Project Manager

🔒 Confidential Employer

Posted 24 March 2026

LOCATION

Bb18

TYPE

Full-time

LEVEL

Mid-Senior level

SALARY

£40,000 / year

SKILLS

Project Management Client Management Budgetary Control Risk Management Communication Team Leadership

FULL DESCRIPTION

The Project Manager key roles and responsibilities encompass project initiation through to close including delegating tasks, monitoring progress, budgeting, ensuring coordination among team members and collaboration. They provide day-to-day management of internal or client facing projects, workstreams and tasks.

Responsibilities / Objectives

Facilitating projects from initiation to completion, including supporting through quoting and engagement with potential clients.
Responsible for managing projects independently or with support from more senior team members. Projects will consist of a number of deliverables and workstreams and will require client and supplier interaction.
Responsible for delivering projects within scope, on time and within budget
Establishing and maintaining strong relationships with Technical Project Leads (TPLs), the project teams and internal / external stakeholders.
Clear and accurate communication of project progress, risks and issues to the TPLs and stakeholders.
Client facing as the main point of contact with clients representing [Employer hidden — view at passion-project.co.uk].

Key tasks

Support or lead internal projects involving internal stakeholders.
Management of a project team with the potential to involve some external suppliers / clients.
Creating and maintaining an overall project management plan (PMP) including timelines, responsibilities (RACI) matrix and risk management plan.
Define project work breakdown structures and coordinate key activities between the project team.
Coordinating and leading planning sessions for project development and execution
Defining project objectives and scope, identifying involvement of internal and external stakeholders.
Control of finance budget for each project including regular reporting and addressing deviations.
Tracking progress, reporting on project outputs and communicating with management, clients and other stakeholders.
Conduct risk analysis to reduce unforeseen obstacles and costs.
Manage decisions and changes in accordance with correct processes and industry best practices.
Deal with project issues promptly and professionally, escalating where necessary.
Manage client and other stakeholder expectations to maintain productive and engaged relationships.
Compiling and submitting project status reports to clients, management and other stakeholders.
Responsible for managing projects by exception in line with [Employer hidden] project management process.
Set-up and manage project calls, providing clear agendas and promptly providing meeting minutes, actions and timelines.
Manage the time spend on activities to ensure that the estimated time is line with the budget set.
Conduct project closure including final finance summaries and appropriate lessons learnt activities.
Engage in continual learning to remain abreast of industry best practices, new technologies and emerging standards.
Any other duties as required to fulfil business goals.

Qualifications and Education Requirements

Graduate of a Scientific or related subject area – preferred Project Management qualification – preferred Minimum of 2 years consistent experience in client facing project management.

Key skills and attributes

Essential	Preferred
Excellent people skills; attributes of respect, collaboration, empathy and clarity	PRINCE2 or Agile methodology qualification or experience.
Experience in project design and planning.	Experience working within a project environment/managing a project
Experience of having budgetary control and effective management of deviations.	Project management tools and software
Proactive problem solver able to pre-empt and respond to issues to resolve.	Scientific background or experience within a scientific industry.
Ability to work under pressure and make decisions to achieve project objectives.
Good communicator in both written and verbal presentation forms
Client management experience focused on delivering results.
Good organisational skills
Able to work within and lead a team

Salary and benefits

Salary £30,000-40,000 based on experience.

[Employer hidden] Day Option of a fixed day off every 2 or 3 weeks through salary sacrifice (full time only)

Holidays 25 days per annum, plus option to purchase up to 1 weeks additional holiday through salary sacrifice

Pension Auto-enrolment

Annual Bonus £1,200 based on company and personal performance.

Life Insurance 2 x Death in service

Health Care Cash Plan Health care cover