Junior Project Manager

Telefónica Tech is a leading provider of innovative tech services for the B2B market with a worldwide presence and strategic hubs in Spain, Brazil, UK and Germany. The company helps leading brands and organisations across the UK and Ireland unlock the power of integrated technology for all businesses, bringing together in one place a unique combination of, the best people, with the best tech and the best platforms in a simplified manner, to make a real difference to every business, every day.

We have an end-to-end portfolio of market leading services and develops integrated technology solutions to accelerate tech adoption through its two core divisions of Tech Cyber security & Cloud and Tech Intelligence of Things. The company has a diverse, highly trained and globally located talent pool of over 2000 employees and serves more than 5.5m customers every day with a service reach in 175 countries. Its dynamic partner ecosystem includes over 300 cutting edge businesses, as well as strategic agreements with all market leaders. 

As a Junior / Associate Project Manager at Telefónica Tech you will be responsible for the end-to-end delivery of small projects and workstreams, operating with increasing autonomy while supported by senior delivery leadership.

You are accountable for planning, coordination, and commercial control at a smaller scale, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to a high standard.

This role is a key development step toward full Project Manager capability, combining delivery ownership with structured support and coaching.

Key Responsibilities

1. Project Delivery Ownership (Small Projects)

• Own the delivery of low complexity / low risk projects end-to-end
• Define and manage:
• Scope
• Timeline
• Deliverables
• Ensure projects are delivered:
• On time
• Within budget
• To agreed quality standards

2. Planning & Coordination

• Create and maintain project plans and schedules
• Coordinate resources across consultants and stakeholders
• Track progress against milestones and proactively manage deviations
• Ensure dependencies are identified and managed

3. RAID Management

• Actively manage:
• Risks
• Assumptions
• Issues
• Dependencies
• Escalate appropriately and early where required
• Focus on managing risks

4. Commercial & Financial Control

• Track Budget vs actuals & Forecast vs remaining effort
• Ensure accurate: Timesheet submission & Effort tracking
• Support billing readiness and ensure projects remain commercially viable

5. Stakeholder Management

• Act as the primary contact for smaller client engagements
• Maintain clear and consistent communication with: Clients & Internal teams
• Provide regular, structured status reporting (RAG-based)

6. Delivery Governance

• Ensure adherence to: Delivery frameworks, Reporting standards, Documentation requirements
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date: Project documentation & Status reports

7. Continuous Development

• Build capability toward full Project Manager role
• Seek feedback and coaching from: Senior PMs & Programme Managers
• Develop understanding of: Commercial models, Delivery frameworks, Client engagement

Key Skills & Experience

Experience in a: Project Coordinator, PMO, Junior PM role

• Strong organisational and planning skills
• Ability to manage multiple priorities
• Good understanding of Project lifecycle & basic financial tracking
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills

Minimum and Essential Requirements for this role:

• Minimum of 1 year of demonstratable experience in a similar role, or on a similar contract delivery type, or working to deliver technology projects in a Managed Services environment 
• Proven experience in working with End Users and Clients.
• Proven experience in managing resources to deliver tasks.
• Good attention to detail and a natural ability to translate requirements into action, that can be converted to plans.
• A willingness to learn, on all levels, within delivery and the dynamics of project work, and the commercial setting of business delivery.
• Affable, approachable, with strong interpersonal skills.
• A highly flexible individual, willing to go the extra mile to support delivery.
• Strong mental capacity and ability to manage multiple dual running projects at the same time.
• A broad technology experience with a sound awareness of current technology trends.

Candidates must be eligible to obtain SC clearance and NPPV3 

At Telefónica Tech, we believe inclusion is the bridge that empowers everyone to be their authentic selves. We celebrate and respect our differences because diversity drives innovation and makes us stronger.
 
Be yourself with us, and feel that you belong. 

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and identities regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation. 
 
We are also committed to equity, accessible hiring practices, and creating an inclusive culture through many means including TogetHer (Women's network) and our Employee Resource Groups which include Diversity and Inclusion, Telefónica Tech Pride, Neurodiversity, ELEVATE (African and Caribbean heritage network), and Sustainability.

 We don’t believe hiring is a tick box exercise, so if you feel that you don’t match the job description 100%, but would still be a great fit for role, please get in touch.