Project Manager

Job Description

Working independently or as part of a programme team to provide project management expertise to deliver our products and services. You will be a flexible,self-motivated individual with experience of working on a number of concurrent projects.

Deliver the project to agreed time, cost and quality standards
Manage and communicate with all project stakeholders – client sponsors, client teams, third-party and internal teams
Provide regular status updates and communications across the project team
Co-ordination of internal/external meetings and workshops including chairing project meetings
Preparation of material and reporting in accordance with agreed programme governance
Maintaining/updating/ collating weekly project status reports and actions, issues and risk logs and contacting project team members appropriately
Creation of and ongoing monitoring and management of the Project Plan
Maintaining and monitoring resource schedules, flagging up any issues/conflicts
Submitting the risk/issues log for review and escalating when required
Attending meetings/workshops producing minutes and chasing up actions when required
Management of deliverables on the project shared drive i.e. version control; deliverables tracking etc.
Covering general administrative duties
Supporting the Programme Manager in day to day activities required to deliver the project (if required)
Co-ordinate the definition and documentation of any required Acceptance Criteria for the acceptance of solutions prior to go live
Ensure that full impact assessment are carried out where required with the Delivery teams, within agreed timescales
Act as an interface between the business and delivery teams, including technical teams
Track requirements through the delivery phase and ensure delivery
Provide assistance and support for the definition of the operational processes and procedures when required
Assist the business to produce workarounds where requirements cannot be met fully
Responsible for ensuring that any User Acceptance Testing approach is defined and agreed
Support any User Acceptance Testing activity and act as the main interface between the business and technical teams
Produce project communication plans and create and deliver communications in line with that plan
Principle Accountabilities:

Delivery of projects to agreed time, cost and quality
Production and management of key project documents e.g. PID, AIRs etc.
Creation and management of the Project Plan
Maintenance of the Resource Schedule
Preparation and publication of Weekly Progress Reports
Documented Acceptance Criteria with input from all impacted business areas
User Acceptance Test support when required
Knowledge and Experience:

Proven Project Management skills PMO experience
Project Management Accreditation (AgilePM, Prince II) Coaching / training
Strong problem solving skills Business Analysis skills
Consultancy / client-facing background Background in Utilities, Telecoms or Financial Services
Stakeholder management
Strong planning (MSP), governance & documentation
Personal Profile:

An exceptional focus on delivery
Ability to learn and adapt quickly
Ability to grasp new concepts
Team working
Flexibility