AMS PSR

On behalf of the Intellectual Property Office we are looking for a Digital Project Manager (Inside IR35) for a 12 month contract. Remote working with occasional travel to Newport.

The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) is the official UK government body responsible for intellectual property (IP) rights including patents, designs, trademarks and copyright. Our ambition is to be the best IP office, and we intend to achieve this by:

• Delivering excellent IP services
• Creating a world leading IP environment
• Making the IPO a brilliant place to work

We operate and maintain a clear and accessible intellectual property system in the UK, which encourages innovation and helps the economy and society to benefit from knowledge and ideas. We help people get the right type of protection for their creation or invention.

We are responsible for:

• IPO Policy
• educating businesses and consumers about IP rights and responsibilities
• supporting IP enforcement
• granting UK Patents, trademarks and design rights

We have a small office in the heart of London, but our main office is on the outskirts of Newport, South Wales.

About us - Intellectual Property Office - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

Essential:

• Proven delivery of business and technical projects using Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid approaches within structured governance.
• Strong project management knowledge, with hands-on experience in MS Project, Azure DevOps, or similar tools.
• Ability to produce and maintain core artefacts (e.g. PIDs, plans, milestone rackers).
• Experience working with technical teams, with the ability to understand concepts and manage dependencies.
• Highly organised, with the ability to prioritise and manage multiple demands in fast-paced environments.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills, translating technical detail for non-technical audiences.
• Experience supporting or managing testing phases (unit, integration, system, UAT) aligned to organisational standards.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident 

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, IPO guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".