Commercial designs, implements, supports, and secures the IT infrastructures of some of the UK's leading organisations across both the public and private sectors. Each client has unique needs, and we tailor our solutions and support packages to meet their specific requirements.
We are currently seeking a Senior Project Manager to join our delivery team. In this role, you will be part of our accomplished infrastructure community, working with the latest technologies on challenging and complex Cloud and Modern Workplace transformation journeys, helping our clients to get the very best out of their investment in IT.
As an experienced client-facing Senior Project Manager, you will have a proven track record in leading and managing IT transformation projects.
Reporting directly to the Head of Project Management, you will collaborate with our Sales, Delivery, and Support teams within Commercial. You will be exposed to a variety of technologies, ensuring no two days are the same, and you will have the opportunity to work with clients of all sizes across all sectors.
Applicants must have experience working within the IT Managed Services industry and a minimum of 5 years managing client projects. This varied role involves working from our head office in Cheltenham, remotely from home, and traveling to client sites throughout the UK as and when required.
Please note that applicants must be within a commutable distance to the South-West region.
Your responsibilities as a Senior Project Manager will be:
- Oversee and lead client IT projects from initiation to completion to deliver the agreed outcomes within time, cost and quality constraints, with day-to-day management and leadership of the project and the project team.
- Create and execute detailed project plans, identifying necessary resources and required skillsets.
- Identify key stakeholders and develop effective relationships.
- Lead Project Definition Workshops
- Schedule and manage resources to deliver the project by delegating tasks and assigning responsibilities to project teams.
- Be accountable for Risk Management, Issues Management and Change Management throughout the lifecycle of the project.
- Manage and be accountable for the project budget.
- Ensure the benefits of the project are identified, understood, measured, tracked and owned.
- Prepare key reports, including project status dashboards and forecasts to completion, to support effective governance and decision making. Track and report delivery against milestones.
- Analyse project performance including profitability and utilisation.
- Conduct post project reviews to establish learning points and evaluate performance against time, cost and quality objectives.
- Contribute to the ongoing success of the PMO function.
About you
- Proven experience managing multiple projects within enterprise environments to agreed time, quality, and cost objectives with a minimum of 5 years experience delivering client facing IT projects in a formal Project Management role.
- Experienced, accountable leader of projects and teams, providing effective leadership and management controls.
- Able to identify and work with related projects to manage interdependencies and able to assimilate large amounts of information, often working with ambiguity whilst keeping in the detail to ensure quality of delivery.
- Clear communicator used to tailor communication, as appropriate, to the audience (including leading Project Definition Workshops, presentation creation, report creation, written and oral communication).
- Robust commercial skills associated with project budgeting and change management.
- Strong client-facing, stakeholder engagement - experience of identifying and managing stakeholder relationships and leveraging senior level support with experience of collaborating and influencing.
- Understanding of Microsoft products and enterprise solutions (preferably with AZ900, MS900 qualifications).
- PRINCE2 Practitioner or equivalent.
- Holding a full UK driving licence is essential for this role as travel is required to our customers sites throughout the UK.
About us
We are proud to be a successful, purpose-driven organisation that is on an exciting journey to achieve an annual turnover of £100m by 2025.
Commercial are business transformation specialists. We transform business impacts and experiences by applying original thinking to everyday practices.
We specialise in Managed IT, Smart Technologies, Managed Print Services, Technology, Interiors, Office Supplies, and PPE, Facilities and Workwear.
We invest in our people so they are experts in their field, excel within their environment and continue on a journey of growth and development, personalised to them.
We are #commercialbynature.
Benefits
We commit to ensuring all our employees feel truly valued and appreciated for the work that they do, every day. As a member of the Commercial team, you will receive the following:
- A base salary of up to £55,000 per annum
- An annual bonus scheme of £5,000, paid quarterly upon successful achievement of KPIs
- Hybrid working structure with the flexibility to work from home for part of the week
- Company car
- A generous holiday allowance of 25 days plus bank holidays, which increases with length of service
- An enhanced family leave package to support you and your growing family
- Life Insurance that offers a payment equivalent to four times your annual salary
- Access to confidential support through our Employee Assistance programme and wellbeing support including a 24-hour GP service and physiotherapy
- Free and expert mortgage and remortgaging advice for all members of the team, friends and families from leading broker Charles Cameron & Associates
- Other benefits such as charity volunteering opportunities, pension, cycle to work scheme, flexible working structure and more