Project Manager

Project Manager

Location: London or Edinburgh

Working pattern: Hybrid working

Start date: ASAP

Employment type: Permanent

Salary: £38,000 - £46,000 (+ £3,300 London Weighting)

Level: Senior

The Opportunity

A leading international organisation specialising in education, cultural relations and global collaboration is looking for an experienced Project Manager to lead large-scale projects across digital products, services and organisational change.

You will take end-to-end responsibility for complex, high-value initiatives delivered across a global organisation. Leading dispersed multidisciplinary teams, you will work with senior stakeholders, external partners and suppliers to deliver measurable outcomes, benefits and long-term value.

The role suits a strategic and hands-on Project Manager who can operate confidently in changing environments, balancing pace, quality, scope, cost and risk while maintaining strong governance and stakeholder confidence.

The Role

You will lead the design, planning, delivery and implementation of major projects across digital products, services and organisational change. You will shape early ideas, develop robust business cases and create the structures, resources and ways of working required for successful delivery.

Taking ownership beyond individual milestones, you will ensure projects achieve measurable impact, value for money and benefits that support wider organisational priorities.

Key Responsibilities

Define a clear project vision, delivery strategy, measurable outcomes and benefits

Lead complex, high-risk and multi-million-pound projects from concept and business case through implementation and evaluation

Develop realistic, data-led plans covering resources, milestones, risks, dependencies and changing priorities

Lead dispersed, matrixed and multidisciplinary teams across multiple geographies

Establish appropriate governance, assurance, RAID management and decision-making structures

Maintain accurate plans, budgets, risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies and performance reporting

Manage substantial budgets and make informed trade-offs between scope, cost, timescales, quality and impact

Work with procurement, finance, legal and commercial teams to manage contracts and supplier arrangements

Hold external partners, suppliers and subcontractors accountable for performance, cost and agreed outcomes

Build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders and influence decisions without formal authority

Communicate progress, risks, options and recommendations clearly, including during uncertainty or significant change

Lead reviews, retrospectives and lessons-learned activity to support continuous improvement

Build inclusive, psychologically safe teams and apply ethical, culturally aware leadership

Shape and challenge early business ideas before they progress into formal projects and investment decisions

Ensure projects have the right skills, capacity and capabilities, adjusting resources as delivery needs change

Apply governance and compliance requirements pragmatically so they enable rather than restrict delivery

Essential Experience

Proven experience successfully delivering large, complex and multi-million-pound projects

Experience delivering within a multinational or globally dispersed organisation

End-to-end responsibility from business case and planning through implementation and benefits realisation

Experience leading matrixed multidisciplinary teams across multiple locations

Strong senior stakeholder management and influencing skills

Experience defining outcomes, benefits, KPIs and delivery strategies

Strong budget, commercial, procurement and supplier management experience

Experience establishing governance, assurance and RAID management in regulated or highly governed environments

Ability to balance scope, cost, time, risk and quality using evidence-based decisions

Experience with Microsoft Project, Jira, Confluence, Miro, Microsoft Planner or similar tools

Strong knowledge of recognised project and programme management methodologies

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Fluency in English

Desirable Experience

Experience delivering global digital, technology, product, service or organisational transformation

Experience negotiating contracts with external partners

Experience in learning, education, assessment or a public-purpose organisation

Experience managing programmes or interconnected project portfolios

Experience developing project management standards, methodologies or toolkits

PRINCE2, PMP, Agile, SAFe or equivalent professional qualification

Degree-level qualification or equivalent professional experience

Experience maintaining stakeholder confidence and facilitating difficult decisions during complexity or significant change

Important Information

Applicants must be a UK resident

Applicants must have the unrestricted right to work in the UK

No visa sponsorship is available for this role

This position is offered on a hybrid basis, with no fully remote option

A regular physical presence in the office is required for the success of the role

The exact hybrid working pattern may vary depending on the selected office location

Salt contact: Robert Sprigens -

The full job description will be discussed during a telephone call if the candidate is interested and considered suitable for the role.

Rates depend on experience and client requirements