Top Project Manager Jobs in Manchester

Manage the commercial delivery of laboratory, research, and specialist science construction projects across their lifecycle. Responsibilities include cost planning, estimating, forecasting, procurement, tender evaluation, contract administration, valuations, variations, risk management, reporting, and final accounts. The role also involves value engineering, digital cost management using CostX and 5D BIM, client and contractor stakeholder management, and mentoring junior staff.

Lead multidisciplinary consulting projects from tender through completion across renewable energy, infrastructure, and industrial development portfolios. Manage budgets, schedules, risks, change control, contractors, quality, compliance, client reporting, payment assessments, and stakeholder relationships. The role includes occasional site visits, business development support, and collaboration with environmental, planning, engineering, and advisory teams.

Lead medium-to-large Oracle SaaS and EBS projects from planning through delivery. Responsibilities include team leadership, risk and issue management, scope and Statement of Work oversight, budget forecasting, client and supplier coordination, stakeholder communication, contract management, profitability tracking, and practice development. The role requires experience delivering global, multi-pillar Oracle ERP and HCM implementations under fixed-price and time-and-materials contracts.

The Senior Oracle Project Manager leads high-value Oracle projects, manages teams, ensures project delivery and profitability, and communicates with stakeholders.

Manage end-to-end civil works for a water rehabilitation contract, leading teams and subcontractors to deliver projects safely, on time, within budget, and to client standards. Responsibilities include contract P&L, programme coordination, health and safety, streetworks performance, quality compliance, reporting, staff development, site inspections, incident investigations, and commercial administration. The role requires utility-sector experience, technical problem-solving, and strong operational leadership.

Manages end-to-end production and project delivery for social, video, and digital media campaigns. Responsibilities include budgeting, scheduling, resource planning, client communication, vendor coordination, quality control, cost tracking, and troubleshooting across creative and production teams. The role requires familiarity with design, motion graphics, post-production, editing, VFX, sound, video formats, and project management tools.

Join Arcadis’s two-year graduate programme supporting sustainable projects across infrastructure, buildings, water, and environmental sectors. Assist with planning, scheduling, budgeting, timelines, progress monitoring, risk identification, stakeholder communication, client liaison, and contractor coordination. The role provides structured professional development, exposure to multidisciplinary projects, and support toward chartered recognition through organizations such as RICS or APM.

Leads engineering delivery for major EPC projects within Sellafield’s regulated PPP framework. Oversees engineering strategy, execution, risk, schedules, costs, change control, forecasting, and performance. Serves as senior engineering contact for project and management reviews, builds multidisciplinary teams of up to 80 people, collaborates with stakeholders, acts as Principal Designer under CDM regulations, and drives benefits realization and continuous improvement.

As a Project Manager, you'll lead and track project progress, manage documentation and budgets, develop schedules, report insights, mitigate risks, and support change management.

Lead EMEA real estate strategy and manage capital buildouts and renovations. Oversee site selection, design standards, budgets, contractors, permitting, lease negotiation, and portfolio systems. Ensure operational and brand consistency while partnering with stakeholders and governmental authorities. Travel 50% for project milestones.

Lead end-to-end annotation projects: define workflows, coordinate teams (annotators, reviewers, experts), track progress and quality via dashboards, manage launches and phase transitions, pilot tooling and methodology improvements, and build scalable operational systems and documentation to support annotator community and cross-functional alignment.

Manage innovation initiatives from concept and proof of concept through pilots, production delivery, adoption, and operational handover. Establish governance, project plans, risk controls, business cases, and executive reporting. Coordinate business, technology, legal, security, procurement, transformation, vendors, and senior stakeholders. Facilitate workshops and decision-making, manage pilots and user feedback, oversee suppliers, and support responsible adoption of emerging technologies aligned with strategic business objectives.

Lead end-to-end delivery of complex software projects and system integrations. Define scope and estimates, manage budgets and invoicing, track risks and dependencies, oversee change requests, staff projects appropriately, and apply agile best practices using Jira, Confluence, and Certinia to ensure on-time, on-budget outcomes.

