Job Title: Senior Business Change & Technology Project Manager (18 Month Fixed Term Contract)
Location: Peterborough (Hybrid)
Are you an experienced Project Manager who thrives on delivering complex business and technology change across global organisations? Do you enjoy navigating ambiguity, aligning senior stakeholders, and leading teams to deliver measurable value?
Our BTS Global Delivery Team is growing, and we’re looking for aSenior Business Change & Technology Project Manager to join our PMaaS (Project Management as a Service) function. Operating as an internal consultancy, PMaaS deploys project and programme managers into strategically critical assignments across ABF’s global businesses. In this role, you’ll take end-to-end ownership of major business change and technology programmes, from shaping scope through to benefits realisation.
What you'll be doing:
- Managing the end-to-end delivery of assigned business and technology change projects, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives and governance standards.
- Defining project scope, approach, and schedule, with a focus on delivering measurable outcomes on time and within budget.
- Managing multi-disciplinary teams across federated businesses, including PMaaS colleagues, local business resources, and external partners.
- Facilitating business readiness and change adoption through clear planning and engagement with end users and operational leaders.
- Applying appropriate delivery methodologies—Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid—to suit project needs while ensuring continuous improvement.
- Carefully managing risks, issues, and dependencies across concurrent high-profile initiatives, often involving C-level stakeholders.
- Reporting regularly on progress, value delivery, and benefits realisation, ensuring business cases are owned and outcomes.
- Supporting the growth of the PMaaS practice by mentoring others, sharing best practice, and contributing to the development of tools and templates.
What you'll bring:
- Skilled in engaging with C-suite executives and tailoring communication methods to meet the needs of both operational and strategic audiences.
- Excellent leadership, influencing, and relationship-building skills with a collaborative, consultative mindset.
- Experience in effectively delivering business and technology change projects within a federated enterprise environment.
- Extensive knowledge of project budgeting, planning, and stakeholder engagement, with experience managing budgets in the millions.
- Deep experience in change management and preparing business users for effective technology adoption.
- Proficient in both Agile and Waterfall methodologies and confident in applying a pragmatic blend to suit project contexts.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Project, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, and other key project delivery tools.
Location
Hybrid, a mix of office and homeworking. This role will be based at our Peterborough offices on the Lynchwood Business Park.
Associated British Foods Business Technology Services are continually reviewing our benefits to ensure our staff feel rewarded…
Associated British Foods is a global giant when it comes to the world of food processing and retail. Our ingredients division is the world’s second-largest producer of both sugar and baker’s yeast and our grocery brands occupy leading positions across the globe meaning that, in the UK, nine out of ten households use our brands.
Associated British Foods Business Technology Services (BTS) was first established in 2008 to deliver a centralised IT infrastructure and service to our fellow ABF businesses. We have now grown and operate in over 185 locations spread across 23 countries supported by a fantastic team of nearly 200. Our customers are at the heart of everything we do and we’re looking for people who are eager to join us in supporting and delivering this vision.
We want you to be a part of our future and to support you, so below are a handful of some of our benefits that are offered to our employees.
- AB Foods BTS match up to 10% pension (contributory)
- Up to 10% Bonus
- Opportunity to buy up to 5 days holiday per calendar year
- Discounts on ABF products such as Twinings, Silverspoon, Pataks and Ryvita
- 24/7 free and confidential access to an Employee Assistance Programme to support you as and when necessary
- Free lunch option available every day
- Access to a staff shop with discounted ABF brand products
We’re looking for dedicated and conscientious people who embrace and live our values. If you are an individual who thrives in a collaborative, trusting and pioneering work environment, ABF could be the right company for you.
All recruitment activities into our ABF BTS team are supported by our AB Agri business.
Making your application
Ready to apply? Great! Simply register your details and upload your CV via our careers website – it usually takes just a few minutes. Please do not delay making your application. In the event of a high candidate response to this vacancy we may close the application period before the date shown and without notice.
So that we can support you to perform at your best, please let us know of any adjustments that may be required throughout the recruitment process by emailing [email protected]
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ABF BTS recruitment is supported by our AB Agri group and we politely request no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We have a PSL and do not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.
