Project Manager – Learning Systems

Responsibilities

• Managing the full project lifecycle—from initiation and planning through to delivery, go‑live, and post‑implementation support—ensuring outcomes are delivered on time, within scope, and to agreed quality and cost standards.
• Collaborating across technical teams, academics, and wider business stakeholders to coordinate cross‑functional delivery.
• Ensuring clear communication, effective progress reporting, and strong stakeholder engagement throughout.
• Acting as a key link into wider enterprise change programmes, ensuring work is effectively prioritised and integrated into Learning Systems delivery.
• Ensuring smooth implementation of change, minimal disruption to teaching and assessment, and successful transition into business‑as‑usual support.

Requirements

• Significant experience managing complex IT and/or business change projects across multiple technology domains (e.g. business applications, infrastructure, data/BI systems)
• Strong project and change management skills, with experience delivering initiatives in complex organisational environments
• Proven ability to plan, prioritise, and manage multiple projects and competing demands to tight deadlines
• Experience of managing project budgets, ensuring effective control and reporting of spend
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, with the ability to interpret complex or conflicting information and identify practical solutions
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to build strong relationships across technical and non‑technical audiences
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present complex information clearly and persuasively
• Experience using project management tools (e.g. MS Project / Project Server) to track delivery and reporting
• Experience of delivering change within complex organisations, ideally including higher education or similarly regulated environments
• Understanding of enterprise systems and digital platforms, including VLEs (e.g. Moodle)
• Knowledge of project governance, PMO practices, and relevant professional, legal, or regulatory frameworks