Senior Project Manager

Work closely with the business and the Product Team We're looking for a Senior Project Manager to join our Product team and help lead the successful delivery of some of our largest and most strategically important digital products. You'll own projects from discovery through launch and ongoing delivery, ensuring they are delivered commercially, technically and operationally.

No two projects are the same. One week you could be leading the delivery of a new mobile platform for a leading retailer, the next helping an international client launch a complex digital service used by millions of customers.

About Droids On Roids

At the beginning of 2025, Droids On Roids joined forces with Apadmi, a European digital products company specialising in mobile. We create digital experiences that generate measurable value for organisations and their customers. Our group brings together Product, Design, Engineering, Data and AI, Delivery and Growth capabilities across operating companies. As Apadmi scales, Product is becoming one coherent group capability: shared standards, careers, methods and investment, applied with meaningful authority close to clients and teams.

You will be:

Delivery Leadership

• Leading multiple digital product deliveries from discovery through launch and live operation.
• Establishing delivery plans that align scope, timelines, budget and business outcomes.
• Providing clear leadership across multidisciplinary teams throughout the project lifecycle.
• Ensuring projects remain predictable, transparent and focused on delivering measurable value.
• Creating an environment where delivery teams can consistently perform at a high level.
• Balancing client priorities, commercial objectives and delivery quality when making decisions.
• Championing the use of AI and modern delivery tools to improve planning, forecasting, reporting and delivery efficiency, enabling teams to focus on delivering greater client value.

Client Partnership

• Building trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders.
• Becoming the primary delivery partner throughout client engagements.
• Providing clear communication on progress, risks, opportunities and commercial impacts.
• Translating technical complexity into language that enables confident business decisions.
• Supportinig clients in making informed prioritisation and investment decisions.
• Contributing to long-term client relationships through consistently successful delivery.

Commercial & Financial Management

• Owning project budgets, forecasts and financial performance.
• Producing accurate estimates and delivery forecasts.
• Monitoring project profitability throughout delivery.
• Ensuring Statements of Work are delivered within agreed commercial parameters.
• Managing project scope and change requests while protecting both client value and commercial performance.
• Working closely with leadership to maximise project health, utilisation and delivery confidence
• Understanding how project decisions impact the wider client portfolio, ensuring commercial and delivery decisions support long-term client success.

Delivery Governance

• Maintaining effective governance across risks, assumptions, issues, dependencies and decisions.
• Ensuring projects have clear reporting, appropriate controls and proactive escalation where required.
• Managing scope throughout the project lifecycle while maintaining delivery confidence.
• Ensuring project documentation and reporting remain accurate and current.
• Driving consistent delivery standards across projects.
• Supporting governance reviews with internal and client stakeholders.

Technical Delivery

• Working closely with Solution Architects and Engineering Leads to create realistic delivery plans.
• Understanding technical risks, dependencies and delivery constraints sufficiently to support effective planning and governance.
• Facilitating collaboration between engineering, design, product and client teams.
• Ensuring delivery decisions consider quality, scalability and long-term product success.
• Championing collaborative problem solving across technical and non-technical teams.

Continuous Improvement

• Identifying opportunities to improve delivery processes and team effectiveness.
• Sharing knowledge and best practice across Droids On Roids and the wider Apadmi Group.
• Supporting and mentor less experienced Project Managers.
• Contributing to the evolution of delivery standards, tools and ways of working.
• Help building a culture of learning, accountability and continuous improvement.