- Company Name
- Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
- Job Title
- Senior Digital Project Manager
- Job Description
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**Job Title:** Senior Digital Project Manager
**Role Summary:**
Lead end‑to‑end delivery of large‑scale, complex digital transformation projects across cloud, legacy modernization, and low‑code initiatives. Manage project controls, stakeholder engagement, risk mitigation, and procurement while driving innovation, quality, and timely delivery.
**Expectations:**
- Manage multiple high‑impact projects simultaneously, delivering value to millions of users.
- Demonstrate strong influence and communication skills across diverse stakeholders, including senior leaders, cross‑functional teams, and external suppliers.
- Maintain project governance, reporting, and decision‑making at board level.
- Foster a collaborative, high‑performance team culture; coach and mentor peers.
- Adapt quickly to changing priorities, complex environments, and emerging technologies.
**Key Responsibilities:**
- Own project planning, execution, control, and closure, ensuring plans, risks, issues, and dependencies are managed.
- Provide governance, status reporting, and decision support to senior leadership and programme boards.
- Lead procurement, commercial, and supplier management, including budget oversight.
- Drive risk and issue resolution, escalations, and continuous improvement of processes.
- Coordinate cross‑functional collaboration for cloud adoption, legacy system upgrades, and low‑code solution delivery.
- Mentor and develop team members, fostering a culture of accountability and quality.
**Required Skills:**
- Proven experience as a digital project manager managing large‑scale projects.
- Strong stakeholder influence and communication, tailoring messages to diverse audiences.
- Ability to motivate teams, resolve conflicts, and manage difficult relationships.
- Proficiency in project risk identification, mitigation, and escalation.
- Experience with procurement, commercial management, and budget control.
- Adaptability to rapid change and complex environments.
- Familiarity with agile delivery, cloud technologies, low‑code platforms (e.g., Microsoft Power Platform), and legacy system modernization.
**Required Education & Certifications:**
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field.
- Professional project management certification (PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent) preferred.