Digital Service Project Manager

At Frazer-Nash, we empower endeavour for great results. Our Digital & AI team delivers innovative digital, data, automation and AI solutions that help our clients and business solve complex challenges in regulated and assurance-led environments. We are seeking an experienced Digital Services Project Manager to support the effective delivery of a diverse portfolio of Digital & AI projects. This role is responsible for the planning, coordination and delivery of Digital & AI projects from initiation through to closure, ensuring the projects are delivered to agreed scope, schedule, quality and budget. Working closely with technical teams, stakeholders and delivery partners, you will play a key role in delivering desired outcomes while ensuring compliance with governance, security and assurance requirements. The ideal candidate will have a strong project delivery background, with experience that should include several of the following:

• Managing digital, technology, data, automation or business change projects from initiation through to completion.
• Developing and maintaining project plans, schedules, milestones and dependency maps.
• Coordinating multidisciplinary teams, stakeholders and delivery partners to reach project objectives.
• Managing project risks, issues, dependencies, actions and decision logs.
• Monitoring progress against scope, schedule, budget and quality targets.
• Preparing project status reports, governance updates and assurance evidence.
• Supporting release planning, testing activities, implementation planning and project handovers.
• Facilitating effective communication between technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Coordinating continuous improvement through lessons learned, retrospectives and best practice sharing.
• Supporting benefits tracking and delivery confidence reporting.
  
  Demonstrable experience managing digital, technology, data, automation or business change projects.
• Good knowledge of project management methods, governance, scheduling, risk management and reporting practices.
• Experience managing project risks, issues, dependencies, actions and decisions in a structured and transparent way.
• Ability to coordinate multidisciplinary teams and third-party suppliers to deliver agreed outcomes.
• Effective stakeholder management and communication skills, including the ability to communicate progress, risks and delivery challenges effectively.
• Experience working within regulated, assurance-led or quality-managed environments.
• Understanding of agile, hybrid and waterfall delivery methodologies.
• Relevant project management qualification or equivalent experience, such as PRINCE2 Practitioner, APM PMQ, AgilePM or similar
• Effective written and verbal communication abilities.
• Good organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deliverables.
Qualifications we are looking for:
• Experience managing Digital& AI programmes or portfolios.
• Knowledge of software, data platform, automation or AI delivery environments.
• Experience working with external suppliers and delivery partners.
• Experience supporting governance reviews, audits or assurance activities.
• Knowledge of benefits realisation and delivery confidence reporting.
• Experience contributing to project management improvement initiatives and best practice development.
• Exposure to security, risk and compliance requirements within digital or technology projects.
• Experience mentoring or supporting less experienced project professionals.
• Familiarity with project management tools, reporting frameworks and governance processes.
• Experience within consultancy, engineering or other professional services environments.
Due to the nature of the work that Frazer-Nash Consultancy undertake, candidates will be required to undergo pre-employment screening and must be able to satisfy clearance criteria for UK National Security Vetting.

We provide our people with a comprehensive benefits package that comprises:
• Happy To Talk Flexible Working
• Competitive salary
• 25 days' holiday entitlement
• Holiday purchase scheme
• Company pension scheme
• Targeted professional development
• Life Assurance
• Private healthcare membership
• Bonus scheme linked into company performance
• Paid membership fees to a professional institution
• Support in attaining professional membership
• Cycle to work scheme
• Share purchase scheme
• Season rail ticket loan