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Project Manager

£40,000 - £45,000
Surrey
LH17021

This role would suit a Project Manager with 5+ years’ experience, who is looking to move into a more demanding role with a wide variety of projects across the business.  

Key Skills: Project manager. PMO. Project Management. PM. Agile. Waterfall. Project Documentation. Reporting. Document Template. Project Control Logs – Risk, Issue, Change, Dependencies, Cost. Project Scheduling. Project Board Meetings. Control Tools. Project Plans. Project Management Methodologies, Prince2. Microsoft Project. Microsoft Office.

My client is a leading financial services organisation with a well-established development team who is currently growing. They have a number of projects internally and as such our client are looking for a Project Manager who can play a key role in the management and delivery of these projects.

Sound interesting? Read on…

About the Project Manager:

The successful candidate will be an organised, confident, and pro-active individual who can contribute fully within a team and support in the delivery of our portfolio of projects.

  • Ownership of an allocated project with full responsibility for delivering to the parameters outlined in the Project Brief
  • Supporting the Senior Project Manager in the creation and refinement of project processes and templates
  • Responsible for controlled escalations to senior management both internally and externally when appropriate
  • Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects effectively
  • Responsible for planning and resourcing the project including building and leading a team of resources with the right capabilities to meet the project deliverables
  • Responsible for creating and maintaining a detailed project plan including dependencies, resourcing, controls and milestones
  • Ensuring the project is delivered to the agreed quality standards to minimise rework cost and achieve defined project timescales.
  • Management of the Client and key stakeholders in terms of expectations, agreed scope, timescales, project costs, project invoicing, project resource management
  • Reporting on project status, project revenue, project costs & project invoicing
  • Management of project risks, change requests and issues throughout the project life cycle
  • Management of Relationships & resources with other internal departments such as Business Analysts, Finance, Marketing, Legal and Support/Infrastructure
  • For appropriately sized projects working closely with the Director of Business Change ensuring that they are updated on project status, risks and issues
  • Ensuring smooth transition to service for every project

 Let’s take a look at what essential requirements are essential to be successful:

  • 5 years + Project Management experience
  • Previous experience working in a regulated environment
  • Experience of both waterfall and an agile project methodologies
  • Excellent communication skills both internally and externally
  • Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent projects
  • Leadership of multiple, multi-disciplined teams delivering technical solutions across a variety of platforms
  • Seen by clients and prospects as having a can-do delivery focus

 

Key Skills: Project Support. PMO. Project Management. PM. Agile. Project Documentation. Reporting. Document Template. Project Control Logs – Risk, Issue, Change, Dependencies, Cost. Project Scheduling. Project Board Meetings. Control Tools. Project Plans. Project Management Methodologies, Prince2. Microsoft Project. Microsoft Office.

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