Not Specified, Warrington
Job Description
Job Title:
Project Manager
Why Join Us?
We are a successful technology business, operating within markets at the forefront of transformational change. We embody a culture of innovation, both in what we do and how we do it. Being well-established and succeeds within our markets at a truly global level, and we believe our people are critical to this success. We value experience and expertise as well as the elasticity, conviction and creativity that enables new concepts and ideas to thrive, become collectively real and drive us ever-forward.
Our growth provides a great opportunity to develop your career and diversify roles to suit your strengths, interests, and ambitions.
The Role
As a Project Manager, you will be responsible for leading the successful delivery of multiple concurrent projects which could be either internal or external. These projects will include on-premise, hosted or hybrid product(s) implementation services to customers in a wide range of industries and locales. You will need to ensure the effective delivery of services such as Effective License Position & Optimisation Service for some of the mega vendors such as IBM, SAP and Oracle. Delivering internal projects which will consist of working with teams such as security, marketing, development or the senior leadership team.
Responsibilities
Plan, coordinate, track and manage multiple concurrent projects and programs to successful completion.
Plan, organize and communicate: Develop and manage project timelines to schedule. Proactively.
Anticipate impacts of the current and future project phases.
Translate project plans into business speak ensuring clear communication to stakeholders.
Risk, Issue and Dependency Management: Anticipate risks and issues, use problem solving and collaboration skills to take corrective action in a proactive manner to mitigate risks and resolve issues.
Work with stakeholders to identify dependencies bringing risk to the project.
Communicate risks and issues clearly to stakeholders at all levels.
Prepare detailed project plans for all project work streams.
Procure adequate resources to achieve project objectives in planned timeframes.
Manage the day-to-day project activities and resources.
Lead the project team through great planning, organisation and communication.
Ensure that projects and programs are proceeding according to scope.
Provide status reports regarding project milestones, deliverables, dependencies, risks and issues, communicating across leadership.
Identify and develop trusted relationship with project and program stakeholders and sponsors.
Work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment demonstrating teamwork, innovation and excellence.
Understand interdependencies between technology, operations and business needs.
Drive continuous improvement of behaviours, templates, processes and best practices etc based on lessons learned from projects.
Coach, mentor and motivate Junior Project Managers.
Deliver appropriate and effective executive level communication.
Desirable Skills and Experience
5+ years of project management and related experience.
Relevant industry experience.
Project Management qualification such as Prince2 or AgilePM.
Proven ability to solve problems creatively.
Strong familiarity with project management software tools, methodologies, and best practices.
Experience seeing technical projects through the full life cycle.
Excellent leadership, communication (written, verbal and presentation) and interpersonal skills.
Self-motivated, with the ability to adapt to change and competing demands. Essential:
Knowledge and experience of Microsoft packages, including Project, PowerPoint, Word and Excel.
Broad knowledge of IT Infrastructure and managing software delivery.
Comfortable work
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