Project Manager; Technical & Delivery

Job Description Project Manager (Technical & Delivery)

Responsible to: Head of Programme Delivery

Purpose of Role: This role acts as the delivery lead for the technology portfolio within the PMO, ensuring technical initiatives are planned, governed and delivered effectively while providing a consistent interface between Technology and the wider business.

This Project Manager (Technical & Delivery) will be responsible for planning, coordinating and delivering technology-enabled change across Preventx's digital portfolio. Working within the PMO, the role will act as the primary interface between Technology and the wider business, ensuring technical initiatives are delivered on time, within scope and aligned to business priorities.

The role will manage a portfolio of software development, infrastructure and digital service improvement projects, coordinating cross-functional teams and supporting governance across the technology roadmap. Alongside project delivery, the role will drive consistency in planning, reporting and change control across the technology portfolio.

Location: Hybrid with expectation of 2/3 days per week in Sheffield HQ - Meadowhall Business Park, Carbrook Hall Road, Sheffield S9 2EQ

• Produce delivery plans for technical initiatives
• Coordinate dependencies across departments
• Translate business requirements into deliverable work streams
• Manage technical risks, assumptions and dependencies
• Deliver software development and technology projects from initiation through to implementation
• Coordinate sprint milestones with Engineering Managers and technical SMEs
• Track progress against milestones and adjust plans or escalation concerns as needed
• Promote effective communication and collaboration across project teams and stakeholders
• Remove blockers and escalation delivery risks
• Manage project-level budgets and resource plans, ensuring efficient and cost-effective delivery
• Monitor and report financial performance, highlighting variances or risks to spend
• Work with Engineering Managers to understand technical resource capacity and delivery constraints
• Produce delivery dashboards for the technology portfolio
• Track project outcomes, KPIs and benefits realisation
• Gather and analyse project data to inform decision making
• Monitor sprint progress, release readiness and project health
• Prepare regular status updates, dashboards and reports for programme governance and senior management
• Build strong work relationships with internal stakeholders, delivery partners and service teams
• Facilitate communication between technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Ensure technical decisions are understood by business stakeholders and business priorities are clearly communicated to delivery teams
• Ensure project activity adheres to relevant policies, processes and regulatory standards
• Maintain accurate and audit-ready project documentation, records and change controls
• Identify opportunities to streamline processes, enhance service delivery and improve project outcomes
• Capture lessons learned and feed them into future project planning and best practice
• Support the development and implementation of standardised tools, templates and ways of working across the project portfolio
• Provide administrative support for project meetings, including scheduling, agenda preparation, minute-taking and action tracking
• Ensure timely coordination of submissions, approvals and reporting deadlines

Formal project management qualification or equivalent experience

• Experience delivering technology or digital projects
• Experience working alongside Software Engineering teams
• Experience managing multiple concurrent work streams
• Experience coordinating technical stakeholders
• Experience in managing end-to-end projects with multiple work streams and deadlines
• Experience with budget and capacity management
• Experience in working in a healthcare, public sector or digital services environment (desirable, but not mandatory)
• Understanding or service delivery, operational processes or digital implementation
• Understanding of software delivery life cycles
• Understanding of Agile delivery practices
• Understanding of change management and release processes
• Understanding of technology project governance
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate cross functional teams and external partners

• Ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical audiences
• Strong organisational and problem solving skills with attention to detail
• Ability to manage timelines, risks, issues and dependencies effectively
• Be a clear and confident communicator, able to engage stakeholders at different levels
• Proficiency in project management software and tools (e.g. , Microsoft Project, Confluence, Jira, Trello etc)
• Ability to prepare clear reports, updates and documentation
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced environment

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