Project Manager
2015-01-22 11:00:30
2015-10-07 00:00:00
- Watford, Hertfordshire
- £45-50k
- 7th Oct ’15
- Closed
My client is a small and growing software consultancy firm based in Watford, working with leading blue chip firms across Europe.
This role would suit an ambitious candidate with experience in project management, change management or service delivery. You will be working as part of a small project team on big budget and high-impact projects across the world; clients have included McDonald's, Morrisons, HSBC, ABN Amro and BT.
Typical tasks would include:
- To ensure the scope and quality of my project is controlled and delivered successfully in line with the planned timescales and costs.
- To define change control procedures and ensure they are rigorously followed.
- To plan and deliver complex projects with large budgets (£1m) and long durations (e.g. longer than 6 months).
- To manage both Time and Materials projects and fixed price work, and escalate where profit margin is at risk.
- To facilitate and manage workshops and complex meetings.
- To adhere to the pre-defined project methodology.
- To manage larger project teams e.g. more than 3 people, and manage team performance and output.
- To manage stakeholders up to Programme Board level.
- To design and implement simple governance structures and ensure that all project members adhere to these.
- To identify, manage and escalate all project risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies.
- To ensure appropriate escalation to Programme Board and ensure that they actively manage Programme Level risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies.
Requirements:
3+ years of most or all of the following need to be demonstrated on your CV for consideration:
- Demonstrable experience of delivering 5+ projects on time and to budget.
- Knowledge of project methodologies and their implementation.
- Good reporting and presentation skills.
- Stakeholder management and leadership skills.
- Natural communicator.
- Team-player.
You MUST be willing to travel (up to 4 nights away from home) for this role.
Desired Skills:
- Ambition and proven experience of change management and service delivery.