Senior Project Manager

To meet high project demand, we are recruiting for a Senior Project Manager. You will be an experienced, professional & motivated individual who is highly proficient in using project management methodologies and tools, as well as being able to communicate effectively and manage project stakeholders. Although not essential, a PRINCE2 Practitioner qualification or similar would be advantageous, along with any BCS Business Analysis certifications. Likewise, experience of delivering Microsoft Platforms and/or Infrastructure / Cloud Solutions would be advantageous.

You will have a passion for making a difference as a Strategy & Change Consultant; whether it be supporting our Business Solutions or Technical Solutions teams in delivering leading-edge systems or platforms, or working as a dedicated project resource for our clients.

The successful candidate will have excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills and will have adaptability and flexibility to changing technology and best practices. 

Essential skills 

• Preparing and maintaining definitions of the requirements of projects
• Determining the best means of satisfying requirements within the context of project objectives and constraints i.e. developing solutions
• Preparing and maintaining schedules of activities and events, taking account of dependencies and resource requirements
• Developing, implementing and updating resource allocation plans for projects, taking account of availabilities and scheduling
• Developing and agreeing budgets for projects and controlling forecast and actual costs against them
• Identifying and monitoring project risks (threats and opportunities), planning and implementing responses to them and responding to other issues that affect projects
• Developing, maintaining and applying quality management processes for project activities and outputs
• Establishing and maintaining governance arrangements for the delivery of projects, defining clear roles, responsibilities and accountabilities, that align with organisational practice
• Managing stakeholders, taking account of their levels of influence and particular interests
• Establishing, and implementing where necessary, protocols to change the scope of projects and updating configuration documents as required
• Preparing, gaining approval of, refining and updating business cases that justify projects in terms of benefits, costs and risks
• Identifying, defining, evaluating, planning, tracking and realising the business benefits of programmes (and/or the projects within them)

About you 

You will have excellent leadership, problem solving and communication skills as well as the ability to work both autonomously and as part of a team, delivering a wide range of project services to our clients. 

Proven experience in managing complex projects, including the negotiation of change requests and effectively dealing with unexpected and/or tricky issues. The final project deliverables will have been effectively embedded into the organisation; enabling successful outcomes and benefits. You will have instilled a culture of continuous improvement and benefits realisation management. 

What do you receive in return? 

In this role, you will be a key member of the Strategy & Change department, working with a strong team on significant projects and initiatives across our client base. You will be empowered to make key decisions within an ambitious high growth business and technology practice and have the ability to flourish and realise your aspirations by working in clients that are both local and International. And of course the essential things, a great device and team to work with, salary, security, holidays and training – oh, and our USP…? A life, yes that is right, work / life balance is critical to our healthy team ethos, just check out our community page to gain an insight into our team psyche.  If this all sounds frighteningly familiar then again, this is great news and we look forward to welcoming you to the team.

If you love innovation and want to be part of something better, working for a dynamic yet secure business, then look no further.

Simply send your details and a current CV to [email protected]