Senior Project Manager

Farringdon| Personal Service Contract

Full-time | Hybrid (ability to work in our central London office 2-3 days per week)

Competitive pension scheme - Enhanced maternity/paternity pay - Life assurance - HolidayPlus - Cycle2work Scheme & more

Reference: 5470

We're at a big turning point at SGN.We have an important responsibility to keep the gas flowing to 5.9 million homes and businesses across the UK. The world is changing fast - expectations from customers, communities, regulators and our stakeholders are rising. Technology is moving quicker than ever. We need to catch up and then stay ahead if we want to be the best Gas Distribution Network in the UK. We need to make sure we're set up for success. We're already making great progress with a new CEO and Executive Team, a new COO function and we've moved from five to nine regions in our Southern network, creating closer communities for our people. We've opened a Business Services Centre, giving everyone easier access to the services they need, and we've brought in 550 new vans, with hundreds more on the way.

But this is just the beginning. We're focusing on three big goals:

• Supporting our frontline first
• Cutting waste, not corners
• Working smarter, together

We have agreed a Target Operating Model and we are in the middle of a five-year programme that will help us not only achieve that operating model but also integrate change with ongoing operational delivery and improvement projects.

We're now offering fantastic opportunities for colleagues to help us on this exciting journey.

We are recruiting for Senior Project Managers responsible for coordinating and managing the successful delivery of projects across the Chief Operating Officer's function. This role works closely with our operational leaders in designing, planning and delivering change effectively and sustainably, ensuring alignment with SGN's transformation objectives and realisation of business outcomes.

We deliver safety, warmth, and comfort to homes and businesses. Every role, whether in the office or on the front line, plays a key part in this mission. Here's how you will contribute...

About the Role
We are looking for a skilled and experienced Senior Project Managers to lead the delivery of multiple, simultaneous business change projects that align with our strategic objectives. The Senior Project Manager will run projects on a day-to-day basis, verify that they produce the required deliverables to an acceptable quality, within the specified constraints of time and cost and to achieve the outcomes defined in the business case. The role includes engaging, and reporting, to senior management, stakeholders and portfolio leads.

Key Responsibilities

• Full project lifecycle ownership: leading the planning, execution, and delivery of medium-to-large-scale projects, possibly more than one project at the same time.
• Develop and manage comprehensive plans, including scope, timeline, budget, and resource requirements.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to ensure alignment and effective delivery across all workstreams.
• Monitor project performance, track milestones, identify and manage risks and issues, and ensure corrective actions are taken where necessary.
• Engage, and communicate regularly with, stakeholders at all levels, including executive sponsors, providing clear, concise, and timely updates.
• Facilitate project governance, ensuring alignment with portfolio and enterprise governance.
• Ensure compliance with governance, controls, assurance and reporting standards.
• Drive continuous improvement in project delivery by sharing best practices, lessons learned, and contributing to the maturity of the PMO.
• Support change management and business readiness activities to ensure successful adoption of outcomes.

What We're Looking For

• Proven experience (typically 5+ years) managing complex business change programmes in a dynamic, cross-functional environment.
• Extensive experience in delivering change through different project management methodologies covering project planning, budget, time management, scope, risk, and change management.
• Experience implementing organisational and process change to achieve a Target Operating Model. Whilst experience in delivering both technology and business change projects is highly desirable, this role is predominantly delivering organisational, process and service change, supported by technology rather than purely technology led change.
• Relevant project management qualifications (e.g. PRINCE2, APM, PMI, Chartership, Agile).
• Highly developed stakeholder engagement skills.
• Demonstrated ability to manage risks, budgets, dependencies, and change effectively.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and decision-making abilities
• Although not essential, experience working in an operational setting within Utilities sector would be a bonus.

Don't meet all of the criteria?

Research shows some people - particularly women and those from underrepresented backgrounds - may hesitate to apply unless they meet every criterion. If this role interests you but you're not sure you tick every box, we'd still love to hear from you. You might be just who we're looking for - now or in the future.

Why SGN?

Keeping our customers safe and warm is what we do but beyond that, we want to make the world a better place, which is why we're passionate about helping in our communities, reducing our carbon footprint and driving innovation in our industry. SGN is a leader in pioneering research and development toward a net-zero energy system. Our cutting-edge technologies and innovative thinking are driving change in the gas industry.

We offer:

Company pension scheme - with company contributions between 6 -12% (depending on length of service and personal % contribution)

Life Assurance

HolidayPlus - Buy up to 10 additional days holiday, available all year round

Retail & leisure discounts

Cycle2work scheme

Gym & mobile discounts

Virtual GP - Our GP Helpline is a virtual GP service which offers unlimited access to GP at a time which suits you

Fostering a diverse and inclusive culture is something we are passionate about working towards at SGN. We want our workplace to be an innovative and inclusive place to work, where every single person feels empowered to achieve professional success. We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of age, sexual orientation, gender, pregnancy, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, disability, medical history, skin colour, marital status, genetic information or parental status. We base all our employment decisions on merit, job requirements and business needs.

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