Title: Project Manager
Location: Worthing ~ 1 day weekly
Salary: £50,000 - £60,000
Overview:
La Fosse are partnered with a leading utilities organisation who are looking for a project manager to join the team on a permanent basis. You would be responsible for the end to end delivery of IT/ digital and Change projects across their business systems.
Projects will include delivering system upgrades, system implementations, application development and integration, and business change and adoption initiaitives.
Key Responsibilities:
Deliver IT/Business projects, managing estimates, plans, resources, schedules, scope, requirements, solutions, budgets, and deliverables.
Motivate and lead team members, providing guidance, technical support, and coaching.
Ensure quality assurance of project deliverables, adhering to PMO processes and guidelines.
Support Senior Project Manager in resource allocation across teams.
Develop and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders in business and IT.
Communicate project interdependencies within and across the programme, contributing to portfolio cross-dependencies.
Maintain full budget accountability for projects.
Manage team resources and support allocations across teams.
Deliver projects successfully, motivating team members and providing direction.
Accountable for project delivery, including: Create project charters with stakeholders.
Develop estimates, schedules, milestones, and plans.
Acquire necessary personnel and manage staffing.
Communicate project expectations clearly.
Assign and monitor project work.
Review quality and integrate team members' work.
Foster a positive project environment.
Facilitate decision-making.
Coach and supervise team members.
Identify and manage risks and issues.
Track project progress and manage scope changes.
Communicate status and progress to stakeholders.
Deliver status reports and adapt them as needed.
Execute deployment communication plans.
Conduct post-closure reviews and share lessons learned.
Must Haves:
PMP, Prince 2 or equivalent certification
Agile qualification or experience
Minimum Education: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent
Average 5+ years prior experience in Project management / Programme Management
Demonstrable experience in managing IT projects and experience of shaping, scoping and delivering medium and large projects
Demonstrable experience of managing portfolio/programme deliveries
People management experience including performance reviews, career development, coaching and mentoring
Experience of managing Project Managers in the delivery of simple, medium and large projects
Experience of procurement and management of 3rd party suppliers for services, software and infrastructure
Experience of working in a matrix function alongside Business, Service Architecture, Operations and Security functions
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