Senior Project Manager

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The Senior Project Manager will be responsible for leading and coordinating the delivery of a two-workstream recovery and redesign programme of a complex Air Traffic Control asset at Edinburgh Airport. The role will focus on stabilising and assuring the current operational system to provide a safe and reliable contingency capability ahead of the summer traffic period, while concurrently managing the structured redesign and re-implementation of a more resilient, user-centred and future-proof solution.

Working on a part-time basis (approximately 2.5 days per week), the Senior Project Manager will oversee the full project lifecycle across both workstreams, including planning, mobilisation, governance, stakeholder coordination, risk management, supplier oversight, testing and assurance readiness, and transition into live operations. The postholder will act as the primary coordination point between ANSL, the ATC asset Original Equipment Manufacturer, and the airport stakeholder s, ensuring that delivery activities are integrated, transparent and aligned with operational and safety priorities.

The role will operate within established project governance and assurance frameworks, maintaining schedules, budgets, risks, issues and dependencies, and ensuring that deliverables meet agreed specifications and acceptance criteria. They will provide regular reporting to project internal and external boards, proactively escalating risks and facilitating timely decision -making to protect operational continuity and programme outcomes.

Responsibilities
• Lead day-to-day project management of a single programme at Edinburgh Airport, coordinating delivery activities across ANSL, the airport and other third-party stakeholders.
• Plan, mobilise and manage both defined workstreams, ensuring that the Recovery Workstream delivers a safe and reliable system ahead of the summer traffic period and that the Redesign Workstream progresses in accordance with agreed scope, specification and milestones.
• Develop and maintain the integrated project plan, including schedules, dependencies, risks, issues, assumptions, and resource requirements, ensuring alignment with operational and regulatory constraints.
• Act as the primary interface between business, operational, technical and supplier teams, facilitating collaboration, clarifying responsibilities, and ensuring timely resolution of blockers.
• Oversee supplier performance and hold Indra accountable for delivery against contractual commitments, specifications, assurance requirements, acceptance criteria and agreed timelines.
• Coordinate the preparation, review and incorporation of the Recovery and Redesign Specifications, ensuring requirements are clearly defined, measurable and suitable for operational acceptance.
• Manage testing and assurance readiness, including planning for simulator, shadow and other validation activities, and ensuring appropriate evidence is gathered prior to operational deployment.
• Support safe transition into live operations, including deployment planning, rollback strategies, operational readiness checks and stakeholder communications.
• Establish and maintain appropriate project governance, including reporting to programme boards and senior leadership, providing clear updates on progress, risks, costs and decisions required.
• Track and manage third -party costs and activities associated with the programme, supporting the itemisation of costs and evidencing delivery obligations where required.
• Proactively identify and mitigate delivery, safety, operational and commercial risks, escalating material concerns promptly and recommending practical solutions.
• Ensure compliance with ANSL project management standards, change control processes, and regulatory or safety assurance requirements.
• Facilitate workshops, planning sessions and stakeholder engagements to gather operational input and support the design of a resilient, user -centred solution.
• Maintain clear documentation and records to provide auditability and transparency across all project activities.
• Deliver outcomes effectively within the constraints of a part -time engagement (2.5 days per week) by prioritising critical path activities, focusing on coordination and governance, and leveraging subject matter experts where appropriate.

Skills and Experience Required
• Educated to degree level or equivalent.
• Prince 2 Practitioner, Agile, PMP, Six Sigma qualified or equivalent.
• Significant PM experience in an aviation or engineering environment.
• Solid technical background with experience managing complex multi-functional projects.
• Experience of working within a highly regulated industry is desirable.
• Knowledge of the aviation and air traffic industry is desirable.
• Highly competent communicator including written communications.
• Strong influencing skills, capable of working with and challenging internal and external senior managers and directors.
• Experience producing monthly reports relating to project deliverables.
• Experience developing stakeholder relationships.
• Pro-active approach, able to identify areas of need and to manage outputs.
• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail being able to work under pressure to deadlines and prioritise activities.
• Experience to include interpretation of contracts, implementation of project controls, contract correspondence and close out of projects.
• Experience in programme creation, analysis, interpretation and reporting.
• A strong analyst able to quickly identify priorities in complex situations.
• Strong IT skills.
• Confident with ability to influence and persuade customers.
• Self -motivated with the ability to take ownership to work autonomously and use own initiative.
• Good understanding of commercial principles and their relevance to the respective tasks and projects.