Job summary

Looking for a Senior Project manager for a 6 month contract

Outside IR35 role Rate £450 - £550

Must be flexiable to travel to southampton when needed!

 

Key skills required for this role

Senior Project Manager , Retail

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Project Manager

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Create and manage integrated master programme plan of key milestones across release level programme plans
• Identify critical path and associated milestones
• Work with Project and Programme Managers to review complex schedules and develop viable action plans for scheduling risk mitigation.
• Support in planning and review sessions as required
• Ensure adherence to mitigation plans
• Ensure adherence to plan re-baselining where appropriate
• Analyses the schedule for impacts to intermediate milestones
• Offer your leadership, support and guidance to the team where required, enabling them to deliver by helping to remove blockers or supporting them in their activities
• Play a central role in the formation of the future roadmap, alongside the Head of Delivery, Delivery Managers and Product Owners to bring together a view of effort, cost and high-level plan
• Supports the Programme Managers by Quality assuring all reporting and plans
• Generate critical path analyses and support scenario planning
• Create open communication with key stakeholders to inform and update, building trust and respect by creating strong relationships that allow for healthy debate and influential discussion
• Work with representatives to ensure visibility of internal program dependencies
• Support with tracking, accountability, and governance of the planning activities
• Create open communication with key stakeholders to inform and update, building trust and respect by creating strong relationships that allow for healthy debate and influential discussion
• Must have direct Program or Project Planning & Scheduling expertise in a technical environment

Key Skills, Ability or Experience

 

• A strong track record of successfully delivering quality programme management in complex, multi vendor, cross functional and market environments, for applications of significant size and value (£m+).
• PRINCE2 / APM & CSM Certification
• Minimum 5 years Project Management experience, Programme Management would be beneficial
• Excellent Programme / Project Planning skills (MSP, Excel, JIRA and Confluence)
• Broad experience of managing dependencies
• Experience of multiple delivery process and methodologies; both Agile and Waterfall and the ability to identify which tools and processes are best suited to support the delivery needs
• Flexible and adaptable approach and a strong communicator, both written and verbal
• Ability to collaborate with, and successfully influence, at all levels of the organisation (including board level) to achieve a successful delivery at scale. All with the confidence and willingness to challenge the status quo
• Leadership in a multi-vendor environment, managing third parties to time, outcome and budget with the confidence to hold them to account throughout the delivery cycle
• Great leadership and communication skills, with the ability to inspire teams to be successful, to enjoy their contribution and to be proud of their achievements
• Experienced in creating and managing programme plans and associated RAIDD profiles across multiple teams and complex programmes of work.
• Ability to simplify complex issues and bring a structured approach to planning and project execution
• Experience of multiple delivery process and methodologies; both Agile and Waterfall and the ability to identify which tools and processes are best suited to support the delivery needs
• Flexible and adaptable approach and a strong communicator, both written and verbal
• Ability to collaborate with, and successfully influence, at all levels of the organisation (including board level) to achieve a successful delivery at scale. All with the confidence and willingness to challenge the status quo
• Leadership in a multi-vendor environment, managing third parties to time, outcome and budget with the confidence to hold them to account throughout the delivery cycle
• Great leadership and communication skills, with the ability to inspire teams to be successful, to enjoy their contribution and to be proud of their achievements
• Experienced in creating and managing programme plans and associated RAIDD profiles across multiple teams and complex programmes of work.
• Ability to simplify complex issues and bring a structured approach to planning and project execution
• Familiar with the IT project life cycle, project management, development & QA methodologies
• Self-motivated and keen to develop your skills within a growing transformation programme
• Experience of creating and managing delivery budgets and demonstrate commercial ability to identify and implement areas for cost saving.