IT PMO Project Manager

Stantec Inc.
Bolton, United Kingdom
14 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English

Job location

Bolton, United Kingdom

Tech stack

Data Centers
RAID
Requirements Management
Software Engineering
Information Technology
ServiceNow

Job description

Stantec's IT Project Management Office (PMO) is looking for an experienced Project Manager to help deliver global strategic, enterprise-wide technology initiatives that support our business. This role offers the opportunity to lead complex, high-impact IT projects from concept through to completion, working across business functions and technology teams in a highly collaborative environment.

You'll play a key role in ensuring projects are delivered predictably and to a high standard, aligned to our PMO governance framework. Acting as a trusted delivery partner to senior stakeholders, you'll provide structure, clarity, and confidence throughout the project lifecycle.

Reporting to the Senior Director, IT PMO (Global), you will take ownership of enterprise IT projects from initiation through planning, execution, delivery, and closure. You'll be responsible for developing and managing project schedules, budgets, and resource plans, ensuring scope is clearly defined and controlled throughout delivery. Working within the PMO governance framework, you'll track milestones, manage dependencies, and ensure timely escalation of risks, issues, and change requests.

You will support the development of initiative requests within ServiceNow SPM, ensuring they are fully defined before progressing into delivery. Once projects are live, you'll maintain accurate and audit-ready governance artefacts, including requirements documentation, milestone plans, RAID logs, project schedules, and health reporting. You'll also facilitate steering committee meetings, providing clear, concise updates that enable informed decision-making at senior and executive level.

Stakeholder engagement is a core part of the role. You'll act as the primary point of contact for business and technical stakeholders, navigating complex environments with confidence and professionalism. Clear communication will be essential as you translate delivery progress, risks, and decisions into meaningful insights for sponsors and leadership teams.

Beyond delivery, you'll contribute to the continuous improvement of the PMO function. This includes capturing lessons learned, participating in feedback loops, and supporting the evolution of PMO tools, templates, governance, and methodology.

Requirements

  • Proven experience delivering enterprise-scale IT projects within a structured governance framework
  • Strong understanding of project delivery tools and best-practice governance and
  • comfortable managing multiple high-impact initiatives in parallel
  • Experience working effectively across both business and technology domains
  • Exposure to complex programmes spanning software development, ERP platforms, and IT infrastructure
  • Experience delivering initiatives involving data centre, network, or wider IT modernisation
  • Confidence presenting to and working with steering committees and senior stakeholders
  • Ability to facilitate executive-level discussions and support informed, timely decision-making

Success in this role means projects are delivered with clear milestones, controlled scope, and predictable outcomes. Steering committees are engaged, informed, and confident in delivery progress, while governance artefacts are complete, compliant, and audit-ready. You'll apply IT PMO standards consistently and proactively identify opportunities to improve how projects are delivered across the organisation.

Benefits & conditions

  • North West; Manchester; Liverpool; Bolton; Warrington; Preston; Chester; Blackpool; Oldham; Wigan; Carlisle
  • Permanent
  • Published: 1 day ago
  • Competitive

About the company

The Stantec community unites more than 34,000 employees working in over 450 locations across 6 continents. We have been working with our clients and communities in the UK for over 150 years. We plan, design, deliver and manage the development and infrastructure needed to support the creation of sustainable, healthy and prosperous communities. Our teams provide effective and relevant solutions, translating our clients' vision into valued consents, deliverable plans for projects and programmes, and efficient designs for delivery, based on technical excellence and deep market insights. We deal with today's challenges, but also keep a fairer, better tomorrow in sight, looking at how we deliver clean growth, support radical changes in our economy and meet the needs of future communities. Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment. Building an inspired, inclusive work environment that attracts, supports, and develops world-class talent is a crucial key to our success. If you are excited by this role but worry that your experience doesn't exactly align, we encourage you to apply., Stantec Stantec, founded in 1954, provides professional consulting services in planning, engineering, architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, surveying, environmental sciences, project management, and project economics for infrastructure and facilities projects. Continually striving to balance economic, environmental, and social responsibilities, we are recognized as a world-class leader and innovator in the delivery of sustainable solutions. We support public and private sector clients in a diverse range of markets at every stage, from the initial conceptualization and financial feasibility study to project completion and beyond. In simple terms, the world of Stantec is the water we drink, the routes we travel, the buildings we visit, the industries in which we work, and the neighborhoods we call home. Our services are provided on projects around the world through approximately 12,000 employees operating out of more than 190 locations in North America and 4 locations internationally. Stantec trades on the TSX and on the NYSE under the symbol STN. Stantec is One Team providing Integrated Solutions. Personality We are Stantec. We believe that our employees are our greatest asset, and that along with them, our expertise, innovation, vitality, and evolution have helped us build the foundation for our successes. Expertise Stantec provides professional consulting services in planning, engineering, architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, surveying, environmental sciences, project management, and project economics for infrastructure and facilities projects. Continually striving to balance economic, environmental, and social responsibilities, we are recognized as a world-class leader and innovator in the delivery of sustainable solutions. We support public and private sector clients in a diverse range of markets, at every stage, from initial concept and financial feasibility to project completion and beyond. In simple terms, the world of Stantec is the water we drink, the routes we travel, the buildings we visit, the industries in which we work, and the neighborhoods we call home. Evolution From 1954, Stantec has evolved over its 50 years of uninterrupted profitability into a recognized and award-winning industry leader, ranking #24 of 2010's Top 150 Global Design Firms (Engineering News Record), and we continue to grow. Competitive Advantage After more than 50,000 projects, with over 5,000 clients in 80 different countries, and more than 50 acquisitions since 1976, Stantec continues to grow and evolve. We hold an enviable record, both for managing and innovating technologies, including Biological Nutrient Removal (BNR), software decision support tools, customized Geographic Information Systems (GIS) mapping, and high-speed data collection applications. Stantec trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol STN. Sustainability Stantec is one of North America's leading sustainable design firms. With more than 500 LEED® accredited professionals and a portfolio of hundreds of sustainable projects, we are applying sustainable practices in all aspects of our business. Our commitment is to meet the needs of the present while contributing to an environmentally sustainable future for approaching generations. We provide integrated, multidisciplinary sustainability consulting services at every scale of built, natural, and organizational environments-from strategic policies, programs, and frameworks for business and communities to building and infrastructure design, commissioning, monitoring, and verification programs. We are architects, engineers, planners, scientists, urban designers, project managers, and management consultants who are committed to demonstrating leadership in sustainability and encouraging responsible stewardship in every area of our practice. At Stantec sustainable design is responsible design that balances economic, social, and environmental values and constitutes the cornerstone of our vision. Locations Through our regional diversity, we provide professional services out of over 170 locations throughout North America and 4 locations internationally, allowing us to more effectively respond to our clients' needs

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