Hybrid Project Manager

at DC Thomson

• Job title: Project Manager
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Dundee, United Kingdom

About the role

• Project Manager at Beano Brain managing delivery of complex projects with multiple streams. Leading cross-functional teams to ensure efficient project outcomes in a hybrid work environment.

Responsibilities

• Managing and developing a team of 4 people
• Senior administrative overview of all commercial projects, managing timelines, budgets, 3rd party contracts and their costs, and overseeing the recruitment team in the field
• Deliver project outcomes to agreed scope, time, cost and quality
• Ensure all projects follow a clear plan, have measurable outcomes and deliver defined commercial or operational value
• Maintain rigorous governance, risk and dependency control
• Run disciplined governance cycles. Identify risks and dependencies early, ensure actions are owned and resolved quickly and escalate only when required
• Drive cross‑functional alignment and unblock delivery teams
• Create clarity across functions, ensure teams understand their role and deliverables and remove blockers to maintain delivery pace
• Improve project delivery performance across the portfolio
• Apply repeatable best practice, use data to measure performance and feed learnings into future delivery. Promote collaboration and shared standards
• Manage supplier and partner performance
• Ensure external partners deliver to contractual expectations. Track performance, control costs and drive accountability
• Ensure outcomes are embedded and benefits realised
• Confirm that handover, adoption, training, process changes and performance measures are in place so project outcomes are sustained

Requirements

• Takes full responsibility for the definition, documentation and successful completion of complex projects
• Plans and implements complex and substantial risk management activities within a specific function, technical area, project or programme
• Acts as a single point of contact by developing, maintaining and working to stakeholder engagement strategies and plans. Provides informed feedback to assess and promote understanding
• Provides general advice and guidance on financial planning, budgeting and accounting using recognised practices and standards
• Performs bench-marking and makes use of supplier performance data to ensure performance is adequately monitored and regularly reviewed. Use suppliers' expertise to support and inform development roadmaps
• Tailors processes to meet specific needs while ensuring they align with established standards and are informed by evaluations of methods and tools
• Manages reviews of the benefits and value of methods and tools. Identifies and recommends improvements that support broader organisational goals.
• **Experience:**
• Delivery of complex cross‑functional projects in a matrix environment
• Experience in commercially pressured or fast‑moving settings
• Experience in portfolio or multi‑brand organisations.
• **Behaviours that will help this role succeed:**Being More Curious **
• Use data and insight to improve project decisions
• Ask direct questions to clarify assumptions, risks and dependencies
• **Experiment with Purpose**
• Test solutions early, use feedback loops and pivot when evidence requires it
• Encourage teams to try new approaches that improve delivery performance
• **Owning the Outcomes **
• Hold clear accountability for delivery results
• Escalate early with options and a recommended action.
• **Being More Collaborative **
• Build transparent communication across functions with clear responsibilities
• Share tools, learning and best practice across the portfolio.