Senior Project Manager

Senior Project Manager | Southampton | Competitive

This is a Senior Project Manager role for someone who wants full ownership, not just oversight. If you thrive on being the single point of accountability, and you want direct access to senior leadership rather than layers of process, this is built for you.

As a Senior Project Manager, you will benefit from:

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Employee Assistance Health Line
• Company pension
• Social events throughout the year

As a Senior Project Manager, your responsibilities will include:

• Owning delivery end to end across internal and external customers, from planning through to execution and feedback
• Acting as primary contact for key OEM and distributor relationships, managing expectations throughout
• Developing and maintaining detailed project plans in Microsoft Project, covering milestones, dependencies, and resource requirements
• Identifying delivery risks early, agreeing mitigation actions, and escalating clearly when needed
• Coordinating external partners and holding them accountable for delivery, quality, and communication

As a Senior Project Manager, your experience will include:

• 7+ years in project or programme management, ideally within engineering, manufacturing, or a technical product business
• Delivering multi-party, real-world deployment of in-house products
• Managing customer-facing projects alongside external suppliers and subcontractors
• Confidence engaging with both technical teams and customers
• Comfort operating with incomplete data and translating complexity into clear action
• Right to work in the UK, and right to travel and work in both the USA and Europe

If you want a role where the outcome is genuinely yours to own, this is the next step. Apply today with an up-to-date CV or call Josh Hill at Rubicon for more information.