senior stakeholders, ensuring alignment and transparency
- Managing financial performance, forecasting, and robust change control
- Applying agile delivery principles while maintaining appropriate governance
- Identifying, assessing, and proactively mitigating delivery risks
- Ensuring deliverables meet quality standards and are completed on time
- Creating a collaborative, inclusive environment that supports high performance
What we're looking for
- An experienced senior delivery professional who brings both structure and pragmatism.
- Proven delivery of large, complex IT or technology programmes at a senior level
- Strong experience across the full project / programme lifecycle
- Confident leading matrix teams and multiple suppliers
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, including senior-level engagement
- Solid financial and commercial understanding (budgets, forecasting, contract models)
- Strong planning, risk management, and delivery governance capability
Security & eligibility
Due to the nature of the work, appointment is subject to Security Check (SC) clearance.
- Continuous UK residency for the past 5 years
- Identity, employment history, and background checks
What's on offer
- £80,000 - £85,000 base salary
- Performance-based bonus
- Comprehensive benefits package
- Strong focus on wellbeing, inclusion and professional development
- Long-term career opportunities within a stable, growing organisation
- Hybrid working - 2/3 days a week in an office, 2/3 days from home (fully remote working not possible as this role requires regular in-person collaboration).
Interested?
If you're a senior IT delivery leader who is eligible for SC clearance, thrives in complex environments and is seeking an opportunity where you can make a tangible impact, please apply now to be considered!