Senior Project Manager

The Senior Project Manager provides project leadership and coordination for Zinc projects. The post-holder is responsible for managing day-to-day delivery across workstreams, maintaining delivery discipline, tracking timelines, budgets, risks, deliverables, compliance, and reporting, and coordinating across internal teams, partners, and clients to ensure activities are delivered to a high standard, on time, and within budget. The Senior Project Manager represents Zinc professionally in client meetings and partner engagements, contributes credible technical and delivery insight, and escalates strategic, contractual, commercial, or high-stakes issues to the Project Director or designated programme lead with clear recommendations. 

You must currently hold active UK Government Security Check (SC) Clearance.

Core Responsibilities 

Project Delivery and Quality Assurance 

• Manage and coordinate the day-to-day delivery of project activities, translating strategic and client requirements into practical workplans, activity trackers, and deliverable schedules, and ensuring alignment with programme strategy, deadlines, budget, and quality standards. 

• Oversee project timelines, milestones, budgets, and deliverables, tracking progress and ensuring internal, client, and donor requirements are met. 

• Lead regular client and donor reporting, including