Graduate Project Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Assisting in all facets of engagement, aiming to become a skilled and adaptable Project Manager.

• Engaging with clients during all stages, including pre-sale, contract finalization, startup, design, implementation, commercial management, and handover.

• Ensuring clients are satisfied with our services—not only in relation to specific enterprise solutions but also with a strong focus on their future strategic requirements.

• As CPS and Microsoft promote sustainability within businesses we collaborate with, effective business change management is a critical component of our delivery.

• Serving clients throughout the UK, with occasional travel and international assignments when necessary.

⛳️ Requirements

• A self-motivated individual eager to enhance both personal and organizational knowledge and skills, with a proactive 'make it happen' approach.

• Responsible for managing several small projects while also providing support for Project Management tasks on larger engagements as needed.

• Applying essential Project Management controls, including:

• - Communication (Stakeholder & Team)

• - Scope & Expectation Management

• - Change Control

• - Planning & Resource Management

• - RAID (Risk, Assumption, Issue, and Dependency) Management

• - Acceptance of deliverables and Financial Control (Billing)

• - Performance reporting for both internal and client-facing activities (highlight reporting, cost status reporting)

• Effective time management, expectation management, and clear communication are crucial to the commercial aspects of engagements.

• Ensure all activities are delivered to a high standard, on schedule, and within budget, ensuring clients have a positive experience with CPS.

• A calm, friendly, approachable individual who quickly builds relationships.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Patient, persistent, and reliable.

• Organized, motivated, and appropriately tenacious in achieving objectives.

• Enjoys collaborating in a multi-functional team.

• Demonstrates a willingness to make decisions and thrives in high-pressure situations.

• Capable of managing multiple tasks/projects simultaneously, prioritizing as needed.

• Quick to assimilate information.

• Strong focus on quality and customer relationships.

• Eager to grow, enhancing knowledge and skills.

• Willingness to travel to client sites across the UK as required.

• Proven record of delivering a successful project, whether in a professional, educational, or personal context.

• Understanding of project financial management and budgeting.

• Familiarity with the end-to-end project lifecycle and various project execution methodologies (Agile/Waterfall).

• Experience in a Project Coordination role is preferred but not mandatory.

🏝️ Benefits

• **Current at the time of writing. Subject to change.**

• - 9 Day Fortnight (compression of 10 working days into 9 to allow for not working every other Friday).

• - PMI with Vitality Health.

• - Medical Cash Plan with Medicash.

• - Life Assurance (Death in Service) with YuLife.

• - Employee Assistance Programme.

• - 25 days of holiday (plus all Public Holidays) – increasing to 26 days after 1 year, 27 days after 2 years, and 28 days after 5 years.

• - A day off for your birthday.

• - Access to Costco Membership.

• - Salary Sacrifice Scheme, applicable to:

• - Workplace Pension link.

• - Employer contribution currently at 5.5% of qualifying salary (above legislated minimum and will increase if we achieve specific business targets).

• - Employee contribution at 4% of qualifying salary (legislated minimum but can be increased).

• - EV Car Schemes.

• - Discounted Gym Membership.

• - Cycle Schemes.

• - Home & Tech discounts for IKEA and Curry PC World.

• - Holiday Exchange Scheme: purchase up to 10 additional days per year and sell up to 5.

• Additionally, here are some of our cultural benefits:

• - Quarterly and annual star performer awards—nominated by peers and colleagues.

• - Spot Awards of £25 and above, to instantly recognize excellence in you and your colleagues.

• - Annual professional and personal training budget to support your Personal Development Plan (PDP).

• - Career Development Frameworks.

• - Reward schemes designed to appreciate your hard work and enhance affordability.

• - Monthly employee experience/engagement surveys.

• - Quarterly company meetings.

• - At least one meeting, typically the kickoff in March/April, will usually be in-person.

• - The remaining meetings are conducted as Town Halls.

• - Duration of in-person company meetings is generally 2 to 3 days with a different location each year.

• - Social/team-building events organized by our exceptional Employee Forum.

• - Regular, meaningful one-on-ones.

• - Long service recognition at 5, 10, 15, 20 years and beyond.

• - Award-winning culture *Great Place to Work™ Nov 24 to Nov 25; Best Workplaces for Development™ 2025, Best Workplaces for Wellbeing™ 2025, Best Workplaces for Women™ 2025, Best Workplaces in Consulting and Professional Service™ 2024*.