Senior Technical Project Manager

Company Overview

At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with our people. We’re a global close-knit community, united by the relentless pursuit to help keep people safer everywhere. We build and connect technologies to help protect people, property and places. Our solutions foster the collaboration that’s critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals, safer businesses, and ultimately, safer nations. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future.

Department Overview

The Motorola Solutions 'International Mobile Applications’ organisation is responsible for creating the mission critical software solutions which serve emergency first responders across public safety agencies worldwide. The solutions created by this organisation are used by hundreds of thousands of police officers, firefighters and paramedics every day and aim to improve the effectiveness of our emergency services response.

The various applications that we build for first responders are deployed across a wide range of different device types and are sophisticated solutions comprising client applications, server applications, web applications and databases.

Within the organisation, we are organised into different product groups focusing on different sectors and territories across the world. This specific role is focused on our solution which serves UK Police agencies.

Our ‘Pronto’ team is the largest supplier of mobile police apps in the UK, providing software to half of the UK’s 45 police forces - used by around 70,000 police officers on a daily basis. Based in the West End of Glasgow, we currently have around 80 employees. Our team started as Kelvin Connect in 2002, a spin-out company from the University of Glasgow. Now, as part of Motorola Solutions, we continue to expand with future opportunities in the UK and beyond.

Job Description

The Senior Technical Project Manager will be responsible for leading a squad consisting of other Technical Project Managers, Software Engineers and Test Engineers. As part of this squad they will be responsible for several customer projects, setting the direction and strategy for each, and being the “face” of Motorola. They will also be line manager and mentor to the other Technical Project Managers in the squad, delegating work as appropriate.

This is a hybrid role, where time will be split between our Glasgow office and your home. 

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities include:  

• End-to-End Delivery: Own the lifecycle of complex technical projects, from initial scoping and architecture reviews to deployment and post-launch monitoring.

• End-to-End Documentation Management: Own the creation and maintenance of all project-specific documentation, including technical design specifications, comprehensive project and deployment plans, testing protocols (FAT/UAT/SAT), budget reports and post-implementation benefit realisation reports

• Technical Advocacy: Partner with Engineering Leads to identify technical bottlenecks, manage technical debt, and ensure the scalability of solutions.

• Stakeholder Engagement: Serve as the primary point of contact for customers, managing issues related to deployed software, translating complex technical concepts into non-technical language. 

• Risk Mitigation: Proactively identify issues that could arise within the project such as technical dependencies, adoption of the design solution, budget and resourcing. 

• Driving Delivery Standards: Ensure the team follows proven best practices to deliver high-quality work, while keeping leadership informed of any risks and meeting regularly with customers to maintain open communication and ensure they are seeing value.

Basic Requirements

Required: 

• BSc in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical degree.

• 7+ years of experience in commercial software project management and product delivery.

• Advanced Technical Communication: Ability to translate complex software issues for both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Strategic Delivery: Proven track record of managing large-scale, complex software solutions for major customers.

• Stakeholder Diplomacy: Expert written and verbal communication skills with a focus on managing client relationships.

• Operational Excellence: Highly organised and disciplined approach to requirement management in delivery-driven environments.

• Security Clearance: Must meet NPPV3 requirements (includes minimum 3 years UK residency).

Desirable:

• Agile Expertise: Knowledge of Agile principles, ideally with (or working toward) professional certification.

• Virtual Leadership: Experience leading and motivating remote or virtual teams.

Nice to have

• Specific experience with Java, XML and XSLT
   

In return for your expertise, we’ll support you in this new challenge with coaching & development every step of the way. Also, to reward your hard work you’ll get:

• Competitive salary and bonus schemes

• Two weeks additional pay per year (holiday bonus)

• 25 days holiday entitlement + bank holidays  

• Attractive defined contribution pension scheme

• Private medical insurance 

• Employee stock purchase plan

• Flexible working options 

• Life assurance  

• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

• Career development support and wide ranging learning opportunities

• Employee health and wellbeing support EAP, wellbeing guidance etc

• Carbon neutral initiatives/goals

• Corporate social responsibility initiatives including support for volunteering days

• Well known companies discount scheme
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Travel Requirements

None

Relocation Provided

None

Position Type

Experienced

Referral Payment Plan

Yes

Company

Motorola Solutions UK Limited

EEO Statement

Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally-protected characteristic. 

We are proud of our people-first and community-focused culture, empowering every Motorolan to be their most authentic self and to do their best work to deliver on the promise of a safer world. If you’d like to join our team but feel that you don’t quite meet all of the preferred skills, we’d still love to hear why you think you’d be a great addition to our team.