Senior Project Manager

The Role

Location: Bristol

Level: The level of the role will be shaped around the skills and experience of the
successful candidate — so if it sounds like a good fit and a role your excited by, we’d love to hear from
you.

Ready to lead game-changing projects and shape the future of the UKI Cluster?

This newly created 18-month FTC offers a unique opportunity to step into a high-impact, high-visibility role at the heart of our Cluster. Reporting directly to the GM UKI Cluster and working closely with members of the Cluster Leadership Team, you will drive the end-to-end delivery of complex, cross functional initiatives that are critical to the clusters must win battles.

You’ll be at the heart of programme & project design, planning, and execution—partnering with senior stakeholders to ensure delivery is timely, aligned, and value-driven. This is a highly visible role, requiring strong governance, stakeholder engagement, and a passion for continuous improvement.

This is more than a delivery role - it’s a chance to shape how programmes and projects are run, build capability across teams, and leave a lasting impact on the business. If you’re a strategic thinker with a collaborative spirit and a passion for excellence, we’d love to hear from you.

Principle Accountabilities

• Lead programme & project delivery from initiation to closure, ensuring alignment with time, cost, scope, and quality expectations.
• Develop and maintain detailed programme & project plans, including milestones, dependencies, and critical path analysis.
• Provide clear and consistent reporting to senior stakeholders, synthesising updates and highlighting risks and opportunities.
• Facilitate structured workshops and reviews, including kick-offs, stage gates, and lessons learned retrospectives.
• Embed strong governance and project disciplines, ensuring compliance with internal standards and strategic alignment.

Why You’ll Love This Role

• Work directly with senior leaders and decision-makers.
• Be at the centre of high-impact, high-visibility programmes and projects.
• Shape how projects are run—not just deliver them.
• Build your strategic and leadership toolkit.
• Leave a legacy that lasts beyond your secondment.

Skills and Experience Required

• Proven track record of managing complex, cross-functional programmes & projects across functions and matrix environment.
• Strong project management expertise, with deep understanding of constrained planning and critical path management.
• Exceptional communication and influencing skills, with the ability to engage stakeholders at all levels and across cultures.
• Strategic mindset, with high commercial awareness and the ability to align programme scope with business priorities.
• Experience managing remote teams, coordinating across time zones and navigating ambiguity with confidence.
• Degree-level education (or equivalent), ideally in a relevant field such as business, engineering, or project management.

What We Offer

In return for playing your part in building our future, you will receive a comprehensive compensation package with salary, bonus scheme and further benefits as well inspiring places to work and collaborate with purpose. Here at Imperial we will give you the opportunity to grow and learn, innovate at pace and be a part of our purpose to forge a path to a healthier future for moments of relaxation and pleasure for our consumers.

Everyone Belongs

Everyone belongs in Imperial. We are proud of being a truly inclusive organisation. We encourage and welcome applications from people of all ages, genders, ethnicities, nationalities, disabilities, sexual orientation, religions or beliefs and of neuro divergence. We give fair and equal consideration to all our applicants. Please contact us at recruitment@impbrands.com to let us know if we can provide support in helping you complete an application and/or attend an interview.

About Us

We're a truly international company, fourth largest in our industry and operating across 120 markets. An inclusive, innovative global FMCG business supported by 25,000 employees. As we embrace a new era of growth, we are transforming. Our ways of working and culture are driven by a challenger mindset, constantly questioning the status quo where people can bring their best selves to work. Our agility and collaboration are driving our ambitions, innovation and success all supported by our award-winning development programmes that creates exciting and rewarding career opportunities for all.  Encouraging inclusion at local levels and supporting a developing and robust diversity agenda globally, we’re fully committed to creating and maintaining an environment that celebrates and respects difference.

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