Professional Services Senior Project Manager - UK

Rackspace
Cardiff
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeGBP 61,388 - 79,619 annuallyFunction: Program & Project Management (PMO)Skills: ["Leadership","Stakeholder management","Risk assessment","Problem-solving","Communication"]

Lead and deliver large, complex projects end to end, defining scope, goals, deliverables, and success criteria in line with the statement of work. Manage a team (8+ people), plan schedules and critical paths, govern change control, and track risks, variances, and costs. Partner with customers and internal teams to drive acceptance, handover, and closeout, producing highlight reports, budgets, and required documentation throughout.

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Professional Services Senior Project Manager - UK

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Job Summary

Lead and deliver large, complex projects end to end, defining scope, goals, deliverables, and success criteria in line with the statement of work. Manage a team (8+ people), plan schedules and critical paths, govern change control, and track risks, variances, and costs. Partner with customers and internal teams to drive acceptance, handover, and closeout, producing highlight reports, budgets, and required documentation throughout.
Location: Cardiff
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Program & Project Management (PMO)
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Define project scope, goals, deliverables, and requirements aligned to the statement of work.
  • •Manage key resources to deliver outcomes in partnership with the customer, ensuring acceptance, handover, and closeout.
  • •Create and track schedules, budgets, and resource utilization; manage baseline updates and schedule/cost variances.
  • •Adhere to change control and configuration management processes for deliverables against agreed plans.
  • •Lead the team and relationships with customer and subcontractors; manage risks, governance, quality reviews, and lessons learned.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: GBP 61,388 - 79,619 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •Manage large, complex projects, including scope definition, planning, change control, and acceptance closeout.
  • •Advanced knowledge of project planning and support tools, including critical path management.
  • •Ability to create and manage project documentation (e.g., initiation, requirements, configuration database) and highlight reports.
  • •Experience assessing and underwriting project risks and variances, and managing impacts to time and cost commitments.
  • •Lead a team (8+ people) while managing internal and customer stakeholder expectations in a matrix environment.
Skills:LeadershipStakeholder managementRisk assessmentProblem-solvingCommunication
Tech Stack:RACI modelChange controlConfiguration managementProject trackingHighlight Reports

Company Brief

Rackspace
Provides managed cloud services, multi-cloud solutions, and managed hosting across public and private cloud platforms, helping enterprises design, operate, and optimize cloud infrastructure and applications.
Industry: Cloud Computing
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: San Antonio, United States
Founded: 1998
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