ROLE: Senior Project Manager
HOURS: 08:30 - 17:00 Monday to Friday
SALARY: c£65,000 dependent on experience, plus excellent benefits
BENEFITS: Healthcare Cash Plan, 3x Salary Life Assurance, High Street Discounts, Staff Discount
BASE: Alfreton, Derbyshire / Hybrid 2 days per week
We're excited to be recruiting for an experienced Senior Project/PMO Manager to shape, lead and elevate project delivery & governance for our Business Change portfolio - while managing and developing a small team of Project Managers and establishing Change Champions in the business.
In this role, you'll be responsible for the delivery excellence, ensuring every project and small change is set up for success, governed effectively, and delivered to the outcomes the business needs. You'll bring clarity, structure and confidence to senior stakeholders through high quality reporting and delivery insight, while enabling continuous improvement across the entire change community. You will also have responsibility for end-to-end project delivery when priorities and capacity allows.
This is a fantastic opportunity for a seasoned Project Manager / PMO leader who loves driving standards, improving ways of working, and building the capability of others.
WHAT OUR SENIOR PROJECT/PMO MANAGERS DO:
* Own and run the PMO governance framework: stage gates, minimum standards, assurance approach, and cadence of project reporting
* Take full responsibility for the end-to-end delivery of strategically important projects.
* Provide delivery assurance: identify projects at risk early, recommend corrective actions, and support recovery planning with Project Managers and sponsors
* Track delivery progress across all projects and small changes and surface key risks, constraints and cross-project dependencies to leadership
* Lead and line manage a small team of Project Managers, their performance management, coaching and development
* Own the PMO reporting suite (dashboards, KPIs, exec summaries) ensuring accuracy, insight and a clear narrative on delivery health
* Drive continuous improvement of PMO processes, tooling and governance efficiency to reduce overhead while improving control
WHAT WE NEED FROM OUR SENIOR PROJECT/PMO MANAGERS:
* 10+ years' experience in Project delivery / governance / delivery assurance roles, with evidence of improving delivery controls and outcomes
* Proven line management experience of Project Managers (or strong track record of leading/coaching a PM community)
* Strong delivery knowledge across Agile/Waterfall/hybrid and ability to apply proportionate governance
* Excellent stakeholder management - confident challenging constructively and driving decisions/actions
* Strong reporting and MI capability: dashboards, KPI design, exec narrative, data quality discipline
* PM/PMO qualification (e.g., PRINCE2, APM, PMP, MSP) and/or equivalent practical experience
* Tooling experience (Currently in use at Eurocell: Jira, Smartsheet, SharePoint), plus standards/templates development
* Experience of change management principles and embedding new ways of working across a delivery community
WHAT WE OFFER OUR SENIOR PROJECT/PMO MANAGERS:
* You will be rewarded with a very competitive basic salary
* 25 days holiday, plus statutory holidays - normally 33 days in total each year
* Free Healthcare plan for all employees
* Enhanced Maternity and Paternity benefit
* Free Life Assurance Plan of 3x your Annual Salary
* Christmas shutdown
* Option to join the Eurocell Share Save Scheme at discounted rates, and share in our company success
* Company Pension Plan
* Employee discount on Eurocell products
* Discounts across many well‑known online and high street retailers
* A blend of training, including e‑learning and on‑the‑job training to help your career development
* Care First Employee Assistance Programme, available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year for confidential support and advice, if and when you need it
* Colleague Referral Programme; we pay you for successfully referring people to join our team
* Excellent opportunities to grow with us, and progress your career
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