Senior Project Manager - 6 Month FTC
Cast UK are currently recruiting for an experienced Senior Project Manager to join a leading advanced materials manufacturer in the Lancashire area.
This is a highly visible leadership position responsible for delivering strategically important product development, new product introduction and product change projects that support the business's growth and innovation priorities. The successful candidate will have end-to-end accountability for project delivery and business outcomes, leading cross-functional teams to deliver agreed benefits, cost, quality and timescales.
The role is Monday to Friday with a requirement to be in the office 3 days per week. The position is a 6 month FTC, so we're looking for candidates readily available to start preferably before Christmas.
Key Responsibilities:
- Taking end-to-end accountability for strategic projects, including Product Development, New Product Introduction (NPI) and Product Change, from business case through to implementation and closure.
- Defining clear objectives, scope, governance and integrated project plans aligned with business priorities.
- Leading and motivating cross-functional teams, creating clear ownership and accountability for delivery.
- Driving delivery through key milestones and business gates, managing resources, dependencies and the critical path.
- Proactively managing risks, issues and change, ensuring timely escalation and decision-making.
- Providing clear, concise reporting to senior leaders, governance forums and project teams.
- Building effective relationships with customers, OEMs, suppliers and external partners.
- Ensuring effective project closure, business handover, lessons learned and benefits realisation.
- Strengthening PMO standards and ways of working whilst coaching and supporting other project professionals.
Key Skills & Experience
- Proven track record of delivering complex, cross-functional projects across the full lifecycle, ideally within a technical or Manufacturing environment.
- Strong knowledge of project governance, planning, risk and issue management, change control and benefits realisation.
- Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and delivering through others without direct authority.
- Strong commercial judgement, balancing scope, cost, quality, risk and schedule.
- The ability to bring structure and clarity to complex or ambiguous situations.
- Excellent communication, influencing and stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to constructively challenge senior leaders.