Senior Project Manager

About the role

The Senior Project Manager provides senior-level expertise to plan, organise, control, and deliver large, complex infrastructure and data centre migration projects across Ensono's client portfolio. This role manages multiple company-wide initiatives simultaneously, from scope definition and budget planning through to delivery and post-implementation review. The position involves building and maintaining strong relationships with client sponsors and internal leaders, including regular on-site engagement at the client's London office.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure business requirements are clearly defined, understood, and documented
• Define project scope, risks, potential issues, and resource requirements at the outset of each engagement
• Ensure project benefits are realised while managing the impact of organisational change on the business and its clients
• Develop project phases and translate them into clear, measurable project plans
• Communicate internally and externally on delivery of work products, planning activities, and cross-organisational resource relationships
• Manage projects in full adherence to Ensono's project management methodology
• Manage project scope across mission, objectives, and requirements throughout the project lifecycle
• Manage project schedules, including key milestone dates and critical path tracking
• Lead the team in identifying project risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies; act as the primary escalation point and drive effective mitigation strategies to maintain project goals
• Provide leadership and strategic direction to the project team across all phases of delivery
• Oversee all project work streams, including timeline adherence, quality of deliverables, risk management, issue escalation, and stakeholder collaboration
• Work with all stakeholders to ensure governance frameworks and continuous improvement or transformation plans are established and maintained
• Establish deadlines, assign tasks, and monitor and summarise project progress for all relevant parties
• Develop business insights through analysis of results and communicate key findings to management to support data-driven decision-making
• Secure appropriate resources and personnel in collaboration with management to ensure projects are delivered on time and within budget
• Escalate barriers, risks, and issues that may impact timelines or deliverables in a timely and appropriate manner
• Manage the development of polished executive-level presentations and deliver findings to internal associates and external clients clearly and concisely
• Manage project status reporting in line with prescribed timelines for each engagement
• Develop measurement processes and methods to assess progress towards project goals and outcomes
• Manage project costs and budgets throughout the full delivery lifecycle
• Facilitate cross-training to support job rotation and minimise gaps in assignment coverage
• Provide coaching and constructive feedback to all project team members
• Mentor less experienced associates within the project management practice
• Interface with client executive management on-site at the client's London office to understand and address critical business issues and concerns

Required skills

• MS Office
• MS Project
• Financial management
• Project budgeting
• Cost control
• Team management
• IT outsourcing
• Infrastructure management
• ITIL
• ITSM

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems (MIS), or equivalent experience
• MBA or Bachelor's degree in Business, Computer Science, or Engineering

Benefits

• Annual Presidents Club
• Company equity incentive plan
• 27 days annual leave
• Birthday leave
• Sabbatical options
• Study leave
• Charity leave
• Pension
• Private healthcare
• Enhanced parental leave

About the Company

Ensono is an expert technology adviser and managed service provider with cross-platform certifications that enables clients to achieve key business outcomes and embrace innovation.