Manage end-to-end Oracle Cloud and Fusion project delivery across scope, timelines, budgets, risks, quality, resources, and stakeholder expectations. Lead cross-functional consulting teams, coordinate client activities, report progress, manage change requests, and resolve issues. Support junior project managers and contribute to pre-sales opportunities. The role requires strong Oracle Applications implementation experience, formal project management methodology knowledge, and excellent client-facing communication skills.

Owns end-to-end delivery of complex, multi-phase enterprise infrastructure builds for customers. Coordinates customers, OEMs, infrastructure partners, channels, architects, and sales teams; manages schedules, scope, risks, dependencies, budgets, change control, and phased acceptance. Leads executive status meetings, resolves blockers, transitions completed builds to operations, improves professional services processes, and mentors junior engagement managers.

Lead large-scale or multiple infrastructure projects, coordinating multidisciplinary teams, clients, partners, and internal stakeholders. Ensure delivery meets safety, quality, performance, budget, governance, and NEC contract requirements. Serve as the primary client interface, resolve issues, build trusted relationships, and drive collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement across utilities, renewables, and infrastructure projects.

Leads project teams and oversees execution planning, resource utilization, financial control, risk management, stakeholder relationships, customer communications, project closeout, and contract acceptance. Supports proposals and bids, promotes health, safety, and environmental compliance, and pursues ongoing professional development, including completion of Hitachi’s project management certification program.

Lead complex, cross-functional research, development, study, and New Product Introduction projects across multiple sites. Develop plans, budgets, schedules, governance, and resource requirements; manage risks, issues, changes, suppliers, and stakeholders; monitor delivery, quality, cost, and timelines; report to senior leadership; and improve project management practices across the organization.

Leads end-to-end delivery of medium to large, technically complex projects for energy-industry customers. Responsibilities include managing scope, schedules, budgets, resources, cash flow, risks, quality, safety, compliance, suppliers, and stakeholders. Builds and mentors project teams, supports contract delivery, drives continuous improvement, and maintains strong customer relationships. The role is hybrid in Daresbury or St Neots and requires willingness to travel.

Lead global software implementation projects across the UK, Canada, North America, and Australia. Own end-to-end project plans, timelines, budgets, quality, reporting, risks, issues, dependencies, and mitigation plans. Manage stakeholders and geographically distributed teams, drive successful delivery and change management, and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, process enhancements, project community activities, and best-practice sharing.

Leads moderately complex clinical trial projects, managing teams, client relationships, timelines, scope, budgets, quality, documentation, financial performance, and contractual requirements. Serves as the primary customer contact and communicates project status, forecasts, risks, and changes to sponsors and company management.

Lead IT and business-change projects and programmes within the University’s Information Services Group. Responsibilities include delivering business-efficiency improvements, student-experience enhancements, IT compliance initiatives, digital transformation, and the evolution of the Oracle Fusion People & Money service. The role involves partnering with HR, Finance, Procurement, Payroll, and other stakeholders to deliver strategic outcomes through effective project and programme management.

Lead and manage infrastructure projects, ensuring client objectives are met on time and within budget, and support sustainability transitions.

Own end-to-end delivery of complex enterprise software implementations from kickoff through go-live and stabilization. Lead requirements workshops, create project plans, manage scope, risks, budgets, dependencies, and change control, and coordinate solution architects, engineers, QA, and client stakeholders. Serve as the primary client contact, communicate with executive audiences, resolve blockers, and ensure successful handoffs. The role requires technical fluency in architecture, integrations, and data flows, along with strong stakeholder and delivery management skills.

Coordinate project integration across functions, contracts, and workstreams for a major UK nuclear programme. Manage interfaces, dependencies, assumptions, actions, decisions, risks, and issues; maintain registers and reporting; support governance, assurance, gateway reviews, project controls, and stakeholder engagement. The role also helps improve integration processes, coordinates action close-out, supports escalation, and provides task direction to analysts or coordinators.