What you’ll be doing
as a Project Manager - Transformation Office
As a Project Manager, you’ll be responsible for delivering high-impact change initiatives across the business. You’ll lead internal teams and third-party partners, manage stakeholders up to Director level, and ensure projects are delivered to time, cost, and to quality—while maintaining strong governance and communication throughout.
Your key responsibilities will include:
1. Leading and coordinating project teams using structured and adaptive delivery approaches.
2. Managing stakeholders effectively, influencing at all levels.
3. Maintaining robust governance, including risk and issue logs, RAID tracking, and reporting.
4. Communicating clearly and confidently with senior stakeholders, tailoring updates to audience needs.
5. Ensuring a smooth transition of project deliverables into operational service.
6. Tracking project costs and forecasts, working closely with finance and supplier teams.
Contract details
7. Location: Hybrid/Reading.
8. Working pattern: Full time - 36 hours per week.
9. Contract length: 12 weeks.
10. Day rate: £450–£500 per day. (dependent on experience)
What you should bring to the role
11. Skilled in applying structured and adaptive project & change delivery approaches.
12. Comfortable using collaboration tools like Teams and SharePoint.
13. Strong stakeholder management and communication skills (verbal and written), including interactions with senior audiences (up to Director and Head of Department level).
14. Proven experience delivering change projects on time, on budget, and to quality.
15. Ability to interpret data, KPIs, and financials to support decision-making.
Desirable:
16. Experience in regulated industries or utilities.
17. Familiarity with ERP, CRM, or asset management systems.
18. Proficiency in MS Project, Jira, or equivalent tools.
Who are we?
At Thames Water, our purpose is crystal clear - to deliver life’s essential service so our customers, communities and planet can thrive.
Water is life’s great leveller. Every living thing needs it, every single day. From people to plants, birds to bees, farms to factories, we all need it to thrive, and we’re committed to taking care of it for us all.
But keeping water flowing is becoming harder. From scorching summers to wetter winters, extreme weather affects everything from our pipes to our local rivers. We need to keep millions more kettles boiling, public services operating, washing machines spinning, showers running and more, so every drop is more precious than ever. Are you ready to play your part?
Working at Thames Water
At Thames Water, we recognise that people are at the heart of our business. To help us succeed in providing life's essential services, we need a range of skills and capabilities, representative of society throughout our business.
We seek to attract and retain a cultural mix of people who can offer different but complementary attitudes, values, talents, and knowledge. We understand the importance of appreciating and harnessing the unique skills, experiences, background, and differences that each individual brings.
Our overarching diversity and inclusion aim is to ensure Thames Water is a diverse and inclusive great place to work. We encourage applications from everyone and offer extra support for those who need it throughout the recruitment process.