Project Manager - Public Sector

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end management of the discovery phase, ensuring project activities are well-planned, structured, and delivered on time.
• Develop clear project documentation, including discovery plans, engagement strategies, requirements capture, options appraisals, and recommendations reports.
• Coordinate internal resources and ensure tasks are assigned with clear ownership and accountability. Facilitate workshops, interviews, and meetings (both remotely and in-person where needed) to gather insights, validate assumptions, and align stakeholders.
• Oversee the collection and documentation of business and user requirements, working closely with analysts and researchers to ensure accuracy and clarity.
• Track progress against milestones, ensuring all deliverables are completed to the required standard and within agreed timeframes.
• Produce regular highlight reports to summarise project status, risks, issues, and upcoming priorities for internal teams.
• Maintain a focus on outcomes and user value, ensuring the project remains aligned to its strategic objectives throughout delivery.
• Manage project risks and dependencies proactively, resolving issues and escalating where necessary.
• Act as the main point of contact for delivery leads, ensuring a clear line of communication between delivery teams and senior management.
• Support a collaborative, product-led approach across the project, embedding best practice in discovery and agile delivery methods.

• Proven experience managing discovery or early-phase projects, ideally within digital, data or technology transformation environments.
• Strong understanding of agile delivery principles and how to apply them pragmatically to discovery work.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build trust, manage expectations and facilitate collaborative working across multiple teams.
• Demonstrable experience producing structured project documentation, including delivery plans, engagement strategies, requirements capture and options appraisals.
• Confident facilitator, able to lead workshops, discussions and interviews to extract business needs and prioritise outcomes.
• Strong organisational skills with a track record of managing complex workloads, meeting deadlines, and keeping teams on track.
• Ability to identify, log, and manage risks, dependencies and issues, and escalate where appropriate.
• Clear and concise communicator, both written and verbal, with the ability to tailor messaging for different audiences, including senior leadership.
• Comfortable working in fast-paced environments, adapting to shifting priorities and maintaining delivery momentum.
• Previous experience supporting public sector or regulated industry projects.

• 25 Days Annual Leave per annum (plus 8 Bank Holidays as standard)
• Health Insurance
• Pension Scheme
• Annual Bonus Scheme
• Annual Salary Review
• Electric Car Scheme