Senior Project Manager

Overview

Senior Project Manager (Marketing Technology)
£54,000 - £62,000 (+ Benefits)

Bold innovation. Cross-functional collaboration. Impacting the future.

Senior Project Manager (Marketing Technology)
£54,000 - £62,000 (+ Benefits)

Reports to: Lead Project Manager
Grade: P3
Department: Chief Operating Office
Contract: 6 month fixed-term contract
Hours: Full time 35 hours per week
Location: Stratford, London. Office-based with high flexibility (1-2 days per week in the office)
Visa sponsorship: You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy. Cancer Research UK is not able to offer visa sponsorship.
External closing date: 26 February 2026 23:55
Internal closing date: 05 March 2026 23:55

This vacancy may close earlier if a high volume of applications is received or once a suitable candidate is found, therefore we strongly recommend that you apply early to avoid disappointment. If you require more time to apply as part of a reasonable adjustment, please contact  as soon as possible.

Two competency-based interviews (potentially with a telephone interview, depending on application volumes)

Interview date: From the week commencing 02 March 2026

We operate an anonymised shortlisting process in our commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion. CVs are required for all applications; but we won’t be able to view them until we invite you for an interview. Instead, we ask you to fully complete the work history section of the online application form for us to be able to assess you quickly, fairly, and objectively.

At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer. We are professionals with purpose, beating cancer every day. That’s why we’re looking for someone talented, someone who wants to develop their skills, someone like you.

Cancer Research UK’s Technology team is currently delivering a range of ambitious, modern change initiatives and programmes across the organisation to ensure we maximise the value of our resources while delivering operational transformation and management, and an employee and supporter experience that enables us to be an inclusive, well-governed, agile, and sustainable organisation. This involves delivering and managing a variety of projects to drive change across a range of products and services used by 4,000+ staff, 600+ shops, and thousands of supporters.

We are searching for a Senior Project Manager (Technology) to join our Project & Delivery Management team. In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring end-to-end delivery of a range of medium to large Marketing Technology change projects and programmes. This will involve facilitating teamwork and collaboration, providing quality stakeholder engagement, reporting on time frames and budgets, and matrix managing our talented project teams.

If you’re an experienced Technology Project Manager looking for an opportunity to deliver a diverse range of purpose-driven projects that truly make a difference, we’d love for you to join our mission.

• Facilitating and leading the end-to-end delivery of a range of medium to large Marketing Technology change projects and programmes.
• Collaborating with Sponsor, Business Owner(s), and project team to clearly define project vision, outcomes, key milestones, decisions, and project roadmap.
• Applying an Agile mindset to effectively deliver a range of complex projects while collaborating across teams and ensuring appropriate governance with stakeholders.
• Identifying and planning project resource needs, governance, and structure.
• This includes identifying and managing all risks, issues, and opportunities with the project team, as well as collaborating with the project team and partners to identify options and recommendations for project delivery.
• Identifying stakeholders and ensuring effective stakeholder engagement.
• Leading the day-to-day project activity and team ensuring effective collaboration and planning.
• Managing escalations appropriately to ensure decisions are made by the appropriate representatives based on evidence while considering risks, costs, benefits, and options.
• Managing project budgets, forecasting, and tracking external and internal…