Senior Technical Project Manager
National Physical Laboratory · Birmingham
- Not stated by the employer
- Full time
- Posted 1 month ago
This is an excellent opportunity for a delivery-focused Senior Project Manager to lead high-profile technical projects with real-world impact, while working alongside experts at the forefront of UK telecoms security and innovation.
We're looking for an experienced Senior Project Manager with a strong track record of delivering technical programmes in complex environments. You don't need a telecoms background, but you will need the ability to lead Agile delivery teams, manage stakeholders effectively, and drive projects from inception through to successful delivery.
Working closely with technical specialists, CTO teams, suppliers and stakeholders, you'll take ownership of project scope, cost, schedule and quality. You'll lead Agile squads, manage competing priorities, and ensure projects are delivered in line with mission objectives while supporting UKTL's critical work in telecoms security and resilience.
What you'll be doing
• Overseeing the end-to-end delivery of complex technical projects and programmes, with a particular focus on security research and testing activities in a telecoms environment.
• Managing the forward roadmap of enabling activities to support security research, testing, and wider technical delivery objectives.
• Managing project scope, budgets, schedules, risks, dependencies and quality to achieve successful outcomes.
• Leading Agile delivery squads and facilitating agile ceremonies including sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily stand-ups, reviews and retrospectives.
• Driving transparent planning, delivery tracking and continuous improvement through Agile tools and practices.
• Working closely with technical teams to understand requirements, remove blockers and maintain delivery momentum.
• Maintaining project governance, reporting, RAID logs and delivery plans.
• Managing supplier relationships and negotiating contracts and change requests to ensure best value for money.
• Coordinating stakeholders across multiple workstreams and ensuring effective communication throughout the project lifecycle.
• Identifying and implementing continuous improvement initiatives across projects and delivery processes
We're looking for an experienced Senior Project Manager with a strong track record of delivering technical programmes in complex environments. You don't need a telecoms background, but you will need the ability to lead Agile delivery teams, manage stakeholders effectively, and drive projects from inception through to successful delivery.
Working closely with technical specialists, CTO teams, suppliers and stakeholders, you'll take ownership of project scope, cost, schedule and quality. You'll lead Agile squads, manage competing priorities, and ensure projects are delivered in line with mission objectives while supporting UKTL's critical work in telecoms security and resilience.
What you'll be doing
• Overseeing the end-to-end delivery of complex technical projects and programmes, with a particular focus on security research and testing activities in a telecoms environment.
• Managing the forward roadmap of enabling activities to support security research, testing, and wider technical delivery objectives.
• Managing project scope, budgets, schedules, risks, dependencies and quality to achieve successful outcomes.
• Leading Agile delivery squads and facilitating agile ceremonies including sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily stand-ups, reviews and retrospectives.
• Driving transparent planning, delivery tracking and continuous improvement through Agile tools and practices.
• Working closely with technical teams to understand requirements, remove blockers and maintain delivery momentum.
• Maintaining project governance, reporting, RAID logs and delivery plans.
• Managing supplier relationships and negotiating contracts and change requests to ensure best value for money.
• Coordinating stakeholders across multiple workstreams and ensuring effective communication throughout the project lifecycle.
• Identifying and implementing continuous improvement initiatives across projects and delivery processes
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