Working with a leading national brand in their search for a permanent IT Project Manager paying up to £65,000 base + bonus and benefits. 3 days week in Birmngham is essential and you will ideally have some experience with Salesforce.
The Role
As a Project Manager in our dynamic IT team, you will manage and deliver predominately business change related IT projects within time and cost constraints.
The Project Manager will be responsible for:
The definition, documentation and successful delivery of business change focussed IT projects within agreed time scales and budget.
Directing and supporting project team members.
Managing stakeholders through the discovery phase to elicit project requirements.
End-to-End project management of all assigned projects.
Maintaining open and effective communication with users and stakeholders with regards to the planning and delivery of individual programmes of work and projects.
Achieving project buy in and co-operation and minimise impact of risk to the business.
Identifying, initiating, and maintaining project RAIDs for all projects and programmes of work.
Developing strategies and measures to mitigate and/or control risks identified ensuring contingency plans are developed and executed.
Production, maintenance, and delivery of appropriate project management documentation.
Liaising between business stakeholders, IT Team members, 3rd party suppliers, clients and others as required to deliver IT projects for the business and / or its clients.
Ownership of work breakdown structure, production of estimates, project plans, technical plans and requirements, finances, risk & contingency, scope management and change control
Preparation of project management products (PID, status reports, change control notes, Business Case, BRS, Test and other key documentation).
Clearly articulating business requirements, business process, delivery plans and the benefits cases for programmes of work.
Communicating in language that is appropriate to the audience.
Identifying, contracting with and management of 3rd parties to deliver solutions for the gorup as necessary.
Ensure projects create all necessary documentation to enable the IT Service team to fully support the solution after the project has concluded.
Supporting wider IT team at times with tasks that might be outside of core role description. This is due to the fact that we are relatively small team, which is collectively striving for excellence.
To be aware of and comply with the company's policies and procedures.
The above description is not an exhaustive list due to the nature of the role. Therefore, the job holder may be required from time to time to carry out other ad hoc tasks as requested.
The Person
This opportunity would ideally suit an individual from a legal or professional services background. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate the following:
PRINCE 2, AMP, or similar project management qualification.
Excellent problem analysis, system design, troubleshooting and resolution skills.
Project planning, estimation, requirements gathering, and business case writing.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Demonstrable experience in delivering end to end projects in a professional services or legal environment.
Requirements gathering.
Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to stakeholders of varying degrees of technical understanding