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Key to success in the role will be the ability to work with internal stakeholders, including the SMEs across cross-functional teams (technical, commercial, operations, legal, finance etc.), as well as external stakeholders such as client business teams, IT teams and third-party vendors.\nKey Responsibilities\nConfirm project objectives, scope, outcomes, governance, roles, funding, resources, delivery approach and acceptance criteria before execution.\nOwn and maintain the integrated project plan, including roadmap, critical path, milestones, budget, dependencies and resource allocations, developing specific and detailed plans and timelines for implementation.\nWork with workstream leads and other departments to identify and manage internal and external dependencies, challenge assumptions to ensure plans remain realistic and achievable, and incorporate input and feedback from all stakeholders.\nOwn resource planning and capacity management, ensuring appropriate business and IT skills are defined and engaged across projects.\nWork with workstream leads to understand resource requirements, proactively flag gaps and constraints, and ensure relevant stakeholders are aware of demand for each of their teams.\nTake end-to-end ownership of project management across the entire lifecycle of the project, in adherence to SDLC methodology.\nMonitor individual workstream performance against the plan and agreed scope, challenge slippage and unachievable commitments, and lead recovery planning and reforecasting, including communicating impacts and recommendations when delivery is at risk, ensuring implementation meets customer expectations.\nPrepare and maintain the project risk register and RAID/decision log.\nProactively identify, assess and mitigate risks and issues before they impact delivery, implementing mitigation strategies to reduce or eliminate risk.\nDrive resolution of recurring issues by addressing root causes, and ensure early identification, escalation and resolution of issues to the Project Sponsor and/or Steering Committee, with clear impact assessments and recommended actions.\nOwn project governance, leading relevant governance forums and ensuring timely distribution and closure of actions and decisions.\nEnsure Collinson change management processes are adhered to; implement and control processes to manage change requests, agree requirements, and accurately estimate additional project components, timescales and costs (time and materials, fixed price or shared risk), integrating approved changes into the overall project plan.\nPrepare and manage project budgets throughout the project lifecycle, tracking costs and forecasts against approved funding and flagging variances.\nAct as the client-facing point of contact and first touch point for the client.\nEstablish strong working relationships with different stakeholder groups (including Senior Leadership, Project Managers, Change Leads, BAU owners and external third parties).\nEnsure all client/business requirements are captured, working closely with the client and internal touch points to ensure Statements of Work (SOWs) are clearly defined and signed.\nManage priorities to the satisfaction of management and customers, proactively managing expectations.\nOversee the work of the Workstream Leads, working with cross-geographical and culturally diverse IT and business teams to ensure risks, changes and project conflicts are communicated effectively to Collinson management, the client and project teams.\nCollate reports from Workstream Leads to build a view of programme progress (e.g. status against plan and next steps), providing regular, clear and accurate project status reports and updates to key stakeholders as specified.\nConsolidate this reporting for the Programme Manager / Project Sponsor / Transformation Management Office (TMO) as applicable, using reporting to proactively drive delivery rather than just track status.\nManage end-to-end delivery of the project through to closure, including hand-over of application documentation to BAU and Support Services teams to ensure a smooth transition into operations.\nBe an active member of the PM Community, sharing insights and experience to help raise standards across the organisation.\nKnowledge, Skills and Behaviours\nEssential\nAt least 5-10+ years' dedicated commercial Project Management experience, covering all aspects of planning, executing and monitoring complex projects spanning both business and IT projects.\nCommercial experience of at least one structured project management methodology (e.g. PRINCE2, PMBOK), and of delivering via multiple project delivery approaches (Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid).\nPrevious experience of delivering both standalone projects and projects that form part of a wider programme.\nExperience managing multiple concurrent projects of varying size and complexity.\nExperience in proactive capacity planning and resource management.\nPrevious experience of working successfully with Change Managers.\nExperience working with onshore and offshore, cross-geographical and culturally diverse teams.\nProject Management and delivery leadership across the full project lifecycle.\nChange Management.\nStrategic thinking and planning.\nCommunication and stakeholder management/influencing, with excellent documentation and communication skills.\nCross-functional working, including with onshore/offshore and culturally diverse teams.\nLeadership and team management.\nSkilled negotiator, experienced in conflict resolution.\nTraining and development.\nProblem solving and analysis.\nAbility to deal with ambiguity.\nCommercial and financial acumen (budgeting, forecasting, cost-benefit trade-offs).\nRisk, issue and quality management.\nContinuous improvement and lessons-learned facilitation.\nGood working knowledge of Microsoft Project (or equivalent PM tooling).\nCommitment to continuous learning; a fast learner, able to quickly build expertise in new areas relevant to the business.\nExcellent communication skills, able to communicate clearly and confidently with all levels of management, across cultures and time zones.\nExcellent interpersonal skills, comfortable liaising directly with the client and building trust through credibility and consistency.\nAbility to build rapport and strong working relationships across stakeholders, delivery teams and third parties.\nActs before being prompted: proactively identifies what needs to happen next and initiates action rather than waiting for direction.\nChallenges constructively: tests assumptions, estimates and delivery confidence using evidence, and challenges activity that does not contribute to agreed scope or outcomes.\nTakes ownership and accountability: sees issues, risks and actions through to resolution, seeking support without transferring accountability.\nExcellent negotiation skills and skilled in conflict resolution.\nAbility to work well in a team as well as use initiative to work autonomously.\nAbility to prioritise tasks and manage competing priorities effectively.\nHigh level of attention to detail, balanced with a focus on outcome-focused delivery.\nAdaptable to change, resilient under pressure, and comfortable operating with ambiguity.\nFocuses on facts and solutions rather than opinions, and makes uncertainty visible by clearly distinguishing confirmed facts, assumptions and areas of low confidence.\nDesirable\nExternal certifications in Project Management (e.g. PRINCE2, APM, PMP, AgilePM, Certified Scrum Master, SAFe).\nExperience and understanding of Lean Six Sigma.\nReward & Benefits: What's in it for me?\nWe want our people to feel recognised, supported and able to thrive both at work and beyond it.\nWe offer a competitive reward package designed to support your financial, physical and mental wellbeing, alongside opportunities to learn, develop and be recognised for the contribution you make. Benefits vary by role and location, and full details will be shared as part of the application process.\nEqual opportunities: Our commitment to inclusion\nCollinson Group is an equal opportunities employer. 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