Confidential briefing
Confidence: Growing
Jake
Prepared for your Senior Project Manager Discovery
What stands out
Across separate conversations, Jake returned to mission unprompted each time — repeatedly prioritises meaningful financial services impact.
That reads directly onto your side, where focused on improving outcomes in b2b software.
Recommended next step
Meet Jake
Suggested first conversation:
- How the work here connects to something they'd care about.
- How decisions get made, and where they get written down.
- What ownership actually looks like inside your delivery teams.
You've not met before.
What we've learned
Mission
When Jake describes work they were proud of, it is nearly always this: repeatedly prioritises meaningful financial services impact.
Heard across separate conversations months apart, described the same way each time.
Working style
Described in specifics rather than principles — prefers small teams and low process.
Raised unprompted more than once, with different examples behind it.
Ownership
Thrives when trusted with meaningful ownership — and the examples behind it were about decisions, not responsibilities.
Consistent so far, though we have heard it about one kind of team more than others.
Why we're confident
Mission has been consistent from the start. We have heard less about working style, so treat that part as unfinished.
- Mission and working style each read the same way from Jake's side and from yours, separately.
Their expectations sit at £126,000. No prior relationship — the reasoning carries this on its own.
Worth discussing first
- How the work here connects to something they'd care about.
- How decisions get made, and where they get written down.
- What ownership actually looks like inside your delivery teams.
- Which leadership behaviours bring out their best work.
- What would make the first year successful here.
Context
Where they are today
Jake is currently a Senior Project Manager, based in London, United Kingdom. Their employer is theirs to share once you've both agreed to talk.
Where they've operated
Mostly financial services, telecoms and fmcg.
Jake has moved from Senior Project Manager to Senior Project Manager over 4 years — widening responsibility rather than lateral moves. Not looking, but would take the right conversation. Status: not yet connected.