Senior Project Manager - Digital Upskilling & Firmwide Talent Initiatives - 6 month FTC

We are searching for an experienced Senior Project Manager - Digital Upskilling & Firmwide Talent Initiatives - 6 month FTC

Make an Impact at RSM UK

We are seeking a highly capable Senior Project Manager to co-lead the design, delivery, and ongoing development of RSM's Digital Upskilling Programme (Digital Skills 2.0), along with other critical firmwide talent initiatives on a fixed term contract basis. This role will play a key part in driving cultural and capability transformation across the organisation, ensuring that our people have the skills needed to thrive in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.

The successful candidate will bring extensive experience operating at senior levels within complex organisations, with a proven ability to balance multiple stakeholder needs, manage competing priorities, and deliver change at pace.

You'll make an impact by:

• Leading end to end project management for the firmwide Digital Upskilling Programme, ensuring timely, effective, and high-quality delivery
• Overseeing the planning, scoping, and implementation of additional strategic talent initiatives as required
• Developing and maintaining robust project plans, governance structures, and reporting mechanisms
• Engaging and influencing senior leaders, business partners, and cross functional teams to ensure alignment and support for programme objectives
• Managing expectations, competing demands, and interdependencies across multiple parts of the organisation
• Facilitating clear, consistent communication across stakeholder groups to ensure transparency and engagement
• Working with specialist learning provider(s) to bring external best practice and input to bear to drive our Digital Skills 2.0 initiative
• Applying project management best practice to deliver measurable outcomes and organisational impact
• Developing change management strategies and toolkits to support adoption, learning, and behavioural change
• Identifying risks, issues, and barriers to progress, and proactively develop solutions
• Ensuring all programmes are delivered to a high standard, meeting both strategic intent and business need
• Leveraging data, insights, and feedback to refine programme design and drive continuous improvement
• Staying current with emerging trends in digital skills, learning, and talent development

What we are looking for:

• Demonstrable experience leading large-scale, high-impact learning projects or programmes within complex organisations
• Proven ability to operate confidently at senior and executive levels
• Strong project management expertise, including frameworks, methodologies, and toolkits
• Exceptional communication, stakeholder management, and influencing skills
• A track record of delivering change at pace while managing ambiguity and competing demands
• Strong organisational skills with attention to detail and the ability to juggle multiple priorities
• Experience working in professional services or partnership environments
• Experience working with specialised third party learning and skills providers in the digital skills space
• Background in learning, talent development, digital transformation, or cultural change
• Project management certification (e.g., PMP, PRINCE2, Agile) is advantageous
• Collaborative, relationship oriented, and trusted by senior stakeholders
• Adaptable and resilient, able to deliver under pressure
• Proactive, solutions focused, and comfortable navigating complexity
• A passion for talent development, digital innovation, and future focused skills

What we can offer you:

We recognise that our people are our most important assets. That's why we offer a flexible reward and benefits package that will help you have fulfilling experience, both in and out of work.

• Hybrid and Flexible working
• 27 Days Holiday (with the option of purchasing additional days)
• Lifestyle, Health, and Wellbeing including financial wellbeing benefits such as financial tools, electric car scheme and access to a virtual GP
• Access to a suite of 300+ courses on demand developed by our inhouse Talent Development team

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