Senior Project Manager

Here at YBS we are modernising our approach to create value aligned teams which bring our IT and Transformation colleagues into the heart of enabling our strategy, working in partnership with our business teams and removing barriers to optimise our delivery of value to members.

We now have a brilliant opportunity for a Senior Project Manager to lead the definition and embedding of a Governance Framework across the organisation. This role sits within our Change Delivery team and offers high visibility, significant influence, and the chance to shape how governance supports strategic decisionmaking and organisational control.

Effective and timely Business decisions impact agility, customer outcomes, and operational efficiency. While governance forums like ExCo, and Product Council are essential, delays can be frequently caused by upstream and downstream factors ownership, engagement, and rework cyclesrather than the governance structures themselves.

This initiative is not just about rationalising governance bodies, but about improving the entire decision-making journeyfrom idea to implementation and redesigning how decisions are scoped, prepared, aligned, and executed across the organisation.

This is a fixed term contract (FTC) opportunity for 12 months - while hybrid working is supported, you will need to attend our Leeds and Bradford offices as required for key meetings and workshops.

About the role

We’re seeking an experienced, highly organised Senior Project Manager to lead endtoend delivery of a major Governance Framework enhancement project. You will join an established, crossfunctional programme team and play a pivotal role in defining how governance operates across YBS. You will:

• Lead endtoend delivery of the Governance Framework project, ensuring clear timelines, scope, and deliverables.
• Design, refine, and implement governance processes, templates, standards, and escalation mechanisms.
• Facilitate workshops, design sessions, and stakeholder forums, ensuring alignment and shared understanding of governance expectations.
  
• Ensure appropriate assurance, oversight, and reporting are in place and that Sponsors and senior stakeholders are fully engaged throughout.
• Hold endtoend accountability for scope, schedule, budget, dependencies, RAID items, and benefits realisation.
• Collaborate closely with PMO and Assurance teams to ensure governance is consistently applied across programmes and projects.
• Lead change adoption activities, including communications, engagement, guidance materials, and rollout planning.
• Ensure all delivery aligns with and reinforces the YBS Change Framework and Governance Model.