Job Title: Project Manager (Release Train Engineer) – Technology – Counter Terrorism Policing HQ
Salary: The starting salary is £63,409, which includes allowances totalling £3,009.
The salary is broken down as £60,400 basic salary, which will increase annually until you reach the top of the scale £65,886. Plus, a location allowance of £2,009 and a non-pensionable allowance of £1,000.
Location: West Brompton
Job Summary
Day to day management and leadership of complex projects, products and delivery teams across the technology lifecycle within a dynamic and flexible environment, to agreed parameters (time, cost, quality). This role will be expected to focus on project managing the Planning Increment processes within CTP HQ Technology as their primary responsibility, alongside core project delivery.
At this role level, you will:
- Deliver three Planning Increment sessions for CTP HQ Technology per annum whilst also ensuring all other programmes follow the methodology during the financial year.
- Build and maintain teams, ensuring they are motivated, collaborating and working well.
Identify obstacles and help the team to overcome them.
- Focus the team on what is most important to the delivery of projects, products and services.
- Encourage and facilitate continuous improvement of the delivery team.
- Encourage agile adoption across CTP Technology.
- Coach and mentor both team members and others to apply the most appropriate Agile and Lean tools and techniques.
The post holder will be required to do the following:
Key Tasks
Champion and implement effective project/product delivery, supporting the vision to deliver effective technology to counter terrorism, including:
- Manage, own and embed Planning Increments into the Technology Pillar and be responsible for the effective delivery of all outcomes related to the process.
- Leadership of a team to bring consensus to what needs to be achieved to resolve business challenges within our mid to high complexity project(s). The Project Manager needs to be comfortable working across the technology lifecycle.
- Definition and agreement of the appropriate methodologies, governance and reporting mechanisms to be used across project delivery in line with Portfolio Office standards. Understand how and when third parties should be brought into digital, data and technology projects.
- Ensuring governing forums and senior stakeholders are appropriately engaged with ongoing change activity through briefings, alongside more targeted conversations to influence others and build support for delivery.
- Remote and/or in person task management of a team within an often reactive environment with moderate to high levels of uncertainty to move towards an agreed delivery end point.
- Development of project product breakdown structures and project / work stream plans with team members, followed by monitoring and assurance activities to ensure project progress is monitored and controlled and dependencies managed.
- Development of Business Cases at appropriate points of the project lifecycle and then ownership and management of these cases through the multi stage CTPHQ governance process.
- Proactive risk and issue management with an understanding of management levers which can be used and appropriate points at which these should be deployed.
- Managing commercial processes in conjunction with the CTPHQ commercial team to ensure relevant delivery contracts are in place, then subsequent contract management through the lifecycle of the project(s). The Senior Project Manager needs to understand principles around commercial management and ensure correct controls in place to deliver value for money.
- Manage communication and engagement with project stakeholders, developing and maintaining key relationships and working in partnership to resolve problems to benefit operational policing.
Vetting
This post requires access to the most sensitive intelligence material on a daily basis. Applicants must hold or be prepared to undergo National Security Vetting (NSV) Developed Vetting (DV) level before taking up the post.
This post requires British nationality (some dual nationals may be ineligible) and Developed Vetting (DV) clearance.
As the post holder will have access to very sensitive information, there are limitations on travelling to a small number of countries and we will undertake additional security checks as part of the recruitment process. Applications from candidates with close connections to certain countries may take considerably longer to process, or in some cases result in a withdrawal of an offer of employment. Further details will be provided at the conditional offer stage.
Confidentiality Agreement
Applicants should also be aware of the need to sign a confidentiality agreement on taking up the post.
Our Colleague Commitments
Counter Terrorism Policing (CTP) continues to prioritize an inclusive and supportive working environment and culture, where all of our people feel a strong sense of belonging and are empowered to reach their full potential. CTP keeps the nation and everyone in it safe from all manner of threats and as those threats evolve, so do we - that’s why Inclusion, Diversity and Equality (IDE) is the key to supporting our greatest asset, our people.
Our people protect our national security across the UK. In order to continue to deliver against our organizational priorities, we collectively seek to ensure that all colleagues feel respected, supported and valued to fully participate in the delivery of our mission – “working to keep people safe from Terrorism”.
IDE is at the heart of our approach to make the composition of Counter Terrorism Policing more representative of the communities we serve. As Counter Terrorism is rooted in Local Policing, to tackle today’s complex policing challenges, applications from across all backgrounds, cultures and experiences are therefore essential and encouraged. The CTP Network is committed to ensuring that candidates identifying as disabled are able to realize their fullest career aspirations and, as such, will endeavour to accommodate any reasonable adjustments that you may require during the recruitment process. CTP also welcomes applications from candidates seeking flexible working arrangements, such as part-time working, job-share and where the role permits, hybrid working arrangements. All flexible working arrangements should be discussed and agreed with the hiring manager.
How to apply
To begin your career at the Met, please click the "apply” button. The application process requires a comprehensive CV, a Personal Statement, and an online application form. In your Personal Statement, you should explain your interest in the position and illustrate how your skills and experiences make you a suitable candidate. Please note that you should not submit two copies of your CV and ensure that your documents are saved in either PDF or Word format, clearly labelled as CV and Personal Statement.
Completed applications must be submitted by 23:55 on 22nd April 2026.
Once received, your application will be reviewed against eligibility criteria. Following this, your application will be reviewed by the hiring manager. The application review for this vacancy will commence 2 weeks after the closing date.
Following application review, successful candidates will be invited to interview. Interview dates will commence 4 weeks after the hiring manager’s review.
