Senior Project Manager

Blair West is supporting a successful digital agency based in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in its search for a Senior Project Manager to grow capability within the team. Building exceptional digital experiences for their clients, their customers, and users, they take pride in exceeding client expectations.

• Take the lead on planning, managing and executing multiple digital projects, including managing the wider project team and budget.
• Using your natural detail orientation, you will thrive on keeping those plates spinning.
• Motivate multi-disciplinary teams to hit deadlines, overcome challenges, simplify complexity, and deliver transformative digital solutions.

• A solid understanding of software development life cycle models.
• Expert knowledge of both Agile and traditional project management principles and practices (and the expertise to pragmatically blend techniques to deliver the best result).
• Demonstratable success implementing software or web development projects using Agile methodologies.
• Scrum certifications (or be working towards them) would be a bonus.
• Skills in managing multiple projects simultaneously.
• Experience overseeing multi-disciplinary project teams including UX, Creative, Developers and QA.
• Budgetary control and stakeholder reporting.
• The ability to engender trust and build confidence with clients, meet them face-to-face or remotely, and drive productive engagements by understanding their business and end-users' needs.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, with the interpersonal skills to interact with individuals at all levels.
• Strong analytical, planning, and organisational skills and the ability to elegantly navigate competing client demands.

• 25 days annual leave.
• Hybrid working with 3/5 days onsite.
• Work from home kit.
• Flexible hours.
• Tailored professional development.
• Free eye tests, free breakfasts, free fruit.
• Discounts on high street brands and corporate travel.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Enhanced parental leave.

Blair West is an equal opportunity employer. We embrace diversity and inclusion at every stage of the recruitment process. We are committed to fairness, equality, and ongoing diversity training for our team to give our candidates and clients a feeling of belonging during a process with us. If you require reasonable adjustments at any stage during a process with us, please speak to your consultant.