Senior IT Project Manager

Job Introduction

Salary: Up to £70,552.23 (Basic salary of £61,337.60 per annum with yearly increments based on performance plus £4613.61 London Allowance if London based, plus a Skills Framework of the Information Age Allowance of £4601.02)

Contract Type: Permanent

Location: Buckingham Palace Road, London, SW1W 9TJ

Type of Working Arrangement: Blended approach of home and office-working is available

Hours: This is full-time role (37 hours per week)

British Transport Police (BTP) is the national police force for the rail network throughout Great Britain. We are the ‘Guardians of the Railway,’ putting passenger safety at the heart of what we do. Our values are simply: We Care, We Do the Right Thing, We Strive to Be Better Every Day, We Are One BTP, and We Are Proud to Protect. Join us and help create an environment where we can all be our best every day.

The Opportunity

British Transport Police have an opportunity for a Senior IT Project manager Senior IT Project Manager to join the IT Portfolio Delivery Team. As a Senior IT Project Manager, you will lead major, organisation‑wide technology transformation projects—ensuring delivery on time, on budget, and to the highest quality while driving meaningful change across BTP. We are especially interested in hearing from candidates with experience of delivering a wide range of complex IT or data related projects.

What Youll Be Doing

• Leading complex, medium‑to‑large IT projects, ensuring successful end‑to‑end delivery.
• Translating strategic requirements into clear project plans, business cases, and governance documentation.
• Managing costs, benefits, risks, issues and interdependencies across multiple stakeholders.
• Work collaboratively with Business Analysts to elicit business requirements, design benefit measurement plans, run pilot schemes and become a driving force to find innovative digital solutions that solve real operational challenges and deliver measurable improvements across the organisation..
• Driving business change activities to embed technology solutions effectively across the organisation – ensuring operational colleagues in BTP have the best possible digital capabilities to suit their needs.
  
  

What Youll Bring To The Team

• Proven experience delivering complex IT transformation projects at scale.
• Strong stakeholder communication skills, including presenting complex scope and progress updates.
• Expertise in project governance, business case development, risk management and benefits realisation.
• Ability to lead, support and develop a team of change professionals.
• A proactive and optimistic team player who excels in collaboration but is equally effective working independently.
• A quick learner who can balance multiple priorities with ease, maintaining high standards of quality while delivering against competing deadlines.
  
  

Additional Information

Further information about this vacancy can be found in the attached job description.

Vetting: Successful applicants will be required to pass Recruitment/Management Vetting (3/5 years minimum UK residency required), including a full background and financial disclosure. For more information and Top Tips, please see attached document.

Medical: We’ll ask for relevant health and medical history details to support employee wellbeing.

References: Well ask for references to cover the past 5 years.

Applications will be via an up-to-date CV and online application form, as part of this application please outline how your skills and experience demonstrate your suitability for the role. AI can be a useful tool to spark ideas or help you organise your thoughts, but when it comes to your application, we want to hear from you, not an algorithm. What truly stands out to us are genuine stories, personal insights and the experiences that have shaped who you are. Authenticity matters - it helps us understand your motivations, your strengths and how you’ll contribute to our team. So, use AI if it helps you get started, but let your own voice lead the way.

Completed applications must be submitted by 11.59pm on the 30th of April 2026.

Inclusion & Diversity

We are committed to building a workforce where everyone feels they belong.

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and lived experiences. Diversity strengthens our teams, improves our services and helps us better represent and support the communities we serve.

We are proud to be an inclusive employer and strive to create a workplace that is fair, respectful and accessible to all. We actively work to challenge discrimination, remove barriers and ensure equity throughout our recruitment and employment practices.

If you need any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment or selection process, please let us know - we are happy to support you. Your talent, your potential, and your unique perspective matter here.

For more information on Inclusion or the Disability Confident Scheme, please click the links Inclusion & Diversity Disability Confident Scheme

Join Us

Ready to take the next step in your career? At BTP, you’ll have the opportunity to grow, make a real impact, and be part of something extraordinary.

Find out why BTP could be the perfect fit for you - About Us - British Transport Police

Curious about what life at BTP is really like? Hear directly from our people and discover what makes working here so rewarding. Explore real stories on our blog: Our Stories - British Transport Police

For further information, please contact our Resourcing Team -RecruitmentTeam@btp.police.uk.

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