Senior Project Manager

Senior Project Manager (12-Month Contract – Outside IR35)

Location: Hybrid – Central London (2–3 days per week)

Start Date: Within the next month

Duration: 12 months (initial + chance for extension)

Contract Type: Outside IR35

A leading global entertainment business is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to join on an initial 12-month contract. This role offers an exciting opportunity to lead critical M&A-related projects with a particular focus on infrastructure, networking, and onboarding of new systems.

Senior Project Manager Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end project delivery across M&A integration initiatives, ensuring smooth transition and onboarding of systems.
• Manage infrastructure and networking workstreams, coordinating technical and business stakeholders.
• Build and maintain strong business relationships, acting as a trusted partner across multiple functions.
• Drive projects to completion with a pragmatic, results-oriented approach.
• Report effectively on project status, risks, and issues to senior leadership.

Senior Project Manager Essential Skills & Experience

• PMP, PRINCE2 and/or Scrum certification (or equivalent) is essential.
• Background in large-scale enterprise environments, ideally on a global level.
• Proven track record of delivering complex, multi-stakeholder projects, ideally within M&A or large-scale systems onboarding.
• Strong knowledge of infrastructure and networking projects.
• Confident, resilient, and business-relationship–focused, with the ability to influence and lead in a global matrix environment.

Desirable Skills & Experience

• Experience within the entertainment business including any work in venues, arenas or stadiums
• Hands-on experience with M&A-related activity and onboarding new technology systems.
• Strong collaboration skills, able to work effectively across technical and non-technical teams.
• Senior stakeholder management expertise, with a proven ability to engage at executive level.
• Excellent documentation and reporting skills to ensure clarity and governance.

Why Join?

This is a fantastic opportunity to play a pivotal role in a globally recognised entertainment leader, driving critical technology and integration projects that will shape the company’s future growth.

If this is of interest, please apply now.