REQUIREMENTS

• Minimum of 8 years’ experience delivering complex, fast paced and global IT projects from setup to early support
• Strong grasp of structured project management, governance frameworks, and project artefacts with expertise in delivering reports, dashboards, and status updates to senior audiences
• Hands-on experience establishing and driving governance cadence such as RAID, steering packs and meeting structures
• Excellent organisational and prioritisation skills across multiple workstreams
• Confident communicator with excellent stakeholder engagement skills, able to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Comfortable operating in ambiguous, high-pressure environments with evolving requirements
• Ability to drive momentum, create clarity, and hold workstreams accountable for delivery with exposure in navigating federated delivery models and matrixed organisations
• Strong familiarity with change control, testing coordination, release planning, and post-go-live support planning
• AgilePM, SAFe, or Scrum certification and PRINCE2 Practitioner, PMP or equivalent is a plus
• Experience in ERP, manufacturing, catering, logistics, or food safety programmes

ABOUT THE ROLE

FDM is a global business and technology consultancy seeking a Senior Project Manager to work for our client within the technology sector. This is initially a 6-month contract with the potential to extend and will be a hybrid role based in Heston/London Heathrow or Manchester Airport.
Our client is seeking a strong project leader who brings structure and clarity, owns project governance, drives cross-functional delivery, and ensures all teams are moving forward in sync. You must be able to hit the ground running, implementing effective control mechanisms, and operating proactively across global and local stakeholders. You’ll be supported by a Technical Delivery Manager overseeing technical aspects such as fixes, releases, and cutovers. This role is critical to the success of global transformation programmes. The ideal candidate will be outcome driven, collaborative with focus on visibility.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead end to end project setup from planning to reporting while setting up clear meeting cadences at all levels such as local, global, and executive
• Establish and maintain structured governance models and rhythms: project plans, RAID logs, project status updates, and decision logs
• Lead project meetings and governance forums with clear agendas and action tracking while coordinating progress across multiple workstreams and resolving blockers
• Collaborate closely with internal business and IT teams, vendors, and external partners to ensure alignment and delivery
• Lead with urgency, ensuring the project remains ahead of the game and aligned to the rollout plan while guaranteeing project plans include critical path, dependencies, milestones, and handoffs
• Manage risks, issues, and scope changes while ensuring stakeholders and project team members have visibility of milestones, upcoming activities, and next steps
• Maintain change control discipline and manage stakeholder engagement across the full lifecycle
• Partner with the Technical Delivery Manager to ensure coordination on releases, testing, and go-live planning while retaining ownership of overall programme outcomes
• Support transition to BAU by coordinating with change management, service design, and training leads, while facilitating workshops to align scope, outcomes, and actions across SMEs, vendors, and technical teams