IT Project Manager - total systems ownership

This is an IT Project Management role for a £20m turnover professional consultancy firm. You will be the conduit between the Ops board, Users and Internal/External Developers, with the objective of conducting a full review of the current bespoke built IT systems and shape their development. It will suit someone with excellent project management skills and who is comfortable owning a complex IT project. The team and company are brilliant and this is an exciting opportunity for someone who would like to commit to a long term permanent role but one that will evolve lots over time.

The role

The in house systems have been developed over the last 20 years and are built on a .NET platform. They integrate all workflows, accounts and reporting, HMRC integration and some customer APIs. The system has become increasingly complex as the company has developed and is now a patchwork quilt of developments as is common. This role will aim to achieve the following:

• Get under the skin of what the long term system should look like and ask the right questions of the business to then own the long term systems transformation
• Work to understand the current data architecture. This work will unearth opportunities to transform elements of the current system to create efficiencies
• Own a number of projects, from incremental system changes to development of new modules. This will involve modules for new legal/HMRC reporting requirements, improved customer dashboards and user workflows
• Take the Board’s strategic direction, and work with IT Developers to deliver the systems required to achieve the strategy

The Role

This is an IT Project Management role so will require a progressive track record in similar roles. The following will be useful:

• Program/Project Management experience
• ITIL v3 Foundation, or equivalent
• Practical knowledge of methodologies such as Agile, Lean, Six-Sigma
• Fantastic people skills, an ability to deal with non technical Users, technical people, and senior level Directors
• A proactive self starter.

Further Information

The advertised package includes a bonus, car allowance and salary. The role will be Hybrid, office based 2 days a week.

We tend to receive a large volume of applications and regret that we will be unable to respond to individual applications. We will contact you within 3 working days if we are able to speak with you in more detail about your application.