Lead Digital Project Manager

Pay of £72,664, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance.

We are hiring experienced Digital Project Managers to manage multi-functional delivery teams, leading on complex product delivery and maintaining our core applications.

We are hiring into the following areas:

• Hybrid Cloud Services – You will work on projects delivered by the Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team. A strong understanding of SRE concepts and experience in this domain will be essential for this role.

• DWP Digital Debt Programmes – These programmes are delivered by multi-functional teams at various stages of development, providing transformational services to DWP colleagues, citizens, and other Digital services. The work is often high-profile, complex, and fast-paced, requiring a dynamic and adaptable approach.

Please note: you will be required to travel regularly to all our digital hubs. This counts as work time, and travel is booked through an internal system so it doesn’t cost you anything.

DWP. Digital with Purpose.

We are looking for experienced Digital Portfolio Managers to join our community of tech experts in DWP Digital.

As a Digital Project Manager, you’ll manage the delivery of multiple complex, high impact projects and make sure they are delivered on time and within budget.

It’s a complex stakeholder environment, so you’ll lead by example in managing senior relationships. You’ll also manage supplier relationships, getting value for money for DWP.

You’re a leader. You’ll promote a positive culture within the team. This looks like mentorship and coaching, as well as supporting our Digital Project Managers in their development and growth opportunities.

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.

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?

Our application process includes both a technical statement and a personal statement. This is your opportunity to showcase clear examples and evidence of how you meet the following:

Technical statement:

• Experience of managing technical change programmes for large complex IT systems and advanced understanding of the project management lifecycle and experience of leading project deliveries end-to-end, often managing the delivery of several projects simultaneously.

Personal Statement:

• Experience in a large-scale digital project delivery role, managing high impact, high risk projects, across the entire project lifecycle or managing a portfolio of projects within a programme over the entire programme lifecycle.
• Demonstrable history of making and justifying significant decisions characterised by high levels of risk, impact, and complexity.
• Experience of managing complex stakeholder environments and relationships, resolving strategic risks, issues, and conflicts.
• Strong experience of delivering projects whilst utilising external and internal suppliers. Maintaining strict adherence to contractual agreements, ensuring maximum value for money.
• Experience of leading effective collaboration across organisational boundaries and differing perspectives. Setting the priorities for the programme and supporting other members of the Digital Project Manager community.
• Evidence of managing team dynamics, leading by example, promoting a positive team culture, and identifying development and growth opportunities for team members.

The sift panel will use the information you provide to assess your experience, skills and knowledge against the above.

Full details, as well as application guidance are detailed in the Civil Service Job description - Click "Apply" to be redirected here.

Details. Wages. Perks.

Location: You’ll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs, in Blackpool, Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, 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 £72,664.

Pension: You’ll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth up to £21,050 per year.

Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days 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:

1. Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There’ll be full instructions when you click through.
2. Interview: a single stage interview online.

CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application.