Senior Project Manager (pipeline)

Ward Williams

ABOUT WARD WILLIAMS: We’re a growing consultancy that’s built its reputation on doing things a bit differently. Over the past 10 years, we’ve doubled in size, become one of the first consultancies globally to achieve B Corp status, and earned a Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Sustainable Development, all things we’re genuinely proud of. We place just as much value on how we work as what we’ve achieved. No overly corporate culture, no being boxed into one type of project, and no being just another name in a large team. Instead, we focus on giving people the space to take responsibility, deliver high-quality work, and contribute to complex civils and infrastructure projects that have a real and lasting impact. You’ll be working on projects that shape communities and environments, in a team that values collaboration, straight talking, and doing things properly. It’s about building strong relationships, taking pride in what you deliver, and continuing to develop in a way that feels natural rather than forced. WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR: We’re looking for an experienced Senior Project Manager with a strong background in civils and infrastructure, ideally with experience across strategic land and large-scale residential schemes. You’ll be confident leading projects from the front, managing client relationships, and acting as a trusted and reliable point of contact. This is a role where you’ll have real ownership, not just of delivery, but of how projects are shaped and relationships are built. Our Gloucester office has strong momentum, an established client base, and a genuinely collaborative team. This role is about stepping into that environment and playing a key part in both delivering high-quality work and supporting the continued growth of the team. You’ll be leading on complex infrastructure projects, working closely with the Project Management Partner, and supporting the development of more junior colleagues. Alongside delivery, you’ll contribute to client relationships and help build on the strong reputation we’ve already established. What tends to work well at Ward Williams is less about ticking boxes and more about how you approach your work: Impact – you take ownership and want to make a meaningful difference. Imagination – you’re open to new ideas and always looking for better ways of doing things. Authenticity – you’re straightforward, collaborative, and easy to work with. WHAT IS IT LIKE TO WORK IN THIS OFFICE? People are in the office, working together, sharing ideas and solving problems as a team. There’s a strong sense of momentum in Gloucester, with a growing pipeline of work and a culture where people support each other and get stuck in. It’s a collaborative and hands-on environment where knowledge sharing happens naturally and everyone plays a part in delivering projects successfully. People know each other well, work closely together, and genuinely enjoy being part of the team, which creates a positive and supportive atmosphere day to day. You’ll work closely with the Project Management Partner and wider team, with the opportunity to take on real responsibility and play a visible role in the office as it continues to grow. YOUR PROFILE: WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING; You’ll play a key role in leading the delivery of civils and infrastructure projects, taking responsibility for outcomes and building strong relationships with clients and stakeholders along the way. Alongside project delivery, you’ll support the growth of the Gloucester office, contribute to new opportunities, and help develop more junior members of the team. WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR; We’re looking for someone with strong experience delivering civils and infrastructure projects, either within a consultancy or client-side environment. You’ll be confident managing clients, stakeholders, and project teams, with a solid understanding of project delivery and commercial awareness. Experience across areas such as strategic land, utilities, or large-scale residential developments would be beneficial. A professional qualification (MRICS, MCIOB, APM or equivalent) is desirable, as is the ability to operate at a senior level with confidence, reliability, and a proactive approach. WHAT WE OFFER EMPLOYEES: What you can expect from us: * Flexible, hybrid working that gives you genuine balance, with time in the office to collaborate and stay connected. * A competitive salary that reflects your experience and the value you bring. * Tailored development and progression, shaped around your ambitions, with real investment in your future. * 38 days annual leave including public holidays, giving you the space to properly switch off and recharge. * Your birthday off, because it should be celebrated. * Enhanced family leave, offering extra support when it matters most. * 6% employer pension contributions to help you plan ahead with confidence. * Life cover at three times your salary, providing peace of mind for you and your family. * Access to Aviva Digicare+, including virtual GP services and wellbeing support when you need it. * A strong focus on wellbeing, with access to in-house support and resources. * The opportunity to get involved in charity initiatives and volunteering, with dedicated time to give back. * Opportunities to engage with professional bodies and industry networks, helping you build your profile. * A calendar of social events and team activities, making it easy to build relationships and feel part of the team. Be part of a culture that values you, not just for what you do, but for who you are. Ward Williams is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive. INTERESTED? If you’re interested, please apply with your CV. If this role isn’t quite right but you’d still like to hear more about opportunities with us, you can explore current roles on our website: wardwilliams.uk/join-us What to expect from the process: 1. We’ll review your CV. 2. If there’s a potential fit, we’ll arrange an initial video call. 3. This is an opportunity for us to get to know each other and talk through your experience and what you’re looking for. If you have any questions, feel free to get in touch with Vanessa Channings, Senior People Manager, at VanessaChannings@wardwilliams.uk Ward Williams is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where people are valued not just for what they do, but for who they are.

