Job Description
Connells Group, one of the largest and is the most successful estate agency and property services provider in the UK requires a
Senior Project Manager
to join the team, to assume responsibility for delivering key business and IT change initiatives. This is a great opportunity for an experienced Project Manager that is well versed in delivering a wide spectrum of change projects and is used to dealing with stakeholders at the highest level. The role can be mostly remote with a requirement to visit the key offices at least once a week in either Milton Keynes , Leighton Buzzard or customer sites as required.
Key responsibilities of the Senior Project Manager:
- Take ownership and Project Manage the end to end delivery of larger complexity IT & business change projects.
- Working with sponsorship group, ensue robust business cases are created and signed off through the Connells approval governance processes.
- Managing projects in line Connells delivery management governance framework and methodology.
- Where required, work closely with third-party IT providers to ensure successful project outcomes.
- Ensure projects meet defined quality standards.
- Managing transition of projects into live service ensuring BAU service is not impacted.
- Management of matrixed delivery teams to deliver the required work is delivered on time and to budget.
- Reporting regularly on progress and the proactive management of Risks and Issues.
- Leading meetings at all levels, including those with Executive level / business stakeholders.
Experience & skills required to be successful as a Senior Project Manager:
- 8 years + proven experience in delivering medium complexity IT software projects across Applications, Cloud Services, and Infrastructure domains.
- Track record of managing third-party IT providers to achieve positive project outcomes.
- A broad functional knowledge of IT technologies and methodologies.
- Strong aptitude for learning new software applications quickly and effectively.
- Strong senior stakeholder management skills: building relationships with the ability to facilitate decision making and escalation of risks, with proven experience of facing off to director and exec level stakeholders
- Ability to work with high level direction, independently delivering projects.
- Ability to communicate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, with demonstrable ability to communicate complex technical information in a condensed manner to various stakeholders verbally and in writing.
- Strong experience in hosting and leading workshops with both business and technical teams
- Proficient in project planning using MS Project
- Prince2 , APM or PMI qualification
- Expert level experience of working within a defined Project Management Framework
- Strong project budget management experience.
- Experience of working with Business Analysts and Solution Architects
- Experience of working in a matrix managed team environment, across geographically distributed teams.
- Able to manage multiple projects simultaneously as required
Connells Group
is one of the largest and most successful estate agency and property services providers in the UK and as of March 2021 also encompasses Countrywide. Founded in 1936 and with a network of over 1,250 branches nationwide, the Group combines residential sales and lettings expertise with a range of consumer and corporate services including new homes, mortgage services, conveyancing, EPC provision, surveying, corporate lettings, asset management, land & planning, LPA receivers and auctions.
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