Programme Project Manager – Data Centre & Infrastructure
Clearance - Active SC Clearance
Job Type - Permanent or Contract
We are seeking a Programme Project Manager to lead the Project Management Office (PMO) for a large-scale data centre refresh and network infrastructure upgrade. This is a high-impact role within one of Europe’s most significant defence infrastructure programmes, requiring a strong engineering background and experience in managing complex, mission-critical projects.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the PMO function, establishing best practices and ensuring adherence to internal governance frameworks.
- Oversee programme-level processes, resource allocation, and governance, ensuring projects remain on track and within budget.
- Monitor and track project progress, ensuring alignment across multiple workstreams and escalating risks where necessary.
- Request and review reports and project documentation from workstream leads and project managers.
- Manage stakeholder communication and reporting at both programme and project levels, ensuring transparency and engagement with internal and external stakeholders.
- Align projects with overall business objectives, identifying opportunities for additional business development and strategic alignment.
Key Skills & Experience:
- Strong background in engineering, infrastructure, data centres, or cloud environments.
- Proven experience in leading a PMO within large-scale infrastructure or defence-related programmes.
- Expertise in programme governance, resource management, and risk mitigation.
- Ability to manage cross-functional teams and workstream leads in a complex technical environment.
- Experience working in secure, highly regulated environments (defence, nuclear, or government experience is desirable but not essential).
- Ex-military candidates with relevant project management experience are highly desirable.
- Exceptional stakeholder management skills, with the ability to drive business development opportunities where applicable.
This role presents a unique opportunity to contribute to a high-profile, mission-critical defence infrastructure programme, ensuring successful delivery and long-term impact.
Top Skills
What We Do
Amber Labs is a partnership of highly-skilled consultants and technologists.
We specialise in the evolution of Data Engineering, Cloud and Analytics.
We focus on delivering value from our client’s data using innovative approaches that reduce risk and delivery time, and that we are constantly improving through R&D.
Amber Labs was founded on three key principles:
An employee first internal culture, through diverse investment and exciting opportunities for our team, and a partnership structure ensuring everyone has an opportunity to share in the success of Amber Labs.
Persistent analysis to identify opportunities to develop artefacts, accelerators and automation that allow rapid deployment of highly-technical solutions to the cloud or on-premise for our clients.
Consistent investment into our ADM (Amber Labs Delivery Methodology -underpinned by Agile Methodology) to ensure we maximise velocity, quality and value
