IT Project Manager
Start date: ASAP
Role Type: Permanent
Salary:
Location/remote: Hybrid, client site visits required
Who are my client?
My client is a specialist Project Management as a service company, meaning they have a pool of consultants who are permanent employees, that work on client site projects in the same way a contractor would. This allows their clients to ensure the right amount of support is given for each project.
This means that you as a consultant would be working on a variety of projects in both industry and scale.
How it works:
They operate on a Patch basis, with key patches, North West, Midlands, Northants, North London and West Yorkshire.
How it Functions is that the Consultants will be placed on client-side projects within an hour's travel of their location. If there is a project that a consultant would want to work on, but is over that time, then there can be a conversation, but that is down to the consultant. PM’s may also be between patches and can work in multiple areas.
What will you be doing?
• Ensuring a sufficient level of detail is prepared and maintained for projects, providing regular and accurate reporting on progress
• Ensuring project dependencies and assumptions are factored into the planning process
• You will identify, assess and manage project risks, assumptions, issues and dependencies, escalating as appropriate via the agreed governance framework and methodologies
• Controlling the scope of the project, ensuring rigorous change control is exercised and the governance and reporting structure is appropriate for the project
• Ensuring all project status reporting is accurate, informative and timely, providing progress reports as agreed as part of the governance framework at agreed intervals
• Ensuring projects meet the requirements of the client and acceptance and handover to ‘business as usual’ is managed and met against agreed criteria and to a defined plan
• An energetic and pragmatic approach. Enthusiastic with a ‘can do’ attitude
Key Requirements:
• At least 5 Years of Project Management experience
• Agile and Waterfall experience
• End to End project management, from inception to delivery
• Financial and Benefits tracking, managed the budgets of the project
• Great communication skills
• You must have experience in working on projects across multiple IT sectors previously such as; Business Change, Software Development, Infrastructure/Networking, Microsoft Office365, Digital & Web, Application and Cloud Migration. Hardware roll-out, ERP/CRM, and GDPR/Cyber.
This is a permanent role, and no sponsorship is available. If this role sounds of interest, please apply now!
