Senior Project Manager

October 10, 2026

Hybrid

Senior

London

Indeed

Description

Hitachi Rail is hiring an experienced Senior Project Manager to take responsibility for the successful delivery of a major project or portfolio of projects. This is a senior leadership role requiring strong project delivery expertise, commercial awareness and the ability to lead large multidisciplinary teams. Projects must be delivered to time, cost and quality while maintaining strong relationships with customers, suppliers and senior stakeholders. The role offers hybrid working between remote and on-site collaboration.

Responsibilities

Take overall responsibility for project delivery performance, ensuring successful delivery against time, cost and quality objectives
Provide leadership and direction to multidisciplinary project teams
Ensure projects are delivered in accordance with appropriate governance processes
Lead project planning, scheduling and resource management activities
Manage project schedules, including P6 scheduling, schedule maturity assessments and Quantitative Schedule Risk Analysis (QSRA)
Manage project risks and opportunities, ensuring appropriate actions and controls are in place
Effectively manage project change, including variations and claims, ensuring changes against the project baseline are recorded and controlled
Support the Project Director in delivering against key business KPIs, including revenue, cash and EBIT
Monitor project performance and provide clear, concise and relevant reporting to senior business leaders
Build and maintain strong relationships with customers, partners, suppliers and internal stakeholders
Support and develop less-experienced Project Managers through coaching and guidance
Oversee effective project launch and closure activities
Work collaboratively across Commercial, Finance, Supply Chain, Engineering and other business functions

Requirements

Strong professional project management skills, with experience delivering high-value, complex projects
Experience leading large, multidisciplinary teams
Effective leadership across complex, multi-site organisations
Excellent negotiation and stakeholder management skills, including working with customers, partners and suppliers
Extensive client and stakeholder management experience at senior levels
Strong commercial, financial and business acumen
Experience in project planning, scheduling, estimating, budgeting and resource management
Strong knowledge of project governance, risk and opportunity management and change control
The ability to provide clear and succinct project performance information to senior leaders
Strong analytical skills, including the ability to investigate and understand cost variances
Experience working across business functions, with an understanding of commercial management, finance and supply chain
Experience effectively managing project launch and closure
The ability to coach and develop Project Managers and wider project team members
Excellent communication, interpersonal and motivational skills
Desirable: experience working within a technical environment in the Rail industry
Desirable: knowledge of train control, communications and safety systems
Desirable: IPMA Level C or B, or an equivalent professional project management accreditation

Conditions

Full time
Hybrid working between remote and on-site collaboration
Work with Project Director, Project Leadership Team and Project Management Office

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