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:
o Create project charters with stakeholders.
o Develop estimates, schedules, milestones, and plans.
o Acquire necessary personnel and manage staffing.
o Communicate project expectations clearly.
o Assign and monitor project work.
o Review quality and integrate team members' work.
o Foster a positive project environment.
o Facilitate decision-making.
o Coach and supervise team members.
o Identify and manage risks and issues.
o Track project progress and manage scope changes.
o Communicate status and progress to stakeholders.
o Deliver status reports and adapt them as needed.
o Execute deployment communication plans.
o 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