Senior Technical Project Manager

We're seeking a Senior Technical Project Manager to own delivery end-to-end within our domain-based delivery model. This unified role combines project governance with agile facilitation and servant leadership, driving iterative progress across waterfall, agile, and hybrid approaches.
You'll work flexibly across domains in response to project demand, collaborating with Product Managers, Business Analysts, Architecture, Engineering, and Business colleagues to deliver defined capabilities within feasibility constraints.
What You'll Be Doing
Strategic Delivery Leadership
Define project roadmaps, milestones, and success criteria
Develop business cases and funding requests grounded in defined value
Manage scope, schedule, and budget; proactively monitor progress and initiate corrective action
Ensure adherence to best practices and business value tracking
Agile Facilitation & Scrum Practice
Facilitate agile ceremonies (sprint planning, stand-ups, reviews, retrospectives, demos)
Coach teams on agile/scrum values and self-organisation
Track and communicate delivery progress using appropriate metrics
Champion iterative delivery and continuous improvement
Delivery Ownership
Lead end-to-end product development and initiative delivery
Adapt quickly across different domains as project demand shifts
Lead inceptions for sizeable initiatives and maintain delivery artefacts
Manage project budgets and escalate risks to cost, time, or quality
Stakeholder Engagement
Act as primary interface across business, technology, and product teams
Communicate project goals clearly and inspire teams to achieve results
Unblock conflicting priorities to keep delivery on track
Facilitate relationships with third-party development teams
RAID Management & Governance
Identify and manage risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies
Collaborate with peers on cross-domain dependencies
Support programme-level quarterly alignment and resource planning
Team Leadership
Provide servant leadership through coaching and facilitation
Build high-performing, collaborative environments
Facilitate workshops and problem-solving sessions
Ensure knowledge transfer into domains following successful delivery
What we're looking for:
Demonstrated experience delivering software initiatives in dynamic agile environments
Proven track record delivering multiple projects across the full delivery lifecycle
Strong working knowledge of agile/scrum frameworks and ceremonies
Experience managing project governance: scope, schedule, budget, RAID, and reporting
Familiarity with project tracking tools (Jira, Confluence, Kanban boards)
Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills
Matrix management experience with ability to coach and lead by example
Commercial awareness and customer focus
Analytical and critical thinking with ability to manage risk in complex environments
Understanding of software development processes and incremental delivery
The following experience is also desirable:
Formal accreditation (PMP, PRINCE2, CSM, SAFe, AgilePM)
Experience facilitating large-scale inceptions or discovery phases
Familiarity with academic publishing or digital content workflows
Experience with distributed or third-party development teams

Employment type
Full-time

Work arrangement
Hybrid