Senior Project Manager

At Thames Water, we make a daily difference to our 16 million customers by supplying 2.6 billion litres of water through 32,000 km of pipes, keeping taps flowing and toilets flushing. We deliver life's essential service so our customers, communities and the environment can thrive.

As a Senior Project Manager, your role encompasses several critical tasks. You are entrusted with delivering significant technology and business change initiatives that
propel Thames’ progress toward achieving business area goals and desired outcomes.

What you’ll be doing as a Senior Project Manager

• You will lead both internal teams and third-party collaborators, employing a combination of line management and matrix management approaches.
• Identify, engage and manage direct and indirect stakeholders appropriately, in the context of their role, up to the department head.
• Work with the Programme Manager and Head of Portfolio to support the ongoing development of the PM team, sharing knowledge and best practice. Helping lead the adoption of agile principles, practices and cultural changes to improve how Thames Water delivers change across the organisation.
• Identify, assess, and manage risks effectively, utilising project governance to provide visibility/escalate as appropriate.
• Create and maintain project cost models covering actual, accrual, and forecast – challenging costs to drive value.
• Review project closure reports, attend lessons learned workshops and seek to apply relevant learnings.
• Lead and facilitate project appraisal workshops/reviews and project kick-off meetings.

Base location – Hybrid – Clear Water Court

Working hours – 36 hours

What you should bring to the role

To thrive in this role, the essential criteria you’ll need is:

• Experience of different delivery methodologies, i.e. Agile, Waterfall.
• Extensive experience in IT project management, managing complex projects with multiple internal and external stakeholders/third parties.
• Delivery of IT projects involving third-party suppliers.
• A Degree qualification or an industry-recognised qualification.
• Demonstrable experience in managing complex projects with a mixture of internal and third parties.

Extra qualities that would be a great fit for our team:

• Agile Project Management/Scrum.
• Prince 2 or equivalent.
• Technical skills/experience in alignment with the projects to be run.
• Management of platform replacements involving significant business change.

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary of up to £75,000 per annum, depending on experience.
• Annual Leave - 26 days holiday per year increasing to 30 with the length of service (plus bank holidays)
• Car Allowance.
• Annual Bonus.
• Generous Pension Scheme through AON.
• Private Medical Health Care.
• Performance-related pay plan directly linked to both company and individual performance measures and targets.
• Access to lots of benefits to help you take care of you and your family’s health and wellbeing, and your finances – from annual health MOTs and access to physiotherapy and counselling, to Cycle to Work schemes, shopping vouchers and life assurance.

Find out more about our benefits and perks

Who are we?

We’re the UK’s largest water and wastewater company, with more than 16 million customers relying on us every day to supply water for their taps and toilets. We want to build a better future for all, helping our customers, communities, people, and the planet to thrive. It’s a big job and we’ve got a long way to go, so we need help from passionate and skilled people, committed to making a difference and getting us to where we want to be in the years and decades to come.

Learn more about our purpose and values

Working at Thames Water

Thames Water is a unique, rewarding, and diverse place to work, where every day you can make a difference, yet no day is the same. As part of our family, you’ll enjoy meaningful career opportunities, flexible working arrangements and excellent benefits.

If you’re looking for a sustainable and successful career where you can make a daily difference to millions of people’s lives while helping to protect the world of water for future generations, we’ll be here to support you every step of the way. Together, we can build a better future for our customers, our region, and our planet.

Real purpose, real support, real opportunities. Come and join the Thames Water family. Why choose us? Learn more.

We’re committed to being a great, diverse, and inclusive place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and want to ensure you feel supported throughout the recruitment process. If you need any adjustments, whether that’s extra time, accessible formats, or anything else just let us know, we’re here to help and support.

When a crisis happens, we all rally around to support our customers. As part of Team Thames, you’ll have the opportunity to sign up to support our customers on the frontline as an ambassador. Full training will be given for what is undoubtedly an incredibly rewarding experience. It’s also a great opportunity to learn more about our business and meet colleagues.

Disclaimer: due to the high volume of applications we receive, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.