Project Manager in Gerrards Cross

Gerrards Cross - Hybrid

Do you want to help shape software that affects thousands of lives?

Who are we?

We are ranked as the UK’s #1 construction specific software player and our mission is simple; to provide market leading end-to-end software solutions to the construction and construction like industries across the entire build life cycle.

If you are looking to build an exceptional career with an award-winning company you’ve come to the right place. Our teams are based in the UK, Europe, and India, working on products that are used on a global scale. We have a clear and defined road map to deliver over the next 3 years, which is centred around a large-scale digital transformation as well as continuing our growth and expansion.

We embrace diversity and equality and want our employees to be comfortable bringing their whole selves to work. We are committed to building a team with a variety of backgrounds, skills and views. Creating a culture of Equality isn’t just the right thing to do, it improves every aspect of our business.

Purpose

As a Project Manager, you will be responsible for the planning and delivery of projects within Causeway to meet the current and future needs of the organisation.

You will manage projects from initial definition through to their successful delivery and will be the driving force in ensuring that projects are delivered to time, budget, and quality. As a Project Manager, you may need to deliver several projects concurrently, so the ability to prioritise and manage your time is key.

The role will involve working closely with the Project Management Office to ensure that projects are delivered consistently and that stakeholders are kept informed through timely and accurate reporting. You will need to liaise with key stakeholders and subject matter experts across our business functions and engineering teams, so will be a confident communicator at all levels within the organisation.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the end-to-end delivery of a project, establishing and controlling project constraints, scope, timelines, and quality.
• Work with project sponsors and stakeholders to agree project success criteria and manage progress against these.
• Manage process compliance, project scope, project controls, project risk, project governance, documentation, and change control on all projects.
• Provide clear ownership for and visibility of the resolution of all project risks and issues.
• Provide timely and accurate forecasts and project progress reports to promote understanding and awareness of a project’s progress.
• Manage relationships and communication with all project stakeholders and third-party providers.
• Ensure a thorough and successful transition of new projects into support (internal or external), so that all project success criteria and expectations are noted, risks and issues are flagged, and project specific requirements are captured.
• Coordinate sprints, stakeholder meetings, and daily stand-up meetings as appropriate.
• Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement by identifying areas of improvement across project and portfolio management operations.

Essential

Key Skills, Experience and Qualifications

• PRINCE2 Practitioner or equivalent project management qualification.
• Demonstrable experience in a similar role.
• High standards of professionalism, focused on quality in all aspects of project delivery.
• Experience of technical software and hardware implementation projects.
• Self-directed, resourceful, and able to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, as you will be working with third parties as well as senior stakeholders across Causeway.
• Commercially astute and able to balance trade-offs where necessary to ensure a successful delivery.
• Attention to detail and able to produce high-quality deliverables.

Desirable

• Experience of Agile delivery methods, delivering software solutions in controlled increments (e.g. Scrum, Agile Delivery phases, GDS Service Manual, etc.).
• Experience of working within a software development company.
• Knowledge and understanding of relevant regulations and standards, e.g. ISO 27001.

What you get from us:

If you're looking to build an exceptional career with an award-winning company you’ve come to the right place. We believe everyone at Causeway has a vital role to play in our success. Causeway is fuelled by curiosity and is a place for people who beam with positivity and burn with ambition.

Our team is everything, so we’ll take good care of you. In fact, we give well-being the same priority as our other business goals. We’re strong advocates of work-life balance, offering hybrid working alongside the opportunity to work from modern, collaborative offices.

Our Values

United. As part of a team, we’re better together.

Agile. Be the change, we’re on a journey.

Trusted. Do the right thing, we own this.

Driven. Get stuck in, we make it happen.

Benefits

As a leader in employee engagement and people management, there are fantastic benefits and rewards at Causeway. We strive, year on year, to achieve recognition as an award-winning workplace that our employees love. We’ve selected just a few of the many benefits available below to show you how we take care of our Causeway stars.

• 25 days annual leave + public holidays, increasing with length of service.
• 4% matched pension.
• Income protection and life assurance.
• Access to our award-winning benefits platform.
• We take mental health seriously and have a dedicated EAP available 24/7.
• £100 allowance towards a fitness club.
• Dell discounts.
• Private Medical Insurance.
• Paid study leave + volunteering days.
• Car Scheme.

Like all responsible companies Causeway is aware of the need to recognise the importance of protecting our environment and addressing the climate emergency. Causeway is a carbon neutral company and we offset our calculated carbon footprint. However, we recognise that offsetting is not a permanent solution, so we set environmental objectives to reduce our footprint year-on-year.