Graduate Project Manager

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

📋 Description

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

• Engaging with clients throughout the process, including pre-sale, contract finalization, startup, design, implementation, commercial management, and handover.

• Ensuring clients are satisfied with our services—not just with specific enterprise solutions, but also by anticipating their future strategic needs.

• Collaborating with CPS and Microsoft to promote sustainability within the businesses we serve; thus, business change management is a crucial element of our delivery.

• Serving clients across the UK, with occasional travel required, including potential overseas assignments.

⛳️ Requirements

• A self-starter eager to enhance both personal and organizational knowledge and skills, possessing a proactive 'make it happen' mentality.

• Managing a variety of small projects while providing support for Project Management tasks on larger engagements as needed.

• Implementing essential Project Management controls, including:

• - Communication (Stakeholder & Team)

• - Scope & Expectation Management

• - Change Control

• - Planning & Resource Management

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

• - Deliverable acceptance and Financial control (Billing)

• - Internal and Client-facing performance reporting (highlight reporting, cost status reporting)

• Strong time management, expectation management, and clear communication are vital within the commercial aspects of engagements.

• Guaranteeing that all activities are completed with high quality, on schedule, and within budget, ensuring clients are pleased with their experience with CPS.

• Being calm, personable, approachable, and adept at building relationships quickly.

• Possessing strong written and verbal communication abilities.

• Being patient, persistent, and trustworthy.

• Organized, motivated, and suitably persistent in achieving objectives.

• Enjoying collaboration within a multi-functional team.

• Demonstrating a willingness to make decisions and thrive under pressure.

• Capable of multitasking across various tasks/projects, prioritizing as necessary.

• Quick to absorb new information.

• Focusing on quality and customer relationships.

• Eager to grow, building knowledge and skills.

• Willing to travel to client locations throughout the UK if required.

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

• Understanding of project financial management and budgeting.

• Familiarity with end-to-end project lifecycle delivery and various project execution methods (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, to 27 days after 2 years, and to 28 days after 5 years

• - Your birthday off

• - Access to Costco Membership

• - Salary Sacrifice Scheme, applicable to:

• - Workplace Pension link

• - Employer contribution currently set at 5.5% of qualifying salary (exceeding legislated minimum, with potential increases based on business performance)

• - Employee contribution is 4% of qualifying salary (legislated minimum, with an option to increase)

• - EV Car Schemes

• - Discounted Gym Membership

• - Cycle Schemes

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

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

• In addition, these are just a few of our cultural benefits:

• - Quarterly and annual star performer awards – determined by peer and colleague votes

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

• - Annual professional and personal training budget to support your Personal Development Plan

• - Career Development Frameworks

• - Reward schemes designed to appreciate your hard work and ease financial burdens.

• - Monthly employee experience/engagement surveys

• - Quarterly company meetings

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

• - The remaining meetings are held as Town Halls.

• - Duration of in-person company meetings typically spans 2 or 3 days, with locations changing each year.

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

• - Regular, meaningful one-on-one meetings

• - 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*