Project Manager CTO's Office · United Kingdom ·

TM Forum; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A global telecommunications alliance is seeking a proactive Project Manager to oversee medium-scale projects aligned with their mission. You will manage planning, coordination, and delivery while collaborating across departments. Key qualifications include experience in project management methodologies and software delivery tools like Jira and GitHub. This role offers a chance to advance your career within an inclusive environment that values diversity and contributions to the digital industry.

Qualifications

• Experience managing medium-scale or cross-functional projects.
• Ability to apply project management methodologies based on needs.
• Proven experience in delivering software development projects.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute medium-scale projects.
• Develop project plans with deliverables and timelines.
• Facilitate collaboration across teams and stakeholders.

Skills

Project management methodologies

Stakeholder engagement

Planning and organizational skills

Software delivery tools

Effective communication skills

Tools

Jira

GitHub

Job description

Project Manager

Location: UK

Introduction to TM Forum

TM Forum is a global alliance of telco and tech companies, leading the industry in defining the building blocks for new operating models, impactful new partnerships, and advanced software platforms. TM Forum helps its members unlock the value of data to create early endless opportunities for players across the communications ecosystem. At DTW – Ignite, Accelerate and Collaboration events, TM Forum provides a platform for industry change-makers to share ground-breaking innovation, market developments, product launches and business transformation journeys. We are the only industry body to count the world’s top 10 CSPs and all the key hyperscalers as active, strategic members. With over 800 members, we are on a mission to reinvent the telco industry as a vibrant part of the digital landscape – and a driving force in shaping its future. To find out more, visit tmforum.org.

Role Overview

We are seeking a proactive and capable Project Manager to join TM Forum’s Project Management Office. In this role, you will be responsible for the planning, coordination, and delivery of medium-scale or moderately complex projects that support TM Forum’s Mission programs—and foundational projects supporting the Open Digital Architecture (ODA). You will work across departments, managing internal and external stakeholders, ensuring delivery is on time, within scope and budget, and aligned with TM Forum’s quality standards. This is an exciting opportunity for a developing project manager to make a meaningful contribution in a fast-paced and collaborative environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Take responsibility for the definition, planning, and successful execution of medium-scale projects or sub-projects.
• Apply TM Forum’s standard project management methods and tools, in line with the Collaboration Playbook.
• Develop realistic and achievable project plans, including deliverables, milestones, timelines, and resource requirements.
• Manage risk, change control, and issue resolution throughout the project lifecycle.
• Monitor and report on project progress, adjusting plans as needed to stay within agreed cost, time, scope, and quality parameters.
• Facilitate effective collaboration across teams and ensure alignment between all project stakeholders.
• Ensure regular communication and project updates to internal and external stakeholders.
• Conduct project closure activities, including documentation and lessons learned, contributing to continuous improvement across the PMO.

Skills & Experience

• Demonstrated experience managing medium-scale or cross-functional projects with multiple stakeholders.
• Proficiency in project management methodologies (traditional, agile, and hybrid), with the ability to apply the right approach based on project needs.
• Proven experience in managing the delivery of end-to-end software development projects.
• Strong planning and organizational skills, with a detail-oriented and proactive mindset.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively, managing competing priorities effectively.
• Experience using software delivery tools and metrics such as Jira and GitHub.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills, including stakeholder engagement and reporting.
• Experience in telecoms, digital services, or standards development environments is an advantage but not required.

Additional Information

This role is ideal for candidates looking to advance their project management career in a purpose-driven, global organization shaping the future of the digital industry. You will be supported by senior leaders and collaborative peers, with room to grow your capabilities and impact.

Diversity & Inclusion at TM Forum

TM Forum is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, creed, color, religion, alienage or national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, disability or handicap, sex, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic information, arrest record, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.