Why LNER?
We go beyond. For everyone. Our vision is to be the most loved, progressive and responsible way to travel for generations to come. Now we're looking for the people who can deliver this, every day.
Since we took over on the East Coast mainline, we've been changing the face of rail travel. Our new Azuma train has brought faster journey times, more space and greater reliability. Our exciting plans to embrace new ideas, experiences, backgrounds and ambitions make this the ideal time to join.
Bringing passion. Being bold. Always caring. Owning it. They're the values that make us LNER.
Are you on board?
We are looking for an IT Project Manager to be responsible for the delivery of internal IT projects and IT elements of overarching projects, in line with time, cost and quality objectives, monitoring the expenditures and costs. You'll also manage project risks and issues and identify mitigating actions to reduce / eliminate these and escalate matters which cannot be resolved and / or pose a serious impact to the project.
Within this role you'll also be involved in:
* Preparing business cases and obtaining CAPEX and OPEX authority for works.
* Engaging and consulting with all key stakeholders to establish and build good, effective working relationships, managing third party contributions to the projects.
* Interfacing with all stakeholders to ensure that projects are appropriately specified, consulted and briefed.
* Liaising with other functions within IT to ensure smooth implementation of projects.
* Reporting progress of the project at regular intervals to main stakeholders.
* Defining project resource plans so that the resource draw on the rest of the organisation is understood and protected, ensuring that resources are allocated efficiently to meet the programme's objectives.
* Managing and monitoring interdependencies between projects and the operational business.
* Obtaining all necessary consents by carrying out contractor vetting where required.
* Investigating, assessing, testing and implementing new systems and major changes and overseeing service transition into business as usual.
* Identifying training and development needs of project outcomes for staff.
* Producing and updating relevant IT and project documentation.
* Keeping up to date on technological developments and advising senior management on IT issues.
* Managing project team members as required.
* Displaying behaviours that motivate the team to achieve targets and contribute to the development of a positive leadership culture within the business.
* Assisting the IT Programme Manager and other IT Project Managers in managing the overarching LNER IT project portfolio.
What you'll need:
* We're looking for someone with excellent project management skills; able to demonstrate the ability to deliver projects to time, budget and objectives in partnership with stakeholders.
* You'll also have the following competencies and skills:
* Formal project management qualification essential e.g. PRINCE2 or Agile.
* Extensive experience in managing and delivering IT-related projects across Infrastructure, InfoSec & Service Delivery.
* Effective team player, experienced at influencing and negotiating with the ability to form constructive and proactive working relationships at all levels with both internal and external stakeholders.
* Display a leadership style and set behaviours that motivate the team to achieve targets and contribute to the development of a positive leadership culture within the business.
* Comprehensive knowledge of investment and financial procedures.
* Proven track record of delivering change and continuous improvement. A drive to deliver tangible outcomes which meet business requirements.
* Sound business case development and approvals skills.
* The ability to find ways of solving or pre-empting problems.
* Formal IT industry qualifications e.g. CITP (desirable).
* ITIL foundation certification (desirable).
What next?
As we say, we have fantastic opportunities for ambitious people from all sorts of different backgrounds, so now is the time to join the team at LNER – without delay!
Start your journey here.
If this sounds like you, what are you waiting for?
Apply now!
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