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Principal Project Manager
| Posting date: | 29 October 2025 |
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| Salary: | £213.62 per day |
| Additional salary information: | per day PAYE with accrued holiday and pension contribution |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 27 November 2025 |
| Location: | Cardiff - Remote, CF11 9AD |
| Company: | Triumph Consultants Ltd |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | MT QAD 5218/2810 |
Summary
What's involved with this role:
Job Title: Principal Project Manager
Reference: QAD 5218/2810
Salary: £213.62 per day PAYE with accrued holiday and pension contribution
Hours: 37.5 hours per week Monday-Friday
Role length: 6 months (with strong potential of extension)
Job type: Remote
Location: Cardiff
Interview: MS Teams – Anticipated from 10/11/2025
Contract Type: Contract
The role: Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW) is seeking a Principal Project Manager to lead the delivery of its Cloud Transition Programme. The post-holder will co-ordinate large-scale migration projects, ensuring successful transition of NHS Wales services to Public Cloud environments.
You’ll provide strategic project management, ensuring delivery on time, within scope and budget, while driving cultural and operational transformation across teams.
Key Responsibilities:
Lead and manage complex digital transformation projects within DHCW’s Cloud Transition Programme.
Oversee planning, governance, and risk management processes.
Engage and manage multiple stakeholders across NHS Wales.
Develop project plans, business cases, and resource schedules.
Ensure benefits realisation, quality assurance, and continuous improvement.
Line-manage and mentor project staff, promoting best practice and accountability.
What the client is looking for:
Master’s degree or equivalent professional experience.
Professional project management qualification (e.g. PRINCE2, APM, PMI).
Proven success delivering large, complex digital or transformation projects in a public sector or large-scale IT environment.
Strong stakeholder engagement, leadership, and communication skills.
Excellent risk, financial and resource management experience.
Desirable:
NHS Wales or wider health sector experience.
Certification in MSP, Agile, or Management of Risk.
Welsh language skills (Level 1 or above).
Significant understanding and knowledge of the NHS, including the political, strategic and operational environment in which it operates.
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Job Ref: MT QAD 5218/2810
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