Senior Project Manager

Based at our Head Office in Whyteleafe, just 15 minutes outside of Croydon and easily commutable from London.

Competitive hybrid working model - 2 days at head office and 3 days working from home, plus flexi core hours.

Our benefits are worth getting excited about… 50% staff discount, colleague social events and a paid day off for your Birthday, to name a few!

We’re on the hunt for the best Project Management talent in our industry to join our incredible Delivery team as a Senior Project Manager.

You will play a key role in transforming Ann Summers through end-to-end delivery of business change projects that align to our strategic roadmap for brand growth. Whether it’s enhancing our retail estate or evolving our technology capabilities, you’ll thrive on getting stuck into a variety of impactful initiatives.

Energetic, pragmatic, and customer-focused, you’ll excel in our fast-paced environment, building strong, constructive relationships across the business. As a true ambassador for change, you’ll champion how we deliver transformation with purpose, precision, and passion.

What you can expect from the role…

• Spearhead projects from the front throughout, working collaboratively with your Project Lead and Board-level Sponsor.
• Expertly draw on the knowledge, skills and abilities of the subject matter experts and technical teams around you to make informed decisions.
• Operate within our evolving project management methodologies to ensure effective, flexible and successful delivery.
• Work within our simple governance framework to ensure our Board are clear on progress, key milestones and costs alongside sharing risks for proactive resolution and intervention.
• Own the living documentation of your project. Such as the plan, RAID, RACI and R&Rs, financial reporting, project reporting and comms, etc.
• Be accountable for all documentation being a quality reflection of the baseline and latest so that colleagues are clear on expectations, their roles, latest progress, what decisions need to be made, etc.
• Collaborate effectively with colleagues across the business to deliver the project scope seamlessly.
• Build strong, positive and productive relationships with colleagues across the whole of AS, both as part of projects and through learning our business outside of the day-to-day.
• Own the wrap up of projects once launched and through hypercare, to ensure we close down with grace and realise benefits.
• Evolve our community of practice around Delivery, acting as an ambassador for the team, to become a recognised authority on Project Management.
• You’ll meet the Company’s Values in everything you do, taking care to promote inclusive ways of working.

You’ll be great if you…

• Proven experience as a Project Manager, ideally within the Retail, Hospitality or Leisure industries.
• Demonstrable ability to deliver outstanding outcomes, adding real value to the business within a fast-paced environment.
• Understands what good looks like and can confidently follow established processes to deliver high quality, accurate documentation.
• An amazing stakeholder manager who can build positive and constructive relationships at all levels.
• Someone who has an affinity to our brand and our values.

At Ann Summers we are proud to continue embracing inclusion, diversity, and equality in our every day, supporting our people to be themselves. We are committed to building teams with a variety of backgrounds, skills, and views.

What do we bring to the party?

Being part of the AS team offers some fab benefits, not only is it a great business to be part of, but you will also enjoy:

• 31 days holidays, including bank holidays.
• An additional day holiday each year, up to a maximum of 34 days.
• Holiday purchase scheme.
• Your birthday off, paid!
• 50% staff discount and sample sales.
• Workplace pension and Life Assurance.
• Learning and Development with a Udemy license and Thrive access.
• Company perks scheme, with exclusive discounts and offers across brands.
• Employee support programme, through the fantastic Retail Trust.
• Free onsite car park at head office or season ticket loan
• Eye care vouchers

This is a great opportunity to be a part of a vibrant team, contribute to our brand’s success, and grow your career.

A bit about Ann Summers

You might know us as the destination for must-have lingerie, or even the inventors of the Rampant Rabbit, and you’re right, but we’re SO much more than that…

We’re a unique brand that strives to EMPOWER, lives to PUSH BOUNDARIES, gets kicks off MAKING IT HAPPEN and is ALWAYS INCLUSIVE!

The Recruitment Process

All successful candidates will be contacted for an initial telephone chat to discuss the role and your experience. Should you be successful you will then be invited for an virtual interview and a subsequent final stage at our Head Office.

We regret that due to high volumes we are unable to acknowledge every application.

Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK, unfortunately, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this position.

Ann Summers complies with all GDPR policies and by responding to this ad your details will be kept on record for a total of 6 months unless expressed otherwise.