IT Senior Project Manager

Overview

As IT Senior Project Manager, you will lead the end-to-end delivery of complex IT initiatives, ensuring governance, budgets and benefits realise value for Yorkshire Water and its customers. You will work within the Project Management team to align projects with strategic objectives, manage senior stakeholders, and drive continuous improvement. The role offers hybrid working and development opportunities within a supportive, purpose‑driven environment focused on delivering reliable services and environmental stewardship. This is a chance to shape major IT programmes that underpin essential water and wastewater services.

Pay / Benefits

• competitive salary up to 75,000
• annual incentive related bonus
• pension scheme up to 12% company contribution
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays + 2 wellness days
• life assurance cover 4x pensionable salary
• health/dental/critical illness insurance options

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of complex IT projects with scope, governance, and outcomes
• Establish and maintain project controls: planning, monitoring, reporting, risk management, change control, quality assurance
• Manage project finances: budgeting, forecasting, cost control, capital expenditure
• Provide financial stewardship: monitor investment, resource allocation, value for money
• Drive cost optimisation and provide financial insight for senior decisions
• Build and maintain relationships with senior stakeholders as trusted project contact
• Facilitate timely decision-making through governance and stakeholder engagement
• Ensure robust governance with oversight of risks, issues, changes, and performance
• Identify and mitigate project risks with appropriate strategies
• Plan and coordinate resource deployment for effective utilisation and quality
• Maintain high-quality delivery standards and promote continuous improvement
• Drive benefits realisation by aligning deliverables with business goals and business cases
• Deliver projects within scope, timescales, budget, and quality while meeting objectives
• Maintain financial governance with budgeting, forecasting, and expenditure management
• Embed proactive risk management and communicate risks to stakeholders
• Build stakeholder confidence through transparent communication and expectation management
• Ensure benefits are realised, measured, and sustained through project delivery
• Maintain resource planning and quality management for compliant, successful outcomes
• Deliver measurable organisational value by aligning outputs with strategic priorities

Key requirements

• Proven experience delivering complex projects with governance, budgets, controls, risks, and stakeholder management
• Strong financial management skills including budgeting, forecasting, planning, and spend control
• Experience in cost management and optimisation with clear financial reporting and insight
• Demonstrated capability in organisational budgeting, forecasting, financial modelling, and investment support
• Strong risk management experience including risk identification, mitigation, and reporting
• Excellent stakeholder management with ability to influence decisions and drive delivery
• Experience managing benefits realisation and ensuring delivery aligns with business cases
• Proven ability to manage resources, suppliers, quality, compliance, and continuous improvement
• Strong knowledge of project management methodologies, governance frameworks, and best practices
• Excellent communication, problem solving, and leadership skills

• stakeholder management
• communication
• leadership
• project management methodologies
• governance frameworks
• risk management

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