Project Manager / Delivery Lead
Job Title:
Project Manager / Delivery Lead
Job Type:
Permanent, Full Time
Work Arrangement:
Hybrid (Client Sites when Required)
Start Date:
ASAP,
Q3 2026
Salary:
£70,000 - £90,000
Banding:
Level 4
Role Overview
We are seeking a dynamic and commercially minded Project Manager / Delivery Lead to oversee the successful delivery of client projects while actively contributing to business development efforts. This dual-role position is ideal for someone with a consultancy background who is confident managing end-to-end project lifecycles, building strong client relationships, and playing a strategic role in expanding our client base and service offering. The successful candidate will thrive in a fast-paced environment, balancing delivery excellence with entrepreneurial thinking to support our growth ambitions.
Key Responsibilities:
· Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of client projects, ensuring they are completed on time, within scope and budget.
· Lead complex transformation projects and programmes from initiation through to closure.
· Define scope, objectives, deliverables, benefits and success measures in collaboration with clients and internal stakeholders.
· Build and maintain trusted client relationships, acting as a senior point of contact throughout engagements.
· Identify, shape and convert opportunities for account growth and expanded service delivery.
· Establish and maintain robust project governance, controls, reporting and assurance frameworks.
· Manage project and programme risks, issues, dependencies and assumptions proactively.
· Ensure delivery quality, client satisfaction, and successful transition into business-as-usual operations.
· Provide strategic delivery leadership and challenge to clients, sponsors and senior stakeholders.
· Drive benefits realisation and ensure delivery outcomes achieve intended business value.
· Manage budgets, forecasts and project financial performance.
Key Requirements
· Proven experience in project management and delivery within a consultancy or professional services environment.
· Experience delivering projects within Higher Education and/or Healthcare environments is highly desirable.
· Strong understanding of client relationship management and stakeholder engagement.
· Demonstrated ability to support new business development and contribute to sales/proposal efforts.
· Ability to operate effectively in complex, fast-paced and ambiguous environments.
· Experience of project delivery at all stages of the lifecycle
· Experience mentoring, coaching and developing delivery professionals.
· Excellent communication, presentation, and negotiation skills.
· Commercial acumen and a proactive mindset.
· Relevant project management qualifications (e.g., PRINCE2, PMP, Agile/Scrum) are a plus.
· A proactive mindset with a focus on delivering client value and business growth.
· Experience in Project Tools including Microsoft Project
Department
Permanent Department
Role
Delivery Consultant
Locations
Differentis Office South, Differentis Office North
Remote status
Hybrid
About Differentis
We don’t just help organisations transform. We make sure that change sticks.
We’re a consultancy grounded in pragmatism and driven by outcomes, combining strategic thinking with real-world delivery experience across digital, data, and technology-enabled transformation.
We’ve built our reputation by being candid, collaborative, and relentlessly focused on results. Whether it’s rethinking your digital strategy, modernising legacy systems, enabling organisational change, or embedding new ways of working — we focus on what matters most: delivering long-term value.
Founded in
2000
Co-workers
40
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