Project Manager

Job title: Project Manager

Location: Role can be based from our Manchester or Leeds locations (Hybrid working available)

Hours: Monday to Friday 37.5 hours per week

Salary: Competitive BCN Benefits

About BCN:

At BCN we unite people and technology to enable organisations to fly.

We believe people and organisations can achieve anything using technology to its full potential. Our role is to help them understand what is possible implement in the right way and utilise their technology to achieve their is why we put people front and centre building client relationships for life and fostering a culture where our people thrive.

We are a leading managed IT services provider and technology consultant specialising in delivering transformative technology solutions with industry-leading client experience across business public sector and not for profit organisations. From cloud computing cybersecurity and data management to power app development we are dedicated to pioneering technology with Microsoft innovation.

Guided by our 3 values of building relationships customer success and passion and dedication we are on a mission to make BCN the most trusted tech partner in the UK today. The kind of company clients want to work with and people want to work for.

We are delighted you are on this journey with us!

Focus of the role:

The Project Manager is responsible for the successful delivery of multiple concurrent client projects ensuring outcomes are clearly defined risks are managed and projects are delivered on time within budget and to agreed scope and quality standards.

Working closely with clients technical teams account managers and pre-sales colleagues the Project Manager is accountable for effective planning governance stakeholder management and delivery coordination throughout the project lifecycle. The role requires a commercially aware and proactive individual who can manage multiple projects and priorities maintain delivery momentum and ensure projects are mobilised delivered and closed efficiently.

Responsibilities:

Project Delivery & Governance

Develop and maintain end-to-end project plans that maximise delivery efficiency engineer utilisation and delivery momentum. Lead the successful delivery of client projects ensuring objectives milestones dependencies and success criteria are clearly defined and managed.

Own day-to-day project coordination keeping delivery on track against agreed timelines budget scope and quality expectations. Maintain appropriate governance reporting and project controls based on the size and complexity of the engagement.

Manage multiple projects concurrently and competing priorities through effective planning and prioritisation ensuring delivery challenges are addressed proactively.

Support project closure activities including final reporting client or support handover lessons learned and timely project completion.

Risk & Dependency Management

Identify assess and manage risks issues assumptions dependencies and decisions proactively escalating where appropriate.
Work with engineers and technical leads to understand delivery constraints and ensure plans remain realistic and achievable.
Anticipate delivery risks early and take action to protect timelines budgets and client outcomes.

Stakeholder & Client Management

Establish clear communication channels and engage clients early to align expectations responsibilities timelines and dependencies. Ensure clients understand their required inputs decisions and obligations to support delivery. Build strong relationships with clients and internal stakeholders acting as a trusted point of contact throughout the project. Manage expectations through regular communication transparent reporting and proactive issue resolution. Facilitate project meetings workshops status updates and governance forums ensuring all communication is clear timely and solution focused. Deliver a positive client experience through professional responsive and accountable project management.

Commercial & Scope Management

Monitor project performance against budget forecasts and commercial expectations escalating risks where required. Manage scope change control and project variations to maintain commercial protection and contractual alignment. Work closely with account managers and delivery leads to assess and manage impacts arising from changes to scope dependencies or timelines.

Team Coordination & Resource Management

Coordinate project activities across multidisciplinary teams ensuring roles responsibilities and delivery expectations are clear.
Work with the delivery and technical leads to plan and coordinate resource needs.
Track delivery progress across project teams and ensure actions are followed through to completion.

Support collaboration across internal teams and help remove blockers to effective delivery.
Promote a culture of accountability joined-up working and shared ownership of outcomes.

Project Readiness

Review Statements of Work assumptions dependencies and delivery risks before project initiation. Ensure client dependencies are addressed early to avoid delays identify delivery considerations that may impact scope resources or timelines and help establish clear ownership controls and expectations from the outset.

Reporting Documentation & Continuous Improvement

Produce concise project status updates for internal and client stakeholders. Maintain accurate project documentation including plans RAIDD logs actions and governance materials. Contribute to lessons learned and continuous improvement activities identifying opportunities to enhance delivery practices templates and ways of working while ensuring consistency across project documentation and administration.

Key Outcomes / Success Measures

• Projects are delivered to agreed timescales budget scope and quality standards.

• Projects maintain momentum with minimal avoidable delays or disruption.

• Engineer utilisation optimised through effective planning scheduling and dependency management.

• Client dependencies are identified early communicated clearly and completed on time.

• Clients receive clear communication strong coordination and effective project leadership.

• Risks issues and dependencies are proactively identified and managed.

• Commercial controls governance reporting and documentation are maintained throughout delivery.

• Project teams are coordinated and supported to deliver successfully.

Person Skills & Experience:

We are looking for an experienced Project Manager who is comfortable managing multiple concurrent client engagements within a fast-paced technology and managed services environment. You will have a proven track record of delivering projects from initiation through to completion ensuring outcomes are achieved on time within budget and to agreed scope and quality standards.

You will bring strong experience in project planning governance stakeholder management risk management and delivery coordination. Experience managing project scope budgets forecasts dependencies and change control processes is essential alongside the ability to proactively identify and mitigate risks to maintain delivery momentum and successful client outcomes.

You will possess excellent organisational and communication skills with the ability to coordinate multidisciplinary teams build trusted client relationships and manage competing priorities effectively. Strong experience facilitating project meetings workshops status reviews and governance forums is required along with the ability to communicate clearly and confidently with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Experience delivering technology cloud data AI business applications infrastructure or software development projects would be highly advantageous. You will also demonstrate a strong understanding of project governance commercial controls resource planning and reporting ensuring projects remain aligned to customer expectations contractual commitments and business objectives.

Were particularly interested in individuals who take ownership communicate with confidence remain calm under pressure and enjoy solving problems before they become barriers to delivery. Youll be proactive highly organised collaborative in your approach and committed to delivering an exceptional experience for both clients and colleagues while continuously seeking opportunities to improve ways of working and delivery outcomes.

Why BCN

• The opportunity to shape your own future with industry leading training and development with access to our BCN Academy.

• Competitive salary with the ability to progress.

• 23-days holiday allowance increasing with length of service plus bank holidays an extra day off on your birthday and the option to buy more!

• Company pension scheme.

• 2 paid leave days per year to volunteer and support your local community if it matters to you it matters to us.

• Health cash plan with free access to a confidentialEmployee Assistance Programme (EAP)supporting bereavement financial health and wellbeing and much more

• Life assurance

• Cycle to work scheme electric vehicle scheme home and tech scheme and retail discounts.

• Balancing work life and fitness can be challenging so we offer a free on-site gym at our Manchester and Leeds locations to make it easier to stay active.

• Long service recognition to celebrate all the milestones

• Beer (or soft drinks) Pizza at the end of month dress down every day social events such as Summer BBQ Christmas party and lots more!