Project Manager
* Contract Duration: Until 31/03/2026
* Location: Hybrid (2 days a week in Farringdon or Sheffield)
* Job Type: Contract
Join our team at Reed Professional Services, a management consultancy specialising in IT and financial services. We are seeking an experienced Project Manager to work with the Technology Commercial team. This role involves supporting key projects within a prestigious, long-standing UK organisation.
Day-to-day of the role:
* Lead end-to-end delivery of projects involving SAP or finance systems, ensuring scope, timelines, and budgets are met.
* Identify, track, and manage interdependencies across projects and workstreams to mitigate risks and ensure seamless delivery.
* Maintain robust governance, providing clear reporting on progress, risks, and issues to key business stakeholders.
* Proactively identify risks and implement mitigation strategies to keep projects on track.
* Champion best practices in project and change management, contributing to process improvements and lessons learned.
* Understand the drivers to enable others to perform; show empathy but equally set clear, unambiguous targets that individuals, teams, and suppliers are held accountable to.
Required Skills & Qualifications:
* Proven track record of delivering complex projects in large organisations.
* Strong experience in stakeholder engagement, communication planning, and driving cultural/behavioural change.
* Hands-on experience with SAP implementations or finance transformation projects.
* Exceptional ability to influence and manage multiple senior stakeholders.
* Skilled in identifying and managing cross-project dependencies.
* Familiarity with Agile and Waterfall delivery approaches.
* Desirable: Experience in Agile/Lean teams using SCRUM, KANBAN, XP; Continuous Improvement; Microsoft Project, Jira, HP Application Lifecycle Management, and MS Office tools; Supplier Management.
Benefits:
* Opportunity to work in a hybrid model
* Engage with high-profile projects in a renowned organisation.
To apply for this Project Manager position, please submit your CV and a member of the Reed Professional Services Team will be in touch