Information Commissioner's Office

Senior Project Manager

Information Commissioner's Office
Posted 10/20/2026full-timePeterborough • United KingdomSenior💰 £85,000 per yearWebsite
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Demonstrates expertise in leading large and complex infrastructure projects, ensuring successful delivery through effective stakeholder management, governance frameworks, and multidisciplinary team leadership. Proficient in managing project lifecycles, from development to commissioning, while adhering to quality standards and contractual obligations.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Large Infrastructure Project ManagementStakeholder ManagementNEC Contracts KnowledgeLeadership and Team DevelopmentGovernance Framework Experience

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Lead major workstreams across the Fens or Lincolnshire Reservoir project
  • Own critical programme outcomes and deliver against milestones, budgets, schedules and quality standards
  • Lead and develop Project Managers delivering complex infrastructure packages
  • Drive delivery across design and consents, site investigations, procurement, reference design development and infrastructure provider transactions
  • Ensure progression through RAPID gated milestones and Development Consent Order requirements
  • Collaborate with programme controls, commercial, technical and stakeholder teams on performance, risk and governance
  • Build relationships with regulators, partners, local authorities and programme stakeholders
  • Provide leadership, coaching and direction across multidisciplinary teams and supply chain partners
  • Influence programme strategy and improve delivery performance across the Reservoirs Programme

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Significant experience leading large and complex infrastructure projects through multiple project-lifecycle stages
  • Major project or large infrastructure programme experience
  • Experience managing and developing project management teams
  • Strong stakeholder management and leadership skills
  • Experience delivering projects through development, design, construction or commissioning phases
  • Knowledge of NEC contracts and commercial delivery environments
  • Experience operating within complex governance frameworks
  • Strong communication, decision-making and leadership capabilities
  • Full UK driving licence
  • Ability to travel between sites
  • Experience in the water sector, DCO projects, RAPID programmes or other nationally significant infrastructure projects advantageous

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Private health care
  • Double-matched pension (maximum 7% employee/14% employer contribution)
  • Life assurance at 8 times salary / up to 8 x salary
  • Personal accident cover up to 5 x salary
  • 26 days annual leave, rising with length of service
  • Ability to buy more annual leave
  • Family-friendly policies
  • 26 weeks full-pay maternity/adoption leave
  • 4 weeks paid paternity/partner leave
  • Shared parental pay opportunity
  • Bonus scheme up to 15%
  • Flexible benefits supporting wellbeing and lifestyle
  • Hybrid working
  • Flexible/part-time working may be available depending on role requirements

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Hard Skills
Project Lifecycle ManagementInfrastructure DeliveryRisk ManagementBudget ManagementQuality Standards Compliance
Soft Skills
Strong Communication SkillsDecision-Making CapabilitiesCoaching and Mentoring
Certifications & Qualifications
Full UK Driving Licence
Industry Keywords
Water SectorDCO ProjectsRAPID ProgrammesInfrastructure PackagesProgramme Controls