Lead Project Manager
2 days ago
Blackpool
Lead Project Manager (Contract) – Inside IR35 💼 Duration: Initial 3-6 months 📍 Location: Hybrid 📅 Start Date: ASAP 💷 Day Rate: £550 per day inside IR35 Overview: We are seeking an experienced Lead Project Manager to drive delivery across a series of efficiency-focused initiatives, including Health Information Share, Text-to-Speech, and Intelligent Audit. This role will play a critical part in ensuring successful end-to-end delivery of complex, data-driven and technology-enabled programmes, working closely with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced, regulated environment. The successful candidate will combine strong delivery leadership with technical awareness, enabling teams to meet tight deadlines, manage competing priorities, and deliver high-quality outcomes within budget. Key Responsibilities • Lead the delivery of multiple concurrent initiatives, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives, timelines, and budget constraints, • Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders to define scope, priorities, and delivery plans across complex workstreams, • Drive delivery using a blend of Agile, Waterfall, and Lean methodologies, adapting approaches to suit programme needs, • Facilitate Agile ceremonies, governance forums, workshops, and stakeholder engagement sessions, • Proactively identify, manage, and mitigate risks, issues, and dependencies through structured approaches such as RAID logs, • Act as the key interface between technical teams and business stakeholders, managing expectations and resolving conflicts, • Develop and maintain delivery roadmaps, milestones, and performance metrics to ensure operational efficiency, • Provide clear and consistent reporting on progress, financials, risks, and outcomes to senior stakeholders, • Support technical teams by understanding system architecture, APIs, and SDLC processes to identify blockers and enable progress, • Ensure delivery meets quality standards, using data-driven insights and performance metrics to guide decision-making, • Manage budgets, forecasts, and vendor relationships, ensuring commercial efficiency and return on investment, • Lead, mentor, and motivate cross-functional teams, fostering a high-performance and continuous improvement culture ✔ Proven experience as a Lead Project Manager delivering complex technology and data-driven programmes ✔ Strong experience working across Agile, Waterfall, and Lean delivery methodologies (e.g. Scrum, Kanban, PRINCE2, SAFe) ✔ Demonstrated ability to manage risks, dependencies, and delivery across multiple workstreams ✔ Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, including conflict resolution at senior levels ✔ Strong technical understanding of software development lifecycles (SDLC), APIs, and architecture ✔ Experience managing budgets, financial forecasts, and ensuring ROI on project delivery ✔ Ability to operate effectively in fast-paced, ambiguous environments and deliver against tight deadlines ✔ Proven leadership capability, including mentoring teams and driving high-performance delivery cultures ✔ Experience working in Government organisations Desirable Skills • Experience delivering initiatives such as Health Information Share, Text-to-Speech, or Intelligent Audit solutions, • Exposure to data and analytics platforms or cloud-based technologies, • Experience working in environments where tooling, processes, or governance models are evolving, • Strong focus on continuous improvement, including lessons learned and delivery optimisation