Position:
New Project Manager
Company:
Shift Technology
Location:
United Kingdom, London
Employment type:
Permanent, Full-time
Work Arrangement:
Flexible remote and hybrid working options
Short Summary:
As part of the UK Project Management team, you will own complex, client-facing projects from planning through execution, bringing structure, clarity, and momentum across various teams. This role is suited to an experienced Project Manager who values coaching, feedback, and continuous development.
Responsibilities:
- Own the end-to-end delivery of complex enterprise software projects across the UK portfolio
- Build and maintain credible delivery plans, milestones, dependencies, RAID registers, decision logs, and governance rhythms
- Connect Shift’s teams with the customer’s technical and business stakeholders
- Anticipate delivery, resource, commercial, and customer risks early, providing clear options and recommendations
- Drive actions to closure with named owners and dates
- Provide concise, fact-based reporting for customers and senior leadership
- Maintain accurate project and portfolio information across relevant systems
- Lead customer workshops, governance meetings, and recovery discussions
- Support pre-sales and opportunity shaping by validating scope and resource needs
- Manage several workstreams or clients simultaneously
- Improve delivery practices through reusable templates and smarter workflows
- Contribute to strategic UK and wider Delivery initiatives
Requirement:
- At least 5 years of experience delivering IT, SaaS, data, analytics, or enterprise transformation projects
- Strong experience managing complex, client-facing implementations
- Proactive mindset with strong ownership and follow-through
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Confidence working with senior customer stakeholders
- Strong planning, governance, risk management, and decision-management skills
- Comfort working in ambiguity and a continuous-improvement mindset
- Experience with tools such as Salesforce, Jira, or similar delivery/PMO platforms
- Native or fully fluent English
Benefits:
- Competitive Salary and a variable component tied to performance
- Multiple Learning and Development opportunities
- Generous PTO and paid holidays
- Mental health benefits
- 2 MAD Days per year for paid volunteering
- Additional benefits may be offered by country, based on eligibility