Job Description:
1. Location: Aldermaston
2. UK Nationals
3. Candidate must be eligible for SC/DV Security Clearances
Purpose of the role
The Project Manager is responsible for the delivery of our new business programme. Working closely with the Account Project Lead and the Pipeline Manager the team develops the new business prospect into a proposal, ensuring the service design and governance criteria is met. Finally ensuring a smooth and controlled transition of projects and programmes into BAU service.
4. Plan and deliver projects using waterfall or agile methodologies, as appropriate
5. Control the lifecycle of all changes, enabling beneficial changes to be made with minimum disruption to IT services
6. Manage the IT Service Risks associated with system developments
7. Manage the relationship and coordinate the delivery of new services and releases from project teams into a live environment
We are looking for someone who has a good working knowledge of Excel and Word, an aptitude for working with numbers and who can work under their own initiative. Experience of working within a similar environment would be advantageous but is not essential
8. Ability to manage own workload and contribute to the organisation of others
9. Good communication and stakeholder management at all levels across our organisation
10. Attention to detail, methodical, flexible, enthusiastic, proactive and a team player
11. The candidate must be prepared to work on a nuclear licensed site & hold a valid SC or DV clearance
About the role
12. Implement a risk-appropriate Service Transition Framework in line with ITIL best principles
13. Implement a Change Management framework in line with ITIL best principles
14. Maintain a detailed understanding of the Deployment team’s tasks and activity across multiple projects, including status, release dates, issues/risks, member firm readiness & impact points, and report adoption status to various stakeholders
15. In conjunction with the PMO Team develop proposal documentation
16. Provide the PMO analyst with regular progress updates to ensure accuracy in the project forecast
17. Manage project financials ensuring visibility of projects costs against revenue
18. Work closely with the BAU Operations Manager to agree support and resources utilised from the BAU service to support project delivery. Where required manage the recruitment of project resources
19. Mentor the teams around best practices in Service Transition
Essential Skills / Experience
20. Several years’ experience with customer facing roles.
21. Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
22. Understanding physical hardware configuration and being able to build and modify COTS equipment to details specifications.
23. Basic understanding of networking topologies and infrastructure to diagnose and plan installations based on customer provided networking.
Desirable Skills/Experience
24. Outsourced service delivery experience and understanding of the PM principles
25. A good understanding of IT technical solutions and IT market
26. Excellent Stakeholder Management, Presentation & Communication Skills
27. Ability to work under pressure
28. Proactive attitude to improving service
29. Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office – Specifically PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Outlook
30. Excellent organisational skills, able to take a methodical approach
Investment In Training and Development
31. We offer a comprehensive range of training and career development opportunities, a structured induction programme, tailored job training as well as mentoring and support for relevant sponsored professional qualifications.
32. We’re developing an environment where people can grow and harness their careers and skills to be the best that they can be to focus on the long term.
Our Culture
33. Here at DXC we support with care and compassion, and we are constantly evolving our initiatives around equality, diversity, and inclusion to ensure that everyone feels equally involved and supported in the workplace no matter of who they are or what they do.
34. We are proud of the culture we are creating to ensure that our commitment is ongoing and have a diverse mix of employees working within an inclusive environment and culture to create a high performing workforce led by talented leaders.
35. We aspire to be recognised for our innovative and modern thinking approach.
Employee Benefits
36. As part of our competitive remuneration package, flexible benefits are available. There is an option to “flex up and down” on specific benefits, for example buy or sell annual leave, Private Medical Benefit, Dental and Travel Insurance.
37. You will also have access to ‘Perks at Work’, a discount store to purchase gift cards at reduced rates and get discounts on holidays, restaurants, activities, groceries and more.