Burberry Technology Project Manager

About Burberry

Burberry Limited, a quintessentially British luxury fashion house, is renowned for its innovative designs and commitment to quality. As part of the global luxury conglomerate, Burberry offers a dynamic and inclusive work environment where creativity and excellence are at the forefront. The company is dedicated to fostering a culture that encourages diversity and sustainability, making it a leader in the luxury industry.

Role & Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end technology project delivery from mobilisation through execution, implementation and operational transition.
• Partner with IT Directors and senior stakeholders to define project scope, outcomes, governance and priorities.
• Own and maintain integrated delivery plans, managing dependencies, critical paths, sequencing and resource allocation.
• Manage scope, change control and RAID logs (risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies), actively mitigating or escalating threats.
• Coordinate cross-functional delivery across product, platform, enabling and third-party teams.
• Ensure delivery complies with architecture, security, regulatory and operational standards.
• Provide project governance forums with accurate, evidence-based reporting on progress, risks, dependencies and budgets.
• Constructively challenge unrealistic timelines, resource gaps and unmitigated risks while maintaining professional independence.
• Partner with Business Programme Management to align technology delivery with business readiness, UAT, change management and adoption.
• Adapt communication styles to build collaborative relationships across IT, business teams and external partners.
• Maintain financial control over project budgets, forecasts, actuals and variances in line with corporate standards.
• Monitor third-party vendor performance against agreed contractual milestones and quality standards.
• Escalate commercial or supplier performance issues through Procurement and Technology Business Management channels.
• Work flexibly across technology domains within the central Technology Project Management team, balancing multiple concurrent projects.
• Tailor and apply the PMLC across predictive, agile and hybrid delivery models to suit project scale and complexity.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of PMLC standards, templates and tools using lessons learned and best practices.
• Support recruitment, onboarding and peer mentoring of permanent and contingent Project Managers.
• Maintain visibility of resource capacity and future availability to support efficient portfolio deployment.
• Contribute to the development and continuous improvement of Burberry’s Technology Project Management discipline, including its PMLC, methodologies, tools and ways of working.
• Support the effective integration of permanent and contingent Project Managers into the central capability.

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing end-to-end technology project delivery or significant workstreams in complex IT environments.
• Experience managing multiple concurrent projects or workstreams with competing priorities and cross-functional dependencies.
• Strong project management capability, including planning, governance, scope management, RAID management, dependency management, financial control and stakeholder reporting.
• Experience across project delivery methodologies, with practical knowledge of predictive, agile and hybrid approaches.
• Experience in matrixed technology environments across product, platform, architecture, infrastructure and/or enterprise technology teams.
• Experience working directly with senior technology stakeholders and project sponsors, providing delivery insight, recommendations and constructive challenge.
• Experience managing third-party delivery partners, tracking performance, challenging commitments and escalating issues appropriately.
• Experience working across mixed delivery teams of permanent employees, contractors and third-party partners.
• Experience managing project financials, including estimates, budgets, forecasts, actuals and variance tracking across CapEx and OpEx where applicable.
• Strong understanding of technology delivery lifecycles, software development practices and enterprise IT environments.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to provide clear, structured updates to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Proactive and organised, comfortable working autonomously, making delivery decisions within delegated authority and escalating appropriately.
• Ability to rapidly understand new technology domains, stakeholder environments and delivery contexts when moving between assignments.
• Experience contributing to project management standards, methodologies, communities of practice or continuous improvement activities is beneficial.
• Relevant project or programme management qualifications or professional accreditation are beneficial.

Skills

Culture

Burberry fosters a creative and inclusive workplace culture that values diversity and sustainability. The company is committed to being a force for good, driving industry change and championing community engagement.

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