Senior Digital Project Manager

Senior Project Manager

Manchester/London, hybrid

DEPT® is a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, our 4,000+ specialists deliver growth invention services across Brand & Media, Experience, Commerce, CRM, and Technology & Data. We’re 50|50 tech and marketing, partner-led, and first to move. Clients include Google, Lufthansa, Meta, eBay, and OpenAI. We have been certified B Corp and Climate Neutral since 2021.

This position sits in our Experience & Engineering business unit. We primarily deliver large-scale website design and build projects, combining our skills in developing future‑ready technical solutions with our expertise in creating beautiful designs to help clients including Nikon, London Marathon Events and END. We pride ourselves on delivering exceptional and engaging digital experiences.

You will drive a number of web design and build projects through from initial concept to delivery.

As Senior Project Manager you will manage the full project life‑cycle, from requirements capture, through solution design, build, test and deployment. You will also manage project risks, issues and dependencies, to deliver projects on time, on budget and to high quality.

You will work with a range of clients on several different projects and must be adept at managing and building client relationships and reporting on the status of projects. You will be the key contact for clients, advising them on cost, available resources, problems and solutions.

Liaising and updating stakeholders on the status of projects, you will track the project deliverables and match those with agreed deadlines. You will continuously assess working methods and processes and make recommendations for improvement. Oversee projects’ financial budget, notifying stakeholders of key cost implications, changes to budget, spending and cost changes.

• Delivery of key large-scale, digital web design & build projects;
• Scoping project requirements and preparing budgets;
• Development of support documentation including risk logs and requirement specifications;
• Management of stakeholders and their expectations during the project life cycle;
• Maximising client satisfaction with the project outcomes;
• Working in a collaborative environment within the business and with client stakeholders;
• Establishing and using “best web practices” to ensure the delivery of high‑quality projects;
• Highlighting potential project risks and acting proactively to resolve issues;
• Being an active member of the project team, supporting colleagues and peers to help achieve overall digital goals.

• Have experience in project managing the development of large‑scale web and mobile sites on plan, on budget and to a high quality;
• Experienced in a range of project management methodologies including Agile and Waterfall;
• Have the ability to manage multiple projects in parallel, keeping all project activities moving throughout the week by managing the project teams;
• Have experience of weekly project reporting to the client and Head of Projects on progress against time and budget;
• Strong communication with excellent presentation, report writing and data analysis capabilities;
• Have previous experience as a Scrum Master on an Agile delivery team and have a current Scrum Master certification;
• Have experience in managing client and project budgets;
• Have experience in scope definition through the creation of the Project Initiation Document and effective change management control during projects;
• Can lead the project team, holding project team stand‑ups;

• A flexible, hybrid working policy (2 days from the office, depending on location).
• An excellent salary based on experience and equal pay policies
• Pension, free private healthcare, mental health support, and company sick pay scheme.
• 26 days paid holiday (plus UK Bank Holidays).
• Help getting you to work with a season ticket loan and cycle to work scheme.
• Enhanced family friendly policies to support new parents.
• Social and Cultural Events, plenty of opportunities to connect with colleagues through organised activities and…