Senior Digital Project Manager

Overview

Pay up to £68,205, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance.

Are you experienced in leading large-scale digital projects and thrive in a fast-paced, evolving environment? This is your opportunity to join DWP Digital and play a key role in one of Europe's largest digital transformations.

You will manage complex projects, work with multi‑functional teams, and deliver innovative services that support millions of people. From modernising legacy systems and driving cloud adoption to creating low‑code solutions, you will lead impactful change in a collaborative, forward‑thinking environment.

We have vacancies on different teams within DWP Digital:

This team maintains DWP's Core Services, paying £150 billion to over 15 million citizens annually. You will lead technical delivery across complex digital environments, managing cross‑cutting projects and infrastructure/software upgrades on legacy systems and services. Working closely with our security manager, you will plan and coordinate patches and upgrades to keep applications secure.

As part of the HCS Database Platforms team, you will lead end‑to‑end delivery of multiple projects at pace, working with engineers to ensure DWP's success continuing transition to a hybrid cloud model. You will manage risks, issues, and dependencies, reporting progress to the HCS Programme Board. Our team supports critical services impacting millions, driving the shift from on‑premise to cloud with automation at the core for innovation and efficiency.

Your team will deliver low‑code solutions using Microsoft Power Platform, modernising services from scratch or remediating legacy applications. This transformation replaces unsupported VBA tools with secure, scalable Power Apps aligned to DWP's Digital Strategy. With hundreds of applications relied upon by tens of thousands of users, you will drive user‑focused innovation and ensure successful end‑to‑end delivery in a dynamic, forward‑thinking environment.

• Skills and experience as a digital project manager.
• You are influential - you are able to communicate and lead with impact across a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, tailoring messages to ensure that it is right for the audience.
• You have experience and a proven track record in motivating peers to deliver at pace and creating a positive team environment. You can resolve difficult relationships and support teams to overcome conflicts.
• Detailed working knowledge and adept at spotting project risks and blockers to work at removing or action them. You’re able to solve or escalze issues quickly and effectively, identifying themes and help the team learn from experience.
• Experience of procurement, commercial and supplier management and managing budgets. You’re a creative and effective planner — both internal and external to team — optimising speed to market, value and quality.
• Adaptable and with proven ability to adjust quickly to changing priorities and conditions and to cope effectively with complexity and change.

• Lead the end‑to‑end delivery of complex, large‑scale digital change such as the projects above.
• Take ownership of project controls, ensuring plans, risks, issues and dependencies are managed effectively.
• Provide governance and reporting to senior leaders, influencing decisions at board level and resolving complex challenges with confidence.
• Set the pace for delivery and collaborate with internal teams and external suppliers to achieve success, fostering a positive team culture, coaching and mentoring to improve flow, quality, and ownership, while managing dynamics and resolving conflict when needed.
• Take responsibility for your own development, building expertise in project management, digital frameworks and emerging technologies in an agile environment, while supporting the wider Project Delivery community to establish best practices and standards.

Location: Join us in your choice of our digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester,…