Project Manager
| Posting date: | 16 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | £45,585.0 to £56,021.0 per year |
| Additional salary information: | Up to £56,021 (DOE) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 23 July 2025 |
| Location: | Reading, Berkshire, RG6 7BE |
| Company: | Hays Specialist Recruitment |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 4708045_1752659779 |
Summary
Your New Company
Join a forward-thinking organisation committed to delivering impactful digital transformation. You'll be part of a collaborative and innovative environment within a dedicated digital services team, focused on driving strategic change and enhancing operational effectiveness through technology.
Your New Role
As a Project Manager, you'll take ownership of delivering complex digital and business transformation projects that are critical to the organisation's strategic goals. You'll manage the full project lifecycle-from initial planning and stakeholder engagement through to implementation and post-project review.
You'll lead cross-functional virtual teams, often including both internal colleagues and external partners, ensuring clear objectives, effective collaboration, and timely delivery. Your responsibilities will include defining project scope, setting up governance structures, managing budgets and risks, and ensuring that quality standards are consistently met.
You'll work closely with senior stakeholders and business analysts to shape project requirements, support testing and change management, and ensure that outcomes deliver real value to the organisation. This is a varied and impactful role, ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment and enjoys driving meaningful change through technology.
What You'll Need to Succeed
- Skills & Experience:
- Strong project management and organisational capabilities.
- Proven experience delivering complex IT and business transformation projects.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Ability to manage multiple concurrent workstreams and lead cross-functional teams.
- Experience with risk management, budget control, and governance processes.
- Qualifications:
- Degree-level education or equivalent experience.
- PRINCE2 Practitioner or APM certification.
- Knowledge:
- Solid understanding of digital project and change management practices.
- Awareness of challenges in large, complex organisations.
- Familiarity with Agile methodologies is a plus.
- Personal Attributes:
- Proactive, resilient, and enthusiastic with a solutions-focused mindset.
- Committed to continuous personal and professional development.
What you need to do now
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