Senior Project Manager
14 hours ago
London
Senior Project Manager • Job Type: Contract, • Location: Farringdon or Sheffield (Hybrid, 2 days a week), • Daily Rate Inside IR35 We are seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead a portfolio of critical cyber, infrastructure, and IT-focused initiatives. This role is ideal for a project manager with a strong governance mindset, excellent communication skills, and the ability to engage stakeholders at all levels while maintaining a calm, assured presence. Day-to-day of the role: • Lead the delivery of multiple concurrent cyber, infrastructure, and IT projects, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives., • Own project governance, including RAID management, reporting, financial controls, and adherence to delivery frameworks., • Drive delivery of the UEBA programme, ensuring effective integration with wider security platforms and analytics tools., • Manage delivery of Certificate Authority and Data Loss Prevention initiatives, coordinating technical teams and ensuring compliance to security standards., • Develop and maintain detailed project plans, resource strategies, and delivery roadmaps., • Act as a key liaison between technical teams, cyber teams, business stakeholders, and third-party suppliers., • Provide clear, concise communication and updates to senior leadership, contributing to governance boards and steering groups., • Identify and manage project risks and issues, ensuring proactive mitigation and strong decision-making., • Foster a collaborative working environment across cross-functional teams, suppliers, and internal stakeholders. Required Skills & Qualifications: • Proven Senior Project Management experience within large, complex organisations., • Strong background in infrastructure, IT delivery, and cybersecurity-related programmes., • Demonstrable experience delivering projects governed by structured methodologies such as MSP, Prince2, or similar., • Excellent governance discipline—comfortable owning RAID logs, financials, plans, reporting, and documentation to a high standard., • Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills, with a “quietly confident” style—credible, calm, and trusted by technical and non-technical leaders., • Ability to challenge constructively and drive clarity in complex delivery environments. Desirable: • Experience working in regulated or critical-infrastructure environments., • Experience of working in large enterprise delivery structures., • Exposure to Certificate Authority, cryptographic services, or identity/access-management solutions. Personal Attributes: • Calm, structured, and highly organised., • Strong sense of ownership and accountability., • Confident but understated—able to influence without noise., • Detail-oriented with excellent judgment in risk, governance, and communication., • Collaborative and solutions-focused. To apply for this Senior Project Manager position, please submit your CV and a member of the Reed Professional Services Talent Team will be in touch.