Senior Project Manager

Sagacity Solutions Ltd; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - GBP 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading project management firm is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead the delivery of complex, high-value projects. In this role, you will work independently and be part of a wider leadership team, providing senior-level project management expertise. The ideal candidate will have experience in Utilities, Telecoms, or Financial Services and hold formal project management accreditation. This hybrid role offers the opportunity to influence senior stakeholders and mentor project teams while ensuring successful project outcomes.

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering complex projects as a Senior Project Manager.
• Experience in Utilities, Telecoms, or Financial Services.
• Coaching and mentoring experience.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership for the end-to-end delivery of projects.
• Lead complex projects and ensuring alignment with client objectives.
• Monitor and control budgets and quality performance metrics.
• Build strong relationships and manage stakeholder expectations.

Skills

Leadership

Problem-solving

Decision-making

Stakeholder engagement

Business Analysis

Education

Project Management accreditation (e.g., AgilePM, PRINCE2)

Tools

MSP

Job description

Location: Hybrid / London EC1N 2TD, UK
job type: Permanent / Full-time
Sector and subsector: IT | Project Management
Salary: Competitive Salary

As a Senior Project Manager, you will lead the successful delivery of complex, high-value projects and programmes, working independently or as part

of a wider programme leadership team. You will provide senior-level project management expertise across multiple (and potentially concurrent)

initiatives and will act as a trusted advisor to clients and internal stakeholders.

You will be a proactive, self-motivated leader with a strong delivery mindset, capable of managing ambiguity, influencing at senior levels, and

mentoring others within the project and programme team.

Responsibilities

• Take full ownership for the end-to-end delivery of projects to agreed time, cost, quality, and scope, proactively managing risk, dependencies, and delivery outcomes
• Lead complex projects and/or larger programmes, ensuring alignment with client strategic objectives, contractual commitments, and statements of work
• Define, implement, and maintain project quality management approaches, ensuring deliverables meet agreed standards and client expectations
• Develop, maintain, and actively manage detailed Project Plans, ensuring milestones, dependencies, deliverables, and quality checkpoints are clearly defined and tracked
• Monitor and control budgets, schedules, resources, and quality performance metrics, escalating risks, issues appropriately
• Act as the primary point of contact for senior client sponsors, business leaders, delivery teams, and third-party suppliers
• Build strong, trusted relationships and manage stakeholder expectations at all levels, with a clear focus on quality outcomes and value realisation
• Provide clear, concise, and timely status reporting to senior stakeholders and governance forums
• Establish and operate robust project governance, ensuring compliance with agreed delivery frameworks, quality standards, and assurance processes
• Ensure accurate and timely preparation and publication of weekly and ad-hoc progress reports, highlighting progress, successes, risks and remediation plans
• Act as a senior interface between business stakeholders and delivery (including technical) teams to ensure requirements are clearly understood, implemented, and validated
• Oversee the definition, documentation, and agreement of Acceptance Criteria, quality thresholds, and success measures prior to go-live
• Lead or support UAT and other validation activities, ensuring defects are prioritised, resolved, and verified prior to release
• Drive post-delivery reviews and lessons learned, embedding continuous improvement into future projects and programmes
• Support and mentor Project Managers and team members, promoting best practice in project delivery, governance, and quality management
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of project delivery standards, tools, methodologies, and quality assurance frameworks

Principal Accountabilities

• Successful delivery of projects to agreed time, cost, and quality standards
• Ownership and management of key project artefacts (PID, project plans, reports, RAID etc)
• Effective governance, stakeholder engagement, and communication
• Accurate resource and dependency management

Requirements

Knowledge and Experience

• Experience in Utilities, Telecoms, or Financial Services
• Proven experience delivering complex projects as a Senior Project Manager
• Formal Project Management accreditation (e.g. AgilePM, PRINCE2)
• Strong leadership, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
• Consultancy or professional services background
• Strong planning, governance, and documentation skills (e.g. MSP, programme environments)
• PMO or programme-level experience
• Coaching and mentoring experience
• Business Analysis skills

Personal Profile

• Exceptional focus on delivery and outcomes
• Confident, credible leader with the ability to influence at all levels
• Highly adaptable with the ability to learn and apply new concepts quickly
• Collaborative team player with a flexible, pragmatic approach
• Comfortable operating in complex, fast-moving environments