Senior Project Manager

Job Title:

- Senior Project Manager
Salary:

- Attractive along with excellent benefits

Location:

- Monument Place (Hybrid working)
Contract Type:
Permanent
Closing date:
Friday 11th September 2026

Are you an experienced senior project leader with a passion for shaping the future? Do you thrive in complex environments where your decisions make a visible impact?
If so, we want to hear from you.

Have you had experience with coaching / mentoring more junior staff members in a matrixed environment ?

Have you provided line management to a team previously?

We're looking for a Senior Project Manager / Delivery team lead to deliver high-value or complex change projects across GTR and to support other functions mature their delivery experience and capability.

Reporting directly to the Head of GTRs Portfolio Management function, you'll be accountable for delivering our most complex (but generic) projects and supporting our collective talent to grow by providing coaching, mentoring and supported opportunities.

• Providing senior project / programme management capability to enable GTR deliver successful outcomes without the need to leverage external agencies.
• Provide coaching / mentoring and supported training opportunities for internal staff to grow and develop.

• Significant experience in successfully managing wide and varied complex projects and programmes in multiple functions/organisations
• Strong influencing skills, strength of character, tenacity, and cultural sensitivity to be effective.
• Excellent knowledge of Change Management methods (Eg PROSCI /ADKAR framework) etc Analytical mindset, with a “completer-finisher” style
• Transparent, conscientious with an eye for detail

At GTR, we are committed to supporting our colleagues both professionally and personally. In return for your skills and dedication, we offer a competitive benefits package including:

• Final salary pension
• Free travel on GTR and sister groups for you and your family
• 75% off travel on other train operating companies for you, and leisure for your family
• Discounted Oyster Card
• Family-friendly policies, including maternity, paternity, adoption, and shared parental leave
• Access to Star Hub – our employee benefits platform offering discounts with a wide range of retailers and services
• Career development and progression opportunities across the UK's largest rail networks
• The opportunity to make a real difference to millions of customer journeys every year.

“I’m a Thameslink passenger host and team leader based at Luton station and I’m currently doing a Level 3 Supervisor apprenticeship so that I can improve my skills even further. I was hesitant to do the apprenticeship at first because of my age – I left school over 60 years ago without any qualifications! It’s been hard to get back into the routine of learning again.”

“It was my brother’s suggestion to join the railway. He was already working in the industry and knew I had some university bills to pay off so told me to give it a go, get out of debt and see what I wanted to do next. After a while, it just felt like actually – this is exactly where I’m meant to be.

I’m part of a great team and the on-board department as a whole are brilliant to work with. I feel at home here.”

Tonderai Matizha-Johnson
Area Operations Manager

“When I saw that GTR was advertising places for its apprenticeship scheme I looked into it straight away because I thought it was a great opportunity to learn whilst getting real life experience in a 9-5 job. I applied for a level three business administration apprenticeship and was thrilled to find out I had a place on the course! I was so excited that I didn’t even mind it was based 250 miles away from where I lived.”

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