We are Smart DCC
Together we're building a greener tomorrow
Connecting every home and business to a single, secure smart meter network is a huge undertaking. So you can imagine the scale – and variety – and opportunities for the people who'll help us do it.
The role
Permanent Project Manager
Location: London or Manchester
Salary: Competitive Salary plus benefits
Role
The In Life Change (ILC) Project Manager will be responsible for delivery of projects / changes within the In Life Change portfolio. You will manage end-to-end delivery, ensuring they are completed on time, within budget, and meeting quality standards.
The project manager is accountable for planning, matrix management of delivery teams, budget management, risk and issue management, stakeholder management, quality management and change management.
You will work with internal subject matter experts (including business analysts, solution architects, service architects, procurement and security experts), business owners, third party suppliers and external stakeholders including representatives from Government & regulatory bodies.
Identifying and engaging stakeholders internally and externally is critical to success and the ideal candidate must have excellent skills at building and improving relationships. The ideal candidate for this role will have previous project management experience with line manager responsibilities.
What will you be doing?
* Manage the change control process and assess and manage risks.
* Ensure that credible plans are maintained and regularly updated.
* Provide effective leadership to delivery resources, either internal to DCC or 3rd parties.
* Manage third party deliverables and Statement of Works and agreed outcomes in a collaborative way.
* Ensure adherence to internal and external governance, ensuring stakeholders are approving progress and changes throughout the life cycle of change.
* Monitor cost, time, quality and resources used and act when performance deviates from agreed tolerances.
* Strategically plan, manage, and execute internal communications related to operational changes delivery, planned initiatives, and updates.
What are we looking for?
* Complex or technical infrastructure delivery.
* Multi-methodology delivery (agile and waterfall).
* Management of changes to mission critical products or services.
* Management of complex third-party commercial relationships.
* Familiar with third party contracting for delivery.
* Experience working in controlled or regulated environments.
* Experience in line management and/or leading teams.
* Skilled stakeholder managers who can build and maintain key relationships.
* Prior use of Azure Dev Ops (or similar e.g. Jira).
* Experience of the UK energy market.
Desirable Qualifications
* Scrum Master or similar agile delivery qualification.
* Prince 2 Project Management Accreditation (or similar project qualification (e.g. APM PMQ)).
* ITIL v3 or V4 qualification.
* Prince 2 / APM Project Manager (PMQ) or higher (or similar practitioner level qualification).
If there are any questions you’d like to ask before applying, please contact Steph Owen or complete your application, so we can learn more about you. Your application will be carefully considered, and you’ll hear from us regarding its progress.
What to do now
Choose ‘apply now’ to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.
Smart together
Our values and behaviours
Make a difference
We believe in our purpose. Together, we work as one team, always looking for ways to improve and support DCC’s role in a low-carbon future.
Act with integrity
We treat everyone with kindness, consideration and respect. We keep our promises to our customers. And if something doesn’t feel right, we speak up.
Be accountable
You can depend on our word. We’re clear about our roles and we take the initiative, while respecting the processes we have in place.
Rewards & Benefits
Get perks that work
Personal Development
Our training and development opportunities help you be your best self – from regular 1-2-1s all the way up to professional qualifications.
Group income protection
Provides a continuous income if you're unable to work due to illness or injury for more than 26 weeks.
Pension Plans
Our Capita Choice partners will match the salary contributions you make to your pension up to 5%, depending on your plan and time with us.
Flexible Holidays
Need more time off? Increase your standard 25 days of leave by buying extra to rest, spend time with family or satisfy your wanderlust.
Cycle to Work Scheme
We’re big on keeping things green. If you want to cycle to work, we'll loan you the gear through salary sacrifice to make it tax-efficient.
Flexible working
As we all transition to a new normal, we can help you find the hybrid working pattern that suits you and your team best.
Additional Benefits
Add more to your core:
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