Map Project Office

At Map Project Office, we design products that make life feel simpler, smarter, and more human. From everyday objects to next-gen tech, our work sits at the intersection of design and innovation. We turn bold ideas into things people love to use. But what really defines Map is our culture. We’re a curious, collaborative team who believe the best ideas come from working openly together. Whether it’s partnering with start-ups or world-leading brands, we thrive on solving tough challenges and pushing design in new directions. We are looking for an experienced Senior Account/Project Manager to join our team. Reporting to the Business Director, you will play a key role in managing and growing client relationships across the studio, ensuring projects are delivered successfully while maintaining strong commercial performance. Working closely with senior creative counterparts, you will lead projects from brief through to completion, balancing client needs with project scope, timelines, and budgets. This is an exciting opportunity for a confident, proactive account leader who enjoys building trusted partnerships, spotting opportunities for growth, and helping teams do their best work. Key Responsibilities * Manage multiple projects from initial brief through to completion, ensuring delivery on time, within scope, and within budget. * Act as the primary client contact for assigned accounts, building strong and lasting relationships. * Work closely with creative teams to develop commercially viable responses to client briefs. * Create clear, detailed proposals and scopes of work in collaboration with creative counterparts. * Monitor project health, revenue, and pipeline, providing regular updates to the Growth Director. * Identify opportunities to grow existing accounts and support new business activity. * Lead new business conversations, presentations, and responses to RFPs and RFQs alongside senior creative team members. * Take ownership of the financial performance of assigned accounts, including forecasting, budgeting, invoicing, and change control. * Work with the Resource Manager to ensure projects are appropriately staffed while maintaining healthy margins. * Ensure all project administration is completed to a high standard, including agendas, meeting notes, project plans, and purchase orders. * Support and mentor junior team members, contributing to their development and growth. * Play an active role in shaping and maintaining Map’s studio culture Essential Skills & Experience * Proven experience in an Account Manager or Senior Account Manager role within a creative, design, branding, or agency environment. * Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously. * Excellent client relationship and stakeholder management skills. * Commercially minded with strong financial acumen and experience managing project budgets. * Experience working closely with creative teams and navigating creative processes. * Exceptional organisational skills and attention to detail. * Positive, proactive, and solution-oriented approach. * Comfortable working independently while collaborating effectively across teams. * Confidence in challenging assumptions, solving problems, and taking ownership of outcomes. * Strong communication and presentation skills. If you're a commercially savvy relationship-builder who thrives in a creative environment and enjoys bringing people, ideas, and projects together, we'd love to hear from you. About map project office map project office (part of WPP) is an industrial design studio defining new ways of interacting with technologies. We take a strategic approach to designing products, systems, and spaces. We work across diverse fields and multiple scales, from small, everyday objects to visionary systems. At the core of every project is our curiosity about the interplay between people and technology. Our process is rigorous, strategic, and exploratory. With our in-house workshop, we translate ideas into physical prototypes by hand to quickly learn and iterate. At map, we design through making. We partner with ambitious clients at the forefront of their field, from exciting start-ups to global brands. Together, we expand the possibilities of people–technology relationships, designing meaningful human interactions that shift how we live. About WPP WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. For more information, visit WPP.com.

