Job Vacancy Senior Project Manager

Leeds

CGI

Job position Senior Project Manager

Permanent

As soon as possible

Leeds, England, United Kingdom

Published on 26/11/2025

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At CGI, our Senior Project Managers play a pivotal role in driving transformation across industries — shaping the delivery of innovative digital solutions that power real-world impact. You’ll lead high-performing teams that design and deliver technology solutions which redefine how our clients operate, creating measurable outcomes through collaboration, creativity, and ownership. In this role, you’ll have the freedom to influence strategic delivery, introduce new ideas, and be supported by a culture that values your expertise and empowers you to make a lasting difference.

CGI was recognised in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work List 2025 and has been named a UK ‘Best Employer’ by the Financial Times. We offer a competitive salary, excellent pension, private healthcare, plus a share scheme (3.5% + 3.5% matching) which makes you a CGI Partner not just an employee. We are committed to inclusivity, building a genuinely diverse community of tech talent and inspiring everyone to pursue careers in our sector, including our Armed Forces, and are proud to hold a Gold Award in recognition of our support of the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant. Join us and you’ll be part of an open, friendly community of experts. We’ll train and support you in taking your career wherever you want it to go.

Due to the secure nature of the programme, you will need to hold UK Security Clearance or be eligible to go through this clearance. This is a hybrid position.

Candidate profile

In this role, you will lead the successful delivery of complex, high-value IT and digital transformation projects, ensuring excellence in execution and innovation in approach. You will guide multidisciplinary teams through all stages of delivery - from inception to deployment - combining Agile methodologies with strategic insight to achieve outstanding client outcomes. You will also play an active role in growing CGI’s business, maintaining trusted relationships with clients, and contributing to our collaborative culture.

• Lead & Inspire: Manage cross-functional delivery teams to deliver digital and IT transformation projects across diverse sectors.

• Develop & Deliver: Shape delivery frameworks that integrate Agile, cloud, and AI-enhanced methodologies.

• Optimise & Process: Take ownership of ensuring that key processes and metrics across finance, delivery, and quality are consistently followed and completed on schedule.

• Engage & Partner: Build long-term client relationships, ensuring high satisfaction and enabling growth opportunities.

• Innovate & Improve: Champion best practice, drive continuous improvement, and promote new ideas within CGI teams.

• Own & Grow: Take accountability for project success and contribute to the strategic growth of your Business Unit.

Required qualifications to be successful in this role

To succeed, you’ll bring a strong background in managing complex projects or programmes, ideally within technology-enabled environments. You’ll combine solid delivery experience with a flexible, people-focused approach - balancing governance, stakeholder engagement, and creative problem-solving to achieve exceptional results.

You should have:

• Proven experience leading multi-disciplinary project teams in a fast-paced environment.

• Strong track record of delivering projects to time, cost, and quality parameters.

• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills at all levels.

• Experience applying structured delivery frameworks (e.g., Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid).

• Ability to identify and resolve delivery risks and issues proactively.

• Passion for continuous improvement and collaborative team success.

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Working environment

Together, as owners, let’s turn meaningful insights into action.

Life at CGI is rooted in ownership, teamwork, respect and belonging. Here, you’ll reach your full potential because…

You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. That’s why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our company’s strategy and direction.

Your work creates value. You’ll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas, embrace new opportunities, and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise.

You’ll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. You’ll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons.

Come join our team—one of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world.

Discover CGI

London, England, United Kingdom

> 1000 employees

IT services

We are a global business with 91,500 professionals across hundreds of locations worldwide, providing end-to-end IT and business process services that drive our clients’ businesses. In the UK alone, we have around 6,000 member-partners working across 19 towns and cities, doing everything from writing complex code to designing sophisticated software solutions. The work we do powers some of the most ambitious projects that touch the lives of many. Our approach sets us apart, characterised by our proximity model, international presence, expertise, and operational excellence. We organise our operations within metro markets where our clients have concentrated footprints, empowering our local teams to build trusted, in-person relationships. As you build your career here, you’ll develop your skills, share your insights, and work side-by-side with colleagues and clients on innovative solutions that address the most complex issues. Our commitment to ownership, flexibility, and being approachable makes us easy to do business with. Join us, and together, as owners, let’s turn meaningful insights into action to meet the needs and balance the interests of our clients, shareholders, communities, and each other. Benefits: - Insurance coverage - Medical benefits - Pension plan - Member Assistant Programme - Check4Cancer - Flexible time off - Share Purchase Plan - Member discounts - Dental benefits - Vision benefits - Profit Participation Plan - Health and Wellbeing Programme

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