Senior Project Manager - Strand, London, WC2R 2LS

Senior Project Manager - Strand, London, WC2R 2LS

About us:

The Senior Project Manager role sits within the Transformation Office Directorate. The Transformation Office supports the senior leadership of the university in effective strategy execution, delivering a complex set of transformation initiatives and driving sustainable improvements to our core business.

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​The Senior Project Manager role is key in leading successful project delivery within the Transformation Portfolio, in line with the University's wider ambitions set out in Strategy 2030.

As Senior Project Manager you will be responsible for the day-to-day running of a number of large and complex projects to deliver to the needs of the organisation, within set budgets, timescales, and quality standards. You will build collaborative relationships across a wide stakeholder community, engaging with colleagues across Professional Services, faculties and with external partners.

The portfolio includes a wide range of projects, and you will be required to deliver across all stages of the project lifecycle, as well as supporting broader strategic developments, benefits realisation and change management approaches. The team also contributes to the transformation agenda across the university, encouraging best practice and common standards.

About the role:

The role involves leading the delivery of large and complex projects within the Transformation portfolio, ensuring they support strategic objectives and benefits, prioritising activities across the portfolio, and working within the overall allocation of resources. The postholder will work with business leads to scope new projects within the portfolio, conduct data analysis, agree on acceptance criteria, identify change requirements and business benefits, evaluate delivery options, and ensure equality, diversity, and inclusion requirements are incorporated into project planning and delivery.

The Senior Project Manager will develop business cases, project briefs, project plans, and work packages, including change management requirements, while monitoring and controlling scope, quality, and resources, and managing risks and issues within agreed frameworks. Building strong relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, including academic staff, professional services staff, and external partners, is essential.

The role also includes managing project governance structures such as project boards, working with the Transformation Management Office (TMO) to provide detailed project reporting, including financial reporting, and developing and monitoring benefits realisation plans to track delivery against overall portfolio targets.

The postholder will be responsible for planning and delivering communications related to projects as per the programme communications plan, ensuring successful change management outcomes, and leading, motivating, and directing staff assigned to projects. Additionally, they will act as a line manager or mentor for team members and manage the transition of projects into “business as usual,” ensuring new ways of working are embedded into operational teams.

This is a full-time post (35 hours per week), and you will be offered an indefinite contract.

This is a hybrid working role where the role holder will spend 3 days of their working week on campus and 2 days working remotely.