Senior Project Manager - Technology & Business Change

and excellent support to all of our employees, and clients.Role PurposeThe role sits within the firm's Project Management Unit (PMU) and is responsible for the end-to-end delivery of high-impact change initiatives across the business.While many programmes are technology-enabled, the role is not limited to IT delivery and will operate across both technology-led and broader business change initiatives.The successful candidate will take ownership of project delivery from initiation through to closure, ensuring appropriate governance, stakeholder engagement, risk management, and delivery to agreed time, cost and quality objectives.The role requires the ability to operate effectively within a professional services environment, engaging senior stakeholders, including Partners, and managing delivery across multiple teams and suppliers.An important aspect of the role will be working collaboratively with other Senior Project Managers to develop, agree, and embed best practice approaches to
delivery, governance, and continuous improvement across the PMU. The individual will be expected to establish control and structure quickly, manage competing priorities, and ensure delivery remains aligned to agreed business outcomes.What we are looking for?To be considered for the role you must possess the minimum:5-8+ years' experience delivering complex projects across technology and/or business change (e.g. core systems, platforms, integrations, security or infrastructure)Demonstrable experience operating in a legal or professional services or similarly complex, stakeholder-led environmentExperience working within structured governance environments (e.g. PMO / PMU frameworks)Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage and influence at senior levelExperience delivering multi-stream projects involving business, IT and third-party suppliersTechnically credible, with the ability to engage delivery teams and challenge appropriately, without needing to be a
deep technical specialistProven ability to manage risk, dependencies, and competing priorities in a fast-paced environmentStrong communication skills, both written and verbalHigh level of ownership, accountability, and delivery focusIn addition to your technical skills, we are looking for a candidate who has the right attitude, mindset and is driven, hungry to learn and able to excel in their area of expertise and is eager to contribute with a desire to be successful.This is a senior delivery role requiring an individual who can operate with minimal onboarding and take ownership of complex initiatives from day one. Occasional travel to other office locations may be required (but very rarely).What makes it great to work here?We continually work hard to create an open culture that sets us apart from other firms. Our culture gives us much more of a human feel, emphasising that we're more than just suits!As signatories to the Mindful Business Charter, it's

important to us that our people are able to maintain healthy and happy lives, both in and out of work. We have a number of resources and initiatives designed to support health and wellbeing and we're very happy to talk flexible working.Through our DEI initiatives we create an environment in which difference is valued. We have an Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Group, led by our Board Sponsor, which works with our colleague networks (we currently have firm supported networks for race, ethnicity, and cultural heritage, LGBTQ+, disabilities, neurodiversity, families, and women's career development and we're in constant dialogue with our people about how we expand our networks to better support everybody). Find out more about DEI at WBD here. We encourage applicants from all social backgrounds, ethnicities, disabilities, gender identities and sexual orientations.We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a
disability or long term condition and need us to make any adjustments to give you the best possible recruitment process, please let us know by contacting the recruiter on the right hand side of this page. Please also let us know if you need this job advert or the application form in a different format.We will offer an interview to candidates with a disability or long-term condition who meet the minimum criteria for this role. You can opt into this scheme within the application form. Your response to this question is only used for this purpose, is only visible to the recruitment team and is not used for data monitoring. We are an in-house recruitment team and will always aim to fill our roles directly in the first instance. If you're an agency, please click here for ways that you can work with us.What makes it great to work here?Location:Bristol, Leeds, Newcastle, Plymouth Contract Type:Permanent