Senior Project Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of complex projects within Agile environments.
• Develop and maintain delivery plans, roadmaps, milestones, and dependencies.
• Ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to agreed quality standards.
• Manage project risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies proactively.
• Provide regular reporting and updates to senior stakeholders and governance forums.
• Drive continuous improvement in delivery practices across teams.

• Facilitate Agile ceremonies including:
  • Sprint Planning 
  • Daily Stand-Ups 
  • Sprint Reviews 
  • Retrospectives 
  • Backlog Refinement

• Work closely with business stakeholders to define and prioritise product backlogs.
• Translate strategic objectives into actionable epics, features, and user stories.
• Manage competing priorities and ensure delivery focuses on highest business value.
• Define acceptance criteria and support user story refinement activities.
• Ensure delivered capabilities meet customer and business needs.

• Lead multi-disciplinary Agile delivery teams.
• Promote high-performing team dynamics.
• Support capability development and Agile maturity improvements.

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

• Strong project planning, governance, and reporting experience.
• Excellent risk, issue, dependency, and change management skills.
• Experience managing multiple concurrent workstreams.

• Experience delivering complex projects within Agile environments.
• Extensive experience using Agile methodologies including Scrum, Kanban, and Lean.
• Proven track record delivering large-scale technology and transformation programmes.

• Previous hands-on experience operating as a Scrum Master.
• Strong understanding of Scrum framework and servant leadership principles.
• Experience facilitating Agile ceremonies and coaching teams.
• Proven ability to remove delivery impediments and enhance team performance.

• Previous experience acting as a Product Owner.
• Strong backlog management and prioritisation expertise.
• Experience creating and managing product roadmaps.
• Ability to convert business requirements into user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Focus on value-driven delivery and customer outcomes.

• Exceptional communication and influencing skills.
• Experience engaging senior executives and business leaders.
• Ability to challenge constructively and drive decision-making.