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Junior Project Manager - 6 months - Remote/Sporadic Office Travel

Posted 1 day ago by Hamilton Barnes

Key Responsibilities

Project Delivery

Customer & Stakeholder Management

Project Governance & Reporting

Financial Management

Risk, Issue & Change Management

Resource Coordination

Testing, Deployment & Handover

Project Delivery

  • Manage multiple concurrent technology projects from initiation through to completion.
  • Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, milestones and delivery documentation.
  • Coordinate activities across customers, internal technical teams, partners and third-party suppliers.
  • Ensure projects are delivered against agreed scope, timelines, budgets and quality standards.
  • Manage project dependencies, including hardware, connectivity, platform readiness and third-party services.
  • Identify and escalate delivery risks or concerns where required.

Customer & Stakeholder Management

  • Act as a key point of contact for customers throughout the project life cycle.
  • Build strong relationships with customer and internal stakeholders.
  • Manage expectations and ensure clear, consistent communication.
  • Lead project meetings, workshops and progress reviews.
  • Ensure all stakeholders remain aligned on responsibilities, dependencies, scope and delivery milestones.

Project Governance & Reporting

  • Deliver projects in line with established project management methodology and governance processes.
  • Maintain accurate project plans, forecasts, risks, issues, dependencies and resource information.
  • Maintain project records and financial information within project management systems.
  • Produce regular project status reports, forecasts and delivery updates.
  • Provide clear visibility of project progress, risks, issues and financial performance.

Financial Management

  • Monitor project budgets, forecasts and financial performance.
  • Support invoicing and revenue recognition activities.
  • Monitor project margins and identify potential commercial risks.
  • Ensure delivery remains aligned with contracted scope and agreed project effort.

Risk, Issue & Change Management

  • Identify, assess and manage project risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies.
  • Maintain risk and issue registers and drive appropriate mitigation actions.
  • Manage project changes through agreed change control processes.
  • Escalate significant delivery, commercial or customer risks where appropriate.

Resource Coordination

  • Coordinate internal and third-party resources across assigned projects.
  • Work with technical teams and resource managers to secure the required project resources.
  • Monitor resource requirements and identify potential delivery constraints.
  • Coordinate supplier engagement and delivery activities.

Testing, Deployment & Handover

  • Coordinate UAT, migration, deployment and go-live activities.
  • Support operational acceptance testing and service transition.
  • Coordinate operational handover activities.
  • Ensure project deliverables and documentation are completed prior to closure.
  • Conduct lessons-learned reviews and contribute to continuous improvement.

Contract Details

  • Duration: 6 months
  • Rate: £200 Per Day (Inside IR35)
  • Location: Remote/Manchester
  • Start Date: ASAP
Rate:
£200/day
Location:
Manchester
IR35 Status:
Inside
Remote Status:
Remote
Industry:
Project Management
Seniority Level:
Entry Level

Take-Home Pay

£2,800 per month

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