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Location: Hybrid (est 4 days a week in Newcastle office)
Contract Type: Freelance, Contract (6 months with possibility of extension)
Start Date: ASAP
Rate: Competitive, based on experience
Role Summary
We are seeking a skilled and experienced Senior IT Project Manager to join our team on a freelance basis. This position is part of the Business Change team, a PMO which combines project management and change management expertise to deliver a range of internal projects and programmes. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing the end-to-end delivery of complex IT projects, ensuring that all objectives, timelines, and budgets are met. The ideal candidate will have 10-15+ years of experience in delivering IT projects, with a strong background in process automation and data/reporting solutions. You will work closely with back office teams and senior stakeholders to understand the current challenges to be addressed, shape project goals, and drive technical teams to deliver solutions.
Key Responsibilities
* Project Delivery: Lead the full lifecycle of IT projects, from planning and scoping through to execution and delivery, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within scope, and within budget.
* Stakeholder Management: Work directly with senior stakeholders to understand business requirements and translate them into clear project deliverables. Provide regular updates and manage expectations.
* Team Leadership: Manage and collaborate with cross-functional teams of developers, business analysts, data engineers, and external vendors. Foster a collaborative, results-driven environment.
* Process Automation: Lead initiatives to automate business processes using modern technologies such as PowerApps or LLMs to streamline workflows and enhance operational efficiency.
* Data & Reporting Solutions: Oversee the design and implementation of data-driven solutions that enable improved reporting, analytics, and decision-making across the organization.
* Risk & Issue Management: Proactively identify, manage, and mitigate risks and issues throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring minimal impact on project delivery.
* Quality Assurance: Ensure that all deliverables meet the highest quality standards and adhere to company policies and industry best practices.
* Process Improvement: Contribute to the continuous improvement of project management processes, methodologies, and tools within the organization.
* Budget & Resource Management: Manage project budgets, timelines, and resource allocation effectively, ensuring maximum efficiency.
Key Skills and Experience
* Proven Experience: 10+ years of experience in IT project management, with a proven track record of delivering complex IT projects on time, within scope, and within budget.
* Process Automation Expertise: Experience leading and implementing process automation solutions
* Data & Reporting Solutions: Strong background in delivering data management, reporting, and business intelligence projects, including experience with Fabric, Power BI, or similar platforms.
* Agile Methodologies: Understanding of Agile methodologies, with practical experience in delivering projects using Agile frameworks
* Stakeholder Management: Strong ability to communicate with senior business and technical stakeholders, translating complex requirements into clear and actionable project plans. Develop and maintain relationships with stakeholders at all levels, building trust to facilitate open communication
* Leadership: Demonstrated ability to manage and motivate cross-functional project teams throughout the project lifecycle.
* Communication: Strong verbal and written communication skills
* Change Management: Experience in leading change management efforts as part of project delivery, ensuring user adoption and smooth transitions to new ways of working
* Familiarity with Jira: our internal project management tool
Qualifications
* Project Management qualifications: essential e.g. PRINCE2 and Agile PM
Seniority level
* Not Applicable
Employment type
* Contract
Job function
* Project Management and Information Technology
* IT Services and IT Consulting
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