Senior Project Manager

Sopra Steria Ltd; London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 95,000

Job description

Are you experienced in delivering complex portfolios of projects and looking for a new challenge?

Transformative Business Services are currently searching for a Senior Project Manager who will come and continue to drive forward a portfolio of complex projects that will support our work with the Met Police. This role has full project lifecycle ownership and will lead multiple project teams across different subject areas.

This role is hybrid variable, with a base location of our London office and some client travel.

We can offer great career progression opportunities, benefits which you can flex to meet your needs and training and development opportunities.

What you'll be doing:

• Guiding and directing project managers, ensuring that effective project controls are established and maintained for all projects within their span of control.
• Influencing, coordinating and advising project teams, setting clear goals and prioritising.
• Effectively engaging the customer, subcontractors, third parties and project team members throughout the duration of each project, developing positive, enduring relationships (up to and including “C” level).
• Ensuring that a clear understanding of projects’ progress, plans, risk, and status is regularly, clearly and accurately reported, identifying and resolving problems wherever they arise.

What you’ll bring:

• Full project life cycle ownership demonstrating successful project delivery that includes full implementation from initiation to deployment for at least one or more major initiatives, preferably simultaneously.
• Previous experience within varying industries including public sector.
• Proven track record of leading a portfolio of complex initiatives that span multiple matrixed teams as well as being hands on and delivery focused.
• Experience of system implementation and integration ideally with ServiceNow.
• Ability to build and cultivate trusted advisor relationships with internal, external, and client project and programme stakeholders, including sponsors and leadership, by establishing credibility, solving problems, building consensus, and driving objectives forward.
• Strong leadership with a thoughtful and motivational approach to be able to build and empower team members to meet project goals, adhering to their responsibilities and project achievements.
• Work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment demonstrating the ability to get under the skin of a problem and drive through early resolution across multiple teams.
• SC Clearance and ideally NPPV Clearance.

If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we’re looking for, please do apply, we’d love to hear from you!

Employment Type: Permanent.

Location: Hybrid Variable with travel to our London office 2 days a week.

Security Clearance Level: SC and NPPV1.

Salary: £80,000 - £95,000 per annum.

Benefits: 10% Bonus, £6,600 car allowance, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, private medical, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund.

Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improves performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you’re interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.

Loved reading about this job and want to know more about us?

SSCL is the market leader in critical business support services for the UK public sector. Operating at size and scale since 2013, SSCL has delivered over £750 million of savings - providing more funds for frontline public services. We transform services using digital solutions and innovative technology, developing platforms that enable flexibility to meet the changing needs of our Government, Defence and Police clients.

We employ around 3,000 people who sit at the heart of our business strategy. Their passion and connection to our values and our purpose is what sets us apart and puts SSCL in the Top 20 of GPTW large workplaces. ‘Living SSCL’ means we deliver social value within our services and work with our clients and community partners to support programmes such as education and employability initiatives across the UK.

We embrace difference as a source of creativity, innovation and competitive advantage and are striving to become a more diverse organisation. We welcome applications from people with a diverse variety of backgrounds and identities. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation or marital status. We have partnered with Vercida, the UK's largest diversity and inclusion focused careers site, where all our vacancies are available in an accessible format.

If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, to enable you to perform to the best of your ability, please let us know when completing your application. We participate in the Disability Confident scheme and are committed to offering an interview to any candidate with a disability, who meets the minimum criteria for the role. If you believe this could apply to you, please let us know when completing your application.