Senior Project Manager

Senior Project Manager: (Company Name - Subscribers only)

Job Purpose

This Senior Project Manager role will report to the Head of Project Delivery, within the Programme Delivery directorate, working in partnership with the Information Security Team and across multi-functional teams. You will provide strong Project Management and Business Analysis skills to manage and drive the work of the Information Security Team who are implementing an Information Security Controls Programme of work across the University.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

1. Responsible for leading the delivery of projects within a programme of work: within agreed timescales, budgets, and scope: driving project initiation; management of the project and its resources to produce successful services that meet business needs.

2. Responsible for concurrently managing several large size organisational, process, systems and data projects across all Colleges/University Services and central functions.

3. Management of project staff resources for large project teams often including external parties, providing support, leadership and direction: developing plans for the delivery of required work and allocating the work according to resource type required, availability and skills; monitoring progress of work against plan, evaluating alternatives and initiating corrective action when required.

4. Communication with all relevant sponsor and stakeholder communities, including consultation and management of expectations; engaging and managing stakeholders from across the University, including academics, senior colleagues to operational staff to ensure clarity in the delivery of key project communications.

5. Deployment of a robust and responsive risk management approach to identify, assess, monitor, and actively manage risks.

6. Ensure that there are appropriate quality management processes in place to ensure that the final deliverables of projects comply with stakeholder requirements, appropriate legislation, University policies and procedures, and industry best practice.

7. Report to the relevant Project Boards and senior university forums and committees on all aspects of the management and delivery of projects, preparing high-quality papers and required project management products.

8. Provide leadership in business process mapping and improvement as part of delivering the wider project change.

Knowledge, Qualifications, Skills and Experience

Knowledge/Qualifications

Essential:

A1 Extensive knowledge of change projects including organisation and process design, systems implementation, and data projects.

A2 Relevant Degree/postgraduate qualification, or equivalent in disciplines such Information Security, Compliance, Resilience or IT management.

A3 Project Management qualification and thorough understanding of project management methodologies.

A4 Extensive knowledge of Agile and Waterfall project management methodologies.

A5 Knowledge of and exposure to the IT system development lifecycle.

A6 Knowledge and experience of business process mapping & design.

A7 Knowledge and experience of overseeing projects to improve an organisation’s information security, coordinating technical and non-technical teams and stakeholders to meet strategic security goals.

A8 Knowledge of and exposure to Information Security Controls, Resilience Controls or Compliance.

Desirable:

B1 SCRUM certification or PRINCE2 Practitioner certificate.

B2 Knowledge of the competitive dialogue procurement process.

B3 ITIL Foundation.

B4 ISO 27001 Lead Implementer, CISP or CISM.

B5 Experience of working in Higher Education.

Skills

Essential:

C1 Management of complex Information Security, Resilience or Compliance improvement projects across the full lifecycle with a successful track record of delivery.

C2 Ability to write detailed project plans and ensure these are agreed and communicated with the project team, project board and stakeholders.

C3 Demonstrably excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, bridging the gap between technical and non-technical.

C4 Leading change management in a large and diverse organisation.

C5 Ability to challenge the status quo effectively and develop innovative approaches.

C6 Relationship management, engaging and positively managing relationships with those delivering and affected by change.

C7 Proven ability to liaise and cooperate with people across organisational boundaries.

C8 Creating and maintaining schedules of work as an active tool for staff delivering work packages.

C9 Leadership and motivational skills in formal and informal situations.

C10 Effective negotiation and diplomacy skills.

C11 Effective writing and communication skills to produce clear project management documents and sponsor and stakeholder focused content.

Experience

Essential:

E1 Relevant experience of successfully managing projects that involve complex planning in a large organisation.

E2 Using Agile tools, or similar project planning software.

E3 Substantial expertise in leading business analysis.

E4 Experience of managing an organisation-wide data centric programme of work.

E5 Experience of running project teams of 20+ people, including external contractors.

E6 Proven experience of writing business cases and successfully securing funding.

Terms and Conditions

Salary will be Grade 8, £50,253 – £58,225 per annum.

This post is full time and fixed term for up to 24 months from agreed start date.

Closing Date: 23:45 27th October 2025

The (Company Name - Subscribers only) has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK. If you require a Skilled Worker visa to work in the UK, you will be required to meet the eligibility requirements of the visa route to be assigned a Certificate of Sponsorship.

Please note that this post may be eligible to be sponsored under the Skilled Worker visa route if tradeable points can be used under the Skilled Worker visa rules. For more information please visit: https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa.

As a valued member of our team, you can expect:

1 A warm welcoming and engaging organisational culture, where your talents are developed and nurtured, and success is celebrated and shared.

2 An excellent employment package with generous terms and conditions including 41 days of leave for full time staff, pension – pensions handbook https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/payandpensions/pensions/, benefits and discount packages.

3 A flexible approach to working.

4 A commitment to support your health and wellbeing, including a free 6-month UofG Sport membership for all new staff joining the University https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/staff/healthwellbeing/.

We believe that we can only reach our full potential through the talents of all. Equality, diversity and inclusion are at the heart of our values. Applications are particularly welcome from across our communities and in particular people from the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) community, and other protected characteristics who are under-represented within the University. Read more on how the University promotes and embeds all aspects of equality and diversity within our community https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/humanresources/equalitydiversity/.

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