Senior Project Manager

Senior Project Manager

Hybrid - Milton Keynes, Rushden, Peterborough or Boston

£65,100 per year

Permanent, Full-time role

As a Senior Project Manager at Amplius, you’ll lead multiple transformation projects, support and develop Project Managers, and work closely with senior stakeholders across Amplius. You’ll have real influence over how we deliver change, improve project quality and build stronger project management capability across the organisation.

Salary: £65,100 per year

Contract: Permanent, full time

Your week: 36.25 hours - Monday to Friday 9am to 5.15pm

Location: Hybrid - weekly office presence in Milton Keynes, Rushden, Peterborough or Boston, with additional attendance as role or stakeholder needs require.

You can read about our fantastic colleague benefits here - Amplius colleague benefits

Snapshot of your role

• Lead and oversee multiple projects and programme-level workstreams, ensuring they are well planned, delivered and successfully closed.


• Line manage, coach and develop Project Managers, balancing workloads and building capability across the project management community.


• Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams, managing expectations and providing clear updates and reports.


• Manage project risks, issues, dependencies, resources and budgets, providing guidance to Project Managers and escalating significant concerns when needed.


• Ensure projects follow agreed governance, controls and documentation standards, with deliverables meeting quality and business requirements.


• Lead lessons learned, post-project reviews and continuous improvement activity to strengthen project delivery and support organisational transformation.

What you’ll need to thrive in this role

• A recognised Project Management qualification, such as PRINCE2, Agile, APM, MSP or similar.


• Significant experience delivering transformation, business change or process improvement projects and programmes.


• Experience line managing or mentoring Project Managers or other project professionals.


• Strong experience managing complex stakeholders, risks, issues, dependencies and resources within a matrix environment.


• Strong leadership, communication, organisation and problem-solving skills, with the ability to coach others, manage competing priorities and stay calm under pressure.

Important - DBS clearance, full UK drivers licence, willingness to travel and right to work in the UK are essential requirements. We do not provide sponsorship.

Please read the attached Job Description before applying so you get the full scope of the role.

Closing: 15 October

Interviews in Peterborough: 22 October

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early in response to an overwhelming number of applications or a change in business priorities.

If you have any questions, please contact the Amplius Talent Team and we’ll be happy to assist you.

The Company

Amplius is one of the largest housing providers across the Midlands, East and Southeast of England. We own and manage more than 40,000 homes and deliver a range of quality services, including care and support, specialist housing and home ownership options. We’re a team of over 1,300 colleagues driven to have a positive impact on people’s lives and provide affordable homes that make a difference.