Project Manager (Fixed Term Contract)

Based at client locations, working remotely, or based at our Godalming or Milton Keynes offices.

Salary up to £60K plus excellent company benefits.

About Us

Triad Group Plc is an award-winning digital, data, and solutions consultancy with over 35 years’ experience primarily serving the UK public sector and central government. We deliver high-quality solutions that make a real difference to users, citizens and consumers.

At Triad, collaboration thrives, knowledge is shared, and every voice matters. Our close-knit, supportive culture ensures you’re valued from day one. Whether working with cutting-edge tech or shaping strategy for national-scale projects, you’ll be trusted, challenged, and empowered to grow.

We nurture learning through communities of practice and encourage creativity, autonomy, and innovation. If you’re passionate about solving meaningful problems with smart and passionate people, Triad could be the place for you.

• Glassdoor score of 4.5
• 92% of our staff would recommend Triad to a friend
• 100% CEO approval

See for yourself some of the work that makes us all so proud:

• Helping law enforcement with secure intelligence systems that keep the UK safe
• Supporting the UK’s national meteorological service in leveraging supercomputers for next-level weather forecasting
• Assisting the British government department that is responsible for the safety of consumer products, with systems to track unsafe products
• Powering systems that help the government monitor and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from commercial transport

Role Summary

We’re looking for an experienced Project Manager to take ownership of the successful delivery of major projects or multiple smaller initiatives. You’ll work across the full project lifecycle, providing direction, maintaining delivery momentum and ensuring projects achieve their intended outcomes.

You’ll be responsible for managing plans, priorities, risks, dependencies, budgets and resources, while creating the right environment for teams to collaborate and deliver effectively. You’ll work closely with technical and non-technical stakeholders, senior clients and external suppliers, translating between different audiences and ensuring expectations remain aligned.

The role requires someone who can adapt their delivery approach to the context, using Agile, Waterfall or hybrid methodologies as appropriate. You’ll also contribute to governance, assurance, business readiness and change, while challenging processes and removing obstacles that could prevent successful delivery.

Key Responsibilities:

• Takes responsibility for the definition, documentation, planning and safe execution of a single project or several smaller initiatives, actively participating in all phases of the project, Identifying, assessing and managing risks to the success of the project.
• Waterfall, Agile and Lean Practices Identify and compare the best processes or delivery methods to use.
• Communicate between the technical and non-technical – Listen to the needs of the technical and business stakeholders and interpret between them.
• Manage stakeholders’ expectations and be flexible, is capable of proactive and reactive communication. Facilitates difficult discussions within the team or with diverse senior stakeholders.
• Maintaining delivery momentum – Facilitate the delivery flow of a team, managing the pace and tempo, actively addressing internal and external risks, issues and dependencies including where ownership exists outside the team
• Making the process work – Ability to identify and challenge organisational processes of increasing complexity and those processes that are unnecessarily complicated. Adds value and can coach the organisation to inspect and adapt processes. Guides teams and the business through the implementation of a new process
• Planning – Understands the environment and can prioritise the most important or highest value tasks. Uses data to inform planning and manages internal and external dependencies. Can remove blockers or impediments and develops a plan for difficult situations. Ensures teams plan appropriately for their own capacity
• Team dynamics and collaboration – Ability to bring people together to form a motivated team, empowering delivery teams and creates the right environment for teamwork. Recognises and deals with issues and facilitates the best team makeup depending on situations
• Commercial management – Acts as the point of contact for contracted suppliers and understands appropriate internal contacts and processes within a government department including how and when third parties are brought into Digital Data and Technology (DDaT) projects
• Financial management – Balance cost versus value with ability to consider the impact of user needs. Reports on financial delivery and monitors cost and budget and escalates any issues
• Business Cases – Manage government Business Cases with input from specialists
• Manage and deliver the Business Case processes including through to delivery of an appropriate Benefits Realisation Strategy
• Governance & Assurance – develop, support and manage appropriate governance, assurance and decision making at all points through a project
• Lifecycle perspective – Recognises when to move from one stage of a project lifecycle to another. Ensures the team is working towards the appropriate service standards for the relevant phase. Manages the delivery projects or services at different phases

Skills and Experience:

• Proactive and accountable approach, taking ownership of challenges and coordinating the right resources to achieve successful business outcomes
• Strong passion for digital and technology, with the ability to identify opportunities to improve ways of working, increase efficiency and productivity, and reduce costs
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to make informed decisions using logical thinking, data analysis, and structured tools and techniques
• Ability to develop both short-term operational plans and longer-term strategic roadmaps aligned to business objectives
• Strong understanding of wider business priorities, risks, policies, standards, and strategic vision, with the ability to assess the broader impact of decisions
• Experience gathering and interpreting user needs through evidence-based approaches, translating requirements into user stories and effective service or design solutions
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to build meaningful relationships and communicate effectively across all levels of an organisation
• Proven planning and reporting experience, including the use of Microsoft Project and the preparation of reports and presentations for senior stakeholders
• Good understanding of complex and diverse business and operational environments, including organisational structures, functions, and service delivery models
• Experience working across Agile, Waterfall, and Hybrid delivery methodologies, with the ability to identify and influence the most appropriate approach for successful delivery
• Knowledge of recognised project management methodologies, frameworks, and tools, supported by relevant project management qualifications or equivalent experience
• Experience delivering technology projects while maintaining effective governance, financial controls, and project oversigh
• Technical expertise: Strong knowledge of infrastructure architecture

Qualifications & Certifications:

A degree or equivalent qualification related to the area you work in – Desirable

Due to the nature of this position, you must be willing and eligible to achieve a minimum of SC clearance. To be eligible, you must have been a resident in the UK for a minimum of 5 years and have the right to work in the UK.

Triad’s Commitment to You

As a growing and ambitious company, Triad prioritises your development and well-being:

Continuous Training & Development: Access to top-rated Udemy Business courses

Work Environment: Collaborative, creative, and free from discrimination

Benefits:

• 25 days of annual leave, plus bank holidays
• Matched pension contributions (5%)
• Private healthcare with Bupa
• Gym membership support or Lakeshore Fitness access
• Perkbox membership
• Cycle-to-work scheme

Our Selection Process

After applying for the role, our in-house talent team will contact you to discuss Triad and the position. If shortlisted, you will be invited for:

An interview with one of our Senior Project Managers, including a career review and cultural fit assessment.

A workshop and interview session with our project Management team (materials provided in advance)

We aim to complete interviews and progress candidates to the offer stage within 2-3 weeks of the initial conversation.

Other information

If this role is of interest to you or you would like further information, please contact Ben Fowler or submit your application now!

Triad is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified people regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion, or belief. We are proud that our recruitment process has been recognised as inclusive and accessible to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for any role. We are a signatory on the Tech Talent Charter that aims to bring industries and organisations together to drive greater inclusion and diversity in technology roles, in addition, as a Disability Confident Leader.