Graduate Project Manager
Role: Graduate Project Manager
Location: Birmingham, Glasgow, London, Manchester, Cardiff and Woking (Nationwide)
Intakes: April, September 2026
About the job you’re considering
We have an exciting opportunity to join our Project Management Office (PMO) Team supporting the Cloud Infrastructure business in the UK.
PMO forms part of the Engagement Management Community. We provide administrative support to Engagement Managers primarily; this support can take many forms from process definition and governance to simple assistance to free up Engagement Managers time to focus on more complex delivery issues. The team are based across the UK, with a variety of skillsets from all-rounders to subject matter experts. Our Graduate Project Managers join our PMO teams to build up knowledge and experience within project delivery and the technology industry before moving on to manage projects of their own.
We’ll give you the training and support needed to develop as a PMO Analyst where you will work as part of the UK PMO Team reporting to a PMO Lead/PMO Manager depending on the role. Whilst also giving you the experience of working alongside our project managers, and eventually giving you development opportunities to take on projects of your own.
Hybrid working:The places that you work from day to day will vary according to your role, your needs, and those of the business; it will be a blend of Company offices, client sites, and your home; noting that you will be unable to work at home 100% of the time.
If you are successfully offered this position, you will go through a series of pre-employment checks, including: identity, nationality (single or dual) or immigration status, employment history going back 3 continuous years, and unspent criminal record check (known as Disclosure and Barring Service).
Your role
Your role will involve providing back-office support across a broad range of core services/processes within project management including Financial Management, Planning Coordination, Reporting, Resource Capacity Management, Change Management, Communication and PMO Administration – in time you should hopefully get to work across each area.
This working environment enables our team members to develop their skills and knowledge which can and has resulted in promotion to higher grades as well as opening up opportunities to pursue their career in the Engagement Management community. We operate a mentoring scheme to help develop our team members and give them the tools to approach whatever situation they may face on their assignments.
In addition, you will also join our vastly developing CIS UK Graduate and Apprentice community, where you will be able to learn and network with people in a similar career journey.
You can bring your whole self to work. At Capgemini building an inclusive future is part of everyday life and will be part of your working reality. We have built a representative and welcoming environment, for everyone.
Graduate Empower Programme
The Empower Programme provides hands-on experience, structured development, and the opportunity to make a meaningful impact. You’ll join a supportive, feedback-rich environment where you’ll build consulting, technology, industry, and soft skills - whether in business analysis, data, project management, software development, cybersecurity, AI or creative design.
Designed to help you thrive, offering technical and professional development alongside tailored feedback and mentoring. You’ll have regular social and networking events to strengthen connections across teams and contribute to a positive, collaborative culture.
The Empower Programme equips you to succeed in dynamic roles that integrate both technology and business expertise to deliver value for clients. Built around six essential Power Skills, the programme blends client work, role-specific training, and collaborative projects. You’ll join Learning Pods to build cross-functional networks and follow personalised development roadmaps that guide your growth.
Your skills and experience
Your security clearance
Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS)
To be successfully appointed to this role you will need to undergo checks.
There are no nationality or residency restrictions, although if you have resided outside of the UK within the last 3 years, further checks may be required.
There are other criteria and check required for BPSS, and throughout the recruitment process, you will be asked questions about your security clearance eligibility such as, but not limited to, country of residence and nationality.
Get The Future You Want – what does it mean for you?
Impactful Experiences – You will reimagine what’s possible: creating value for the world’s leading organisations through technology to build a sustainable, more inclusive future. You will work with a range of clients all with a unique set of business, technological and societal ambitions, which will make a real impact across the UK.
Shape your path – You will be empowered to explore, innovate, and progress. You will benefit from Capgemini’s ‘learning for life’ mindset, meaning you will have countless training and development opportunities from thinktanks to hackathons, and access to 250,000 courses with numerous external certifications from AWS, Microsoft, Harvard ManageMentor, Cybersecurity qualifications and much more.
Capgemini is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) under the UK Government’s Disability Confident scheme. As part of our commitment to inclusive recruitment, we will offer an interview to all candidates who:
1. Declare they have a disability, and
2. Meet the minimum essential criteria for the role.
Why you should consider Capgemini
Growing clients’ businesses while building a more sustainable, more inclusive future is a tough ask. When you join Capgemini, you’ll join a thriving company and become part of a collective of free-thinkers, entrepreneurs and industry experts. We find new ways technology can help us reimagine what’s possible. It’s why, together, we seek out opportunities that will transform the world’s leading businesses, and it’s how you’ll gain the experiences and connections you need to shape your future. By learning from each other every day, sharing knowledge, and always pushing yourself to do better, you’ll build the skills you want. You’ll use your skills to help our clients leverage technology to innovate and grow their business. So, it might not always be easy, but making the world a better place rarely is.
About Capgemini
Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organisations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 350,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fuelled by its market leading capabilities in AI, generative AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem. The Group reported 2024 global revenues of €22.1 billion.
Salary:
£30,000 plus additional benefits