Senior Project Manager - Brandon James Ltd : Job Details

A leading global consultancy is seeking a Senior Project Manager to join their growing team in Cambridge. This is an excellent opportunity for a confident and experienced individual to lead the delivery of high-profile projects across a range of sectors, including commercial, residential, life sciences, education, and mixed-use developments.

The successful Senior Project Manager will be responsible for overseeing complex and multi-phase projects from inception to completion. This includes working closely with clients to understand their goals, managing project governance and controls, ensuring performance standards are met, and contributing to business development activities.

The Senior Project Manager will play a key client-facing role, acting as the first point of contact and advisor throughout the project lifecycle. You will lead project teams, manage risk and change, and ensure delivery against time, cost and quality benchmarks.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage the successful delivery of projects of varying scale and complexity.
• Act as day-to-day client liaison, ensuring clear communication and alignment.
• Provide strategic advice at project conception, including procurement and delivery approaches.
• Establish and monitor project success criteria and performance metrics.
• Oversee project planning, financial control, reporting and stakeholder engagement.
• Ensure compliance with safety, health and environmental standards.
• Support business development through bid writing, client pitches and cross-selling opportunities.

Requirements:

• Degree qualified in a construction, property, or project management discipline.
• Minimum 5 years' experience delivering projects, ideally within a consultancy environment.
• Strong leadership and communication skills.
• Chartered or working towards professional membership (RICS, CIOB, APM, or PMI preferred).
• Willingness to travel within the UK and occasionally internationally.

In Return:

• Salary in the region of £55,000 - £65,000, dependent on experience
• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements to support work-life balance
• Private medical insurance for you and your dependants
• Enhanced employer pension contributions
• Life assurance and income protection
• Annual performance-related bonus scheme
• 25 days' annual leave plus public holidays, with option to buy/sell additional leave
• Structured career development with funded training and support towards chartership
• Employee assistance programme and mental health support
• Discounted gym membership and cycle-to-work scheme
• A collaborative, inclusive culture with regular wellbeing and social initiatives

This is a fantastic opportunity for a Senior Project Manager seeking to broaden their portfolio and work on a wide variety of exciting schemes with a highly respected consultancy.

Apply today to be considered for this Senior Project Manager role.

If you're a committed Project Manager ready to deliver high-quality work across a range of sites, we'd love to hear from you then please contact Jay Lota at Brandon James.