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We share your motivation to progress your career and achieve your ambitions – so we want to let you know about the latest Project Manager - Cardiff role. Check out the details for this vacancy with a world-leading airline company below:
Location: Cardiff (Hybrid)
Contract Duration: 6 months
Hours: Monday to Friday (37.5 hours a week)
Rate: £500 - £600 per day through UMBRELLA (Inside IR35)
Job Purpose:
* Management of an assigned client Roadmap project or projects, to successfully deliver the defined business objectives, using a consistent approach and governance structure, on time, to budget and with the agreed scope and quality.
Accountabilities:
* The Transformation department, which the Programme and Portfolio Delivery Team is part of, is a critical element in the effective delivery of the client Roadmap, covering areas such as programme and project management, financial management, resource management, plan/schedule management, scope management, waterfall and agile ways of working. The role holder will be expected to:
* Be responsible for the delivery of all project management activities within projects assigned from the client Roadmap, ensuring highly effective deployment into steady state, including deployment of continuous improvement capability.
* Define resource demand forecast for the projects assigned from the client roadmap and as part of ongoing plan and schedule management, managing resource levels to ensure both budget targets and programme/portfolio objectives are achieved.
* Planning, scheduling, financial management, estimating and forecasting all elements of the projects assigned.
* Risk, Assumption, Issue and Dependency Management.
* Creation and maintenance of robust financial criteria and management structures for each project assigned.
* Build and sustain strong working relationships with accountable business owners and senior managers on their projects. Act as a trusted advisor and business partner in the successful delivery of projects.
* Ensure delivery to agreed specifications, timescales and budget whilst adhering to internal control needs.
Skills:
* Good effective leadership, communication, influencing at all levels (written and verbal) and successfully managing expectations.
* Demonstrable experience of successful delivery of projects across functions and directorates. Experience of working on IT programmes is highly desirable.
* Ability to effectively lead and motivate individuals & teams (direct/indirect), working collaboratively to deliver results in a matrix management environment.
* Good individual and team management skills.
* Proven ability to work under pressure.
* Risk management with risks identified, options agreed & plan in place.
* Contingency planning – in-depth knowledge of both contingency planning and mitigation.
* Ability to challenge the status quo where necessary through well-structured and fact-driven arguments.
* Budget, schedule and scope management.
* External and internal supplier management including contract management and negotiation.
Qualifications:
* Professional Programme Management accreditation (e.g. MOP, MSP, PMP, P3O or Prince 2) preferred.
* Degree qualification is advantageous but not essential.
* Agile methodology (SAFe) desirable.
Start Date: ASAP
Interested in applying? Just reply with an up-to-date copy of your CV to get the ball rolling.
Or if it is not quite right for you, but you have someone in mind for the role – please let me know.
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