Senior Project Manager

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Job reference 335452
Senior Project Manager
Competitive salary plus car allowance, healthcare, annual bonus potential, 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising with service and a company pension scheme with highly competitive contribution rates
Permanent, Full time

Hybrid London Farringdon x3 days a week

About the role

As a Senior SAP Project Manager, you will lead the end-to-end delivery of complex technology projects within the Future ERP programme. You'll bring structure, clarity and pace to a multi-supplier environment, acting as the integrator who ensures all components come together into a cohesive, high-quality solution.

You will:
Establish and mobilise projects

• Define and agree project scope, approach and governance.
• Identify and engage stakeholders, creating effective communication plans.
• Build robust business case inputs including cost, resource and risk estimates.
• Form and lead high-performing project teams, including matrix and supplier resources.
• Produce mobilisation artefacts such as RACI matrices, initiation documents and governance frameworks.

Lead delivery with discipline and confidence

• Drive project teams to deliver on time, on budget and to the required quality.
• Manage delivery using agreed methodologies and strict change control.
• Act as Systems Integrator-coordinating internal teams and global professional services partners.
• Maintain clear controls across risks, dependencies, decisions, issues and assumptions.
• Oversee financial management, reporting, governance and project cadence.
• Ensure compliance with data and cyber security obligations.
• Work closely with Business Change to ensure successful adoption.

Close projects effectively

• Lead transition into BAU teams with clear service and user acceptance criteria.
• Complete controlled project closure including financials, documentation and lessons learned.

Lead people and build capability

• Manage and develop team members to raise capability across the function.
• Recruit high-calibre talent into the programme.
• Deputise for the Portfolio or Programme Director when required.

About you

You're an experienced technology project leader who thrives in complex, fast-moving environments. You bring clarity where there is ambiguity, calm where there is pressure, and structure where there is scale.

We're looking for someone with:

• 2+ years' experience delivering technology projects, ideally including SAP financial management, SAP transformations or migrations.
• Proven ability to lead matrix teams of up to 50 people and manage supplier partners.
• Strong leadership presence-credible, composed and able to influence senior stakeholders including Board members.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to build trust quickly.
• High resilience, strong negotiation skills and a pragmatic, common-sense approach.
• A collaborative, solution-focused mindset with the ability to motivate others.
• Professional project management certification (APMP, Prince2, Prince2 Agile) or willingness to work towards one.
• A growth mindset, emotional intelligence and a strong work ethic.

Why join Royal Mail?

This is a rare opportunity to shape the future of one of the UK's most iconic organisations. You'll be part of a major transformation programme with visibility at the highest levels, working with cutting-edge SAP technologies and industry-leading partners.

You'll join a team that values innovation, collaboration and continuous improvement-and you'll have the platform to make a real, lasting impact.

If you're excited by large-scale transformation and want to help build the next chapter of Royal Mail's future, we'd love to hear from you.

Extra Benefits
• Family friendly support - enhanced maternity pay, paternity leave, adoption leave and shared parental leave
• Discounts and offers - there are more than 800 offers to help you save on things like groceries, days out, holidays and your household bills*.
• Supportive and generous company sick pay
• Your Wellbeing - you and your family have 24/7 access to services and tools to help you get the most out of life. From your physical and mental health to financial and social support and advice. It's free, and it's for everyone.
*Available only to perm employees

Next Steps

The next stage of the selection process will be a face to face/virtual interview consisting of competency based and role specific questions.

Trust is the foundation of Royal Mail . We aim to be transparent about the qualities we seek and what a career with us entails, building trust from the start of your journey with us. Your interview is the first step, and we want you to shine. To help you prepare, we'll provide your interview questions in advance, so you can have your best examples ready. At Royal Mail Group, we value trust and our people.

We understand that candidates may not meet all the criteria for the role. If your experience is different, but you have relevant skills we'd love to hear from you.

Royal Mail Group is committed to inclusion and representing the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all individuals. As a proud Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant, we especially encourage applications from the Armed Forces community, including cadet instructors and spouses/partners.

We are committed to ensuring an inclusive recruitment process. If you require any adjustments to support you during the hiring process, please discuss these with your recruiter when contacted.

We are Forces family friendly and a Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant. We welcome applications from ex-Armed Forces personnel, reservists, veterans, cadet instructors and military spouses/partners.

For more information on Royal Mail Group and our values please click here: https://www.internationaldistributionsservices.com/en/about-us/

Closing Date: 13th February 2026 Please note, this advert may close early if the appropriate number of applications has been reached.

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