Senior Project Manager (Digital Transformation) - Temporary (up to 12 months)

About us

Our Lifeboat crews and Lifeguards need a dedicated, professional and talented team behind them so whatever the weather they can operate to the highest standards and save lives at sea.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Project Manager in our central Portfolio function, who will be responsible for delivery to time, cost and quality of large, strategic digital transformation projects. This includes all aspects of project management in a multi-project environment.

Some of the Benefits

• Salary - £49,492 to £58,226 (dependent on experience)
• 26 days’ annual leave (plus Bank Holiday days)
• Outstanding pension scheme (contributions of up to 16% of basic salary)
• Life Insurance
• Health and dental cash plan

About you

The successful candidate will be an experienced project manager working within the digital transformation space and who has relevant PM qualifications (APM/Prince or equivalent practical experience) and can demonstrate significant experience of working on technology enabled change with experience of both Agile and Waterfall delivery.

The ability to demonstrate practical exposure to major ERP applications such as D365/Workday/SAP/Oracle for example would be highly desirable along with a good understanding of cross platform integrations.

This role requires strong leadership, technical expertise, and communication skills to manage teams, stakeholders, and project lifecycles effectively, with integrity and consideration. 

With a proven mix of project management and people skills, the successful candidate will have strong planning and organisational skills, the ability to prioritise and meet deadlines, and have excellent communication, analytical and problem-solving skills to help identify and resolve project risks and issues.

If you have the necessary qualities, skills and experience, and want to be part of a team where your efforts contribute to saving even more lives, then we would love to hear from you. 

Safeguarding

The RNLI is committed to safeguarding; protecting a person’s health, wellbeing, and human rights, enabling them to live free from harm, abuse, and neglect. We expect all employees and volunteers to share this commitment and have a zero-tolerance approach. The suitability of all prospective employees and volunteers will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment. This will include relevant criminal record checks being carried out dependent on the eligibility of the role. (England & Wales; DBS check, Scotland; Disclosure Scotland PVG, Northern Ireland; Access NI, Republic of Ireland; Garda Vetting; International, International Child Protection Certificate process).

Diversity at the RNLI

Our staff and volunteers have been saving lives at sea without prejudice for 200 years. We respect and value diversity of background, skills and perspectives within our teams, and consider it essential to help us deliver a world-class lifesaving service. We are an inclusive organisation and welcome applications from everyone. In addition to having the skills needed for the role, we also look for applicants who share our commitment to living our RNLI values (trustworthy, courageous, selfless, and dependable), and helping us work towards Our Vision: To save Every One.