At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead exciting IT projects, ensuring smooth delivery and collaboration across teams.
- Company: Join a forward-thinking company that values innovation and teamwork.
- Benefits: Enjoy 25 days holiday, private medical insurance, and flexible working options.
- Other info: Dynamic work environment with opportunities for personal and professional growth.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by driving business change and enhancing data management.
- Qualifications: Project management qualification and experience in delivering IT projects required.
The predicted salary is between 54000 - 66000 £ per year.
Working pattern
Ideally 3 days per week
We are looking for an experienced IT Project Manager to lead the end-to-end delivery of a business change project, ensuring delivery within agreed scope, budget, quality and timelines.
The project will consolidate client, contact and matter reference data into a single trusted source, introduce automated regulatory compliance checks into client onboarding, and coordinate data migration, systems integration and business change across multiple functions.
Essential Experience & Qualifications
- Recognised project management qualification such as PRINCE2 Practitioner, APM PMQ, PMP or equivalent.
- Proven experience delivering medium-to-large IT projects across the full project lifecycle.
- Strong experience in project planning, budgeting, governance, risk, change and assurance.
- Experience managing vendors, implementation partners and cross-functional teams.
- Experience working with Waterfall, Agile or hybrid delivery methodologies.
- Strong stakeholder management, communication, facilitation and problem-solving skills.
- Experience with data migration, systems integration or business change projects.
- Good understanding of data protection principles, including UK GDPR and DPIA requirements.
- Technical Skills
- Proficiency with project management tools such as MS Project, Smartsheet, Jira, Azure Dev Ops or equivalent.
- Strong Microsoft 365 skills, particularly Excel, Power Point, Teams and Share Point.
- Understanding of systems integration, digital transformation and core business applications such as CRM, case/practice management and document management systems.
- Experience with master/reference data, MDM, CRM or case management integration, client onboarding or compliance automation.
- Experience in regulated or professional services environments, particularly where data accuracy and compliance are critical.
- Experience managing multi-vendor or geographically distributed teams.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead project delivery from mobilisation and discovery through design, build, data migration, testing, training, go-live and hypercare.
- Develop and manage project plans, milestones, critical paths, dependencies, resources and budgets.
- Own project RAID, risk, issue and change control, ensuring timely mitigation and escalation.
- Establish and maintain effective project governance, including Steering Group/Board reporting, stage-gate reviews and decision-making forums.
- Coordinate cross-functional teams across IT, Finance, Compliance, Business Development and Operations.
- Manage third-party vendors and implementation partners, ensuring delivery against agreed SLAs, milestones and contractual obligations.
- Oversee data migration, systems integration, quality assurance and go-live readiness.
- Manage stakeholder communications, executive reporting and project documentation.
- Coordinate phased cutover and rollout to minimise business disruption.
- Work with Compliance and the DPO to address data protection, DPIA and data-minimisation requirements.
- Track benefits realisation and ensure the project delivers its intended business outcomes.
Benefits (pro rata)
- Contractual
- 25 days holiday
- Life Assurance 5 x final salary
- Private medical insurance
- Medicash and discounted retail benefits
- Non Contractual
- An additional days holiday for your birthday
- A weekly wellbeing hour
- 8 hour per annum charity work
- Cycle to work scheme
- Bring your dog to work
- Social committee events
- Season ticket travel loan
- Eligible to purchase an additional five days holiday
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Project Manager in Reading employer: Boyes Turner
Join a leading Private Wealth team that values autonomy and technical expertise, offering a dynamic work environment in both London and Reading. With a strong focus on employee growth, we provide opportunities for professional development, flexible hybrid working, and a supportive culture that encourages collaboration and innovation. Enjoy competitive benefits including generous holiday allowances, private medical cover, and unique perks like a weekly wellbeing hour and the option to bring your dog to work.
