Senior Digital Project Manager Pay up to £66,058, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance DWP. Digital with Purpose. We're looking for Senior Digital Project Managers who can lead the delivery of multiple digital projects, in an agile, user-centric environment. Our Digital Project Managers use a range of skills and methodologies, managing multi-functional delivery teams to deliver change, maintain our core applications and deliver new services. Our teams use fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives. DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Experience of managing technical change programmes for large complex IT systems and advanced understanding the project management lifecycle and experience of leading project deliveries end-to-end, often managing the delivery of several projects simultaneously, ideally within a government department. Working Level experience in a project management role. Well versed in different tools and techniques and know when to apply the right one. Communicating with impact across a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, tailoring messages to ensure that it is right for the audience. Can motivate peers to deliver at pace and set a positive team environment. Be able to engage to resolve difficult relationships and support teams to overcome conflicts. Be adept at spotting project risks and blockers to work at removing or action them. Be able to solve or escalate issues quickly and effectively, identifying themes and help the team learn from experience. Have experience of procurement, commercial and supplier management and managing budgets. Be a creative and effective planner - both internal and external to team - optimising speed to market, value and quality. You and your role You'll be an experienced Senior Digital Project Manager and a trusted, expert voice in our community. You will lead the end-to-end delivery of large scale complex digital change, working with your team to ensure project controls are in place, managing plans, risks, issues and dependencies to effective resolution. You'll lead on governance, team management and report progress directly to our Digital Directors. You'll taking ownership of resolving complex issues, and influence decisions that require board level approval. You'll manage team dynamics, coaching teams to improve flow, quality and ownership throughout the team. Part of this role is about managing conflicts and helping to establish a positive team culture, so the relationship and communication skills you have honed in managing successful projects will help keep us on track and delivering for our users. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Blackpool, Manchester or Newcastle, whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub. Pay: We offer competitive pay of £55,557 to £66,058. Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth up to £16,094 per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 25 days and rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: An award-winning environment and culture: Employer of the Year 2023 (Women In IT Awards), Founders Award for Outstanding Digital Leadership 2023 (Digital 100) Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Sports and social activities Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. Process: We know your time is valuable so our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview: a single stage interview online. CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application. ADZN1_UKTJ