BlaBlaCar

About BlaBlaCar BlaBlaCar is the world’s leading community-based travel app enabling 27 million members a year to carpool or travel by bus in 21 countries. Our team of 800 employees counts over 50 nationalities and is spread across our 5 global offices, 30% working fully remotely. Your mission As the Localization Operations Specialist, you will own the day-to-day localization run that keeps BlaBlaCar's product speaking 40+ locales across Android, iOS, and web. Your mission is to take full ownership of the recurring translation loop, from request intake to delivery, so that content reaches travelers in every market quickly, accurately, and on schedule. You will run an AI-assisted localization pipeline end to end: triaging incoming requests, producing translations through our AI tooling, staging them for linguist review, and delivering them to the live product. You will be the operational backbone of the function during a period of automation and growth, holding the run reliably while the longer-term AI and strategy work moves forward in parallel. You will work hand-in-hand with the Senior Localization Project Manager, who owns the assets, pipelines, and strategy, and partner closely with developers, Product Managers, content designers, and external linguists to keep the localization machine running smoothly.   Your responsibilities Own the daily/weekly localization run: Take full ownership of the recurring loop — intake and triage of requests (Jira tickets and ad-hoc spreadsheets), AI translation through our tooling, staging for linguist review, and delivery to the product. Run linguist review and job management: Handle the weekly review cycle — creating and grouping translation jobs, overseeing the automated publish, and answering linguist questions by tracing each string back to its source and closing the loop with the right person. Run the monthly product content review: Coordinate the recurring review of live product strings — routing them to the per-locale reviewers, collecting their changes, and applying them back. Keep quality high: Run the QA pass on each batch, act on validation flags (placeholders, plurals, do-not-translate terms), and fix reported localization bugs, both functional (truncation, layout, broken placeholders) and linguistic. Support developers and product teams: Handle everyday content requests in the translation management system and answer string-context questions. Monitor the localization and content channels for incoming issues. Track the work: Keep the content and word-count trackers up to date so every request is accounted for through delivery, and support the related reporting.   Your qualifications Experience: Prior experience in localization, translation operations, or a content / project-coordination role in a tech or scale-up environment. Comfortable owning a recurring operational process end to end. Tools & process: Hands-on with a TMS (Phrase a strong plus) and comfortable working inside ticketing and tracking tools (Jira, spreadsheets). Quick to learn new operator tooling. AI fluency: Comfortable working with AI tools day to day and confident reviewing their output critically rather than taking it at face value. General AI fluency matters more here than a specific tool. Rigor & autonomy: Highly organized and reliable under a fixed weekly cadence. Able to run the loop solo and flag issues early. Languages: Full fluency in English is mandatory. French is a plus.   The team The Localization function: A lean, heavily AI-assisted localization operation covering 40+ locales across all platforms, sitting within Product & Experience. Your role in it: You own the run. The Senior Localization Project Manager owns the linguistic assets, the AI pipelines and tooling, vendor and budget strategy, and the localization roadmap — with a handover gradient where some judgment-heavy items shift to you as you ramp. External stakeholders: The external linguist roster and translation vendors. Internal stakeholders: Developers, Product Managers, content designers, and the wider Product organization.   What we have to offer This role is on a 4-months CDD contract from September to December, part time 3 days a week.  4 additional weeks on top of legal maternity/paternity leaves 50% healthcare coverage (Alan) Financial support for home office equipment Minimum 25 days holiday per year  Local meal plan policy (Swile card) 50% transportation paid (Forfait Mobilité Durable) Free unlimited carpooling & bus rides Personal growth via trainings, mentorship, and internal mobility programs Employee Stock ownership plan Regular team building events1 day off per year to test our product 1 day per year for social engagements with non-profits   Interested in joining the ride? A 45-minutes screening call with Barbara Carnet, Talent Acquisition Manager, to get to know you and answer your first questions. A 1-hour interview with Simon Rimbert, Senior Localization Project Manager, to deep dive into the role, your experience, and how you'd run the localization loop.