Role: Senior Project Manager
Employment: Full time
Location: London (Hybrid)
SC Cleared or SC Eligible
Role Overview
The Senior Project Manager will be responsible for leading the end-to-end delivery of projects, ensuring successful execution through effective stakeholder management, resource coordination, and structured planning. The role requires strong leadership capabilities to drive delivery outcomes while maintaining alignment with business objectives and client expectations.
Key Responsibilities
- Planning and tracking project milestones
- Managing risks and dependencies, and implementing robust mitigation strategies to ensure delivery stability and predictability
- Overseeing cross-functional teams, ensuring optimal resource utilisation, clear communication, and alignment across all stakeholders
Delivery & Ways of Working
The role demands expertise in Agile delivery frameworks, including facilitating key ceremonies, driving continuous improvement initiatives, and fostering a collaborative, outcome-oriented delivery culture. The individual will play a critical role in ensuring transparency, governance, and timely decision-making throughout the project lifecycle.
Candidate Profile
The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong organisational and communication skills, with the ability to manage complex delivery environments, proactively address risks, and drive high-quality, value-focused outcomes.
About Cognizant:
Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) is an AI Builder and technology services provider, bridging the gap between AI investment and enterprise value by building full-stack AI solutions for our clients. Our deep industry, process and engineering expertise enables us to build an organization’s unique context into technology systems that amplify human potential, drive tangible outcomes and keep global enterprises ahead in a fast-changing world. See how at cognizant.ai or @cognizant.
Additional employment information
Compensation information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.
Language requirements vary depending on roles, but we ask that all candidates have basic English proficiency for company-wide communications purposes. For roles based in Quebec, professional English proficiency is required, as you’ll deliver services to and collaborate with stakeholders outside the province who may not speak French.
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