Praxis is an independent, leading provider of bespoke private wealth, corporate administration and yacht services to companies, individuals and families across the world.
Our expertise and experience is driven by recruiting and retaining the brightest and best, and creating a culture that allows people to thrive. Our independence encourages an open culture where every voice is valued. We care about creating an environment that hears, supports and shares openly with all our people.
Teamwork and collaboration are at the heart of our approach, and we nurture an environment of openness and respect where everyone feels valued.
Job Summary:
Reporting to the Senior Manager, Infrastructure, this is a key role, liaising with the business on operational and support matters and managing projects with significant business touch points. As a small Technology department, this role will touch all areas of the business, but the focus of the postholder will initially be on the regions: London, Southampton, IOM (will be supported from Jersey, with travel expected every quarter).
Job Accountabilities:
* To act as the Technology Lead for allocated regions/business areas/functions in the following areas:
* Meet regularly with management of the regions focused above to ensure service levels are being achieved, and any localised technology issues and requirements are dealt with.
* Visit offices, maintain local IT Infrastructure, and develop relationships with local IT providers.
* Manage a range of projects including web portal development, integration, product selection and implementation, upgrades, and deployments.
* Define, communicate, and reinforce the project implementation plan to all parties involved in the deployment of a new or upgraded technology deployment.
* Conduct regular project meetings to monitor progress utilising and maintaining standard Project Management documentation to ensure project planning, actions, issues, and risks are managed and reported, along with providing project status updates to leadership and stakeholders.
* Provide UAT support and validate the Go-live activities such as production verification to ensure issues are promptly and kept to a minimum.
* Provide IT advisory and user support to Group users as required.
* Such other duties as may be assigned.
Minimum Education and Experience:
* Minimum of 8 years’ relevant experience to include IT infrastructure and project management.
* Successful attainment of Prince 2, or similar, is desirable but not essential.
Required Skills:
* Proven problem solving, research and troubleshooting skills.
* Proven communication skills to enable interaction with individuals at all levels along with the ability to produce clear and concise documentation.
* Demonstrated ability to use, understand and interpret best practice and to ensure compliance thereof.
* Proven knowledge and understanding of business systems along with full awareness of its impact on the business from a commercial point of view.
Additional Information:
In addition, all our team members are expected to be committed to our core values:
* We inspire
* We listen
* We trust
* We succeed together
To Apply:
We encourage you to apply well in advance of the deadline and if you are successful, we will meet with you as soon as possible.
Commitment to Diversity:
We want you to bring your full self to work and maximise your potential. Praxis is a place where everyone can thrive, whatever their gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, and socio-economic background.
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