Principal Project Manager, Technology Consulting- London, Leeds, Manchester or Newcastle

At Credera, we are passionate about helping our clients deliver complex, business-critical IT and digital transformation projects. Our clients include some of the most recognised brands in industry, and our projects are every bit as challenging and rewarding as those found in leading global consultancies.

As a senior leader, you’ll take overall accountability for shaping and delivering our Project and Programme Management capability - helping clients achieve lasting business transformation. You’ll have the backing of a well-established firm with an exceptional delivery track record, strong values, and a collaborative culture. We recognise that great talent comes in many forms and welcome conversations about part-time or flexible working for this role.

You’ll lead complex transformation programmes from inception to delivery, taking overall accountability for outcomes across people, process, and technology. You’ll partner with senior client sponsors, oversee programme governance, and ensure that delivery excellence and client satisfaction remain at the core of every engagement.

Internally, you’ll help set the strategic direction of Credera’s Programme Leadership and Delivery Management capabilities — leading knowledge sharing, developing others, and driving business growth through new commercial opportunities and account expansion.

This is a permanent within our Management Consulting function. At Credera, we operate a flexible hybrid working model, requiring 3 days per week onsite - either at client sites or your local Credera office (London, Leeds, Manchester or Newcastle). We value collaboration and client impact, balancing flexibility with in-person connection to deliver exceptional results.

Responsibilities and Skills

- Take overall accountability for programme delivery, managing large teams across multiple workstreams as the key point of escalation.

- Own programme governance with minimal oversight, reporting against milestones, metrics, and budgets to ensure progress and transparency.

- Coordinate transformation resources — including people, budgets, and technology — ensuring delivery within agreed time, cost, and quality parameters.

- Develop and manage project plans, risk registers, RAID logs, and communications to maintain stakeholder confidence and control.

- Conduct analysis of current business processes, identifying inefficiencies, risks, and opportunities for improvement.

- Shape delivery roadmaps and transformation approaches aligned to client strategy and objectives.

- Partner with client C-suite and project sponsors as a trusted advisor, guiding them through complex transformation programmes.

- Engage and manage cross-functional teams — including technology, change, and operations — to deliver integrated solutions.

- Anticipate the wider organisational risk landscape, standing up multi-functional teams to resolve issues and assure quality across programmes.

- Lead business development, identifying and pursuing new commercial opportunities, leading proposals and growing client accounts.

- Set strategic direction for internal capability and thought leadership, overseeing the structured development of others.

- You will be required to pass BPSS screening for this role.

Desirable skills

- Breadth of industry experience across Energy, Utilities, Financial Services, Commercial, or Public Sector.

- Experience working within or alongside technology functions (e.g. cloud, data, platforms).

- Recognised project management certifications (e.g. PRINCE2, APM, PMP, AgilePM, or MSP).

- Experience in using AI in application of the role through advanced prompting techniques.

Benefits

Along with a great company culture, Credera provides an exceptional compensation package (£82,000-113,000) including a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefit plan.

Our consistent growth over the years and entrepreneurial environment, provides an excellent platform to embark upon an exciting career path, where your contribution really counts, and we will recognise it. With personalised development opportunities, experienced colleagues around the globe and exciting client assignments, progression can be extremely rapid for high performers. We are a social bunch of people and connect as a team on a regular basis.

Learn more

Credera is Omnicom’s global consulting firm that combines transformational consulting capabilities, deep industry knowledge, AI and technology expertise to deliver valuable customer experiences and accelerated growth across a broad range of industries worldwide. Our one-of-a-kind global boutique approach means we provide our clients with tailored solutions unique to their organisation that can scale due to our extensive footprint. As a values-led organisation, our mission is to make an extraordinary impact on our clients, our people, and our community.

We believe it is this approach that has allowed us to work with and transform the most influential brands and organisations in the world, from strategy through to execution. More information is available at credera.co.uk. We are part of the OPM Group of Companies, within Omnicom Group Inc.

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