At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead complex ERP projects, ensuring smooth delivery and collaboration across teams.
- Company: Join Cognizant, a leader in engineering modern businesses with innovative solutions.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, flexible working options, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Dynamic role with opportunities to work with diverse teams and technologies.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by improving financial and operational efficiency for clients.
- Qualifications: Experience in project management and ERP implementations, with strong communication skills.
The predicted salary is between 59400 - 72600 £ per year.
About the role As a Maconomy ERP Project Manager, you will make an impact by leading complex enterprise implementations, upgrades that improve financial and operational efficiency.
You will work collaboratively with business stakeholders, technical specialists and cross-functional delivery teams to manage scope, timelines, budgets, risks and quality from planning through deployment.
At Cognizant, you will help engineer modern businesses by combining structured project delivery, data-led insight and continuous improvement to create reliable outcomes for our clients.
In this role, you will: Lead end-to-end planning and delivery for Maconomy and wider ERP initiatives, aligning scope, milestones, resources and budgets with stakeholder expectations.
Coordinate hybrid delivery across onsite and remote teams, creating clear communication routines and transparent ways of working.
Manage schedules, dependencies, risks and issues proactively to protect critical deadlines and delivery commitments.
Work with Client business stakeholders at various levels, functional and technical specialists to clarify requirements and coordinate configuration, integration, testing, deployment and Hypercare Lead governance activities, including status reporting, steering committee updates, decision logs and executive-level delivery insights.
Ensure deliverables meet agreed quality and acceptance criteria and support reliable financial and operational reporting.
Use project data and performance indicators to inform decisions, optimise resource utilisation and drive continuous improvement.
Coordinate user acceptance testing, change communications and readiness activities to support adoption and minimise business disruption.
Maintain key project artefacts, including plans, risk registers, decision records and lessons learned.
What you need to have to be considered: Project management experience in complex enterprise technology environments.
Strong practical experience delivering Maconomy or any other ERP implementations, upgrades, cloud migrations or transformation programmes Solid understanding of ERP transformation concepts and cross-functional workflows, including finance, resource management and project accounting.
A proven ability to manage medium- to large-scale programmes using established project management frameworks and tools.
Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to explain complex topics clearly to executive, business and technical audiences.
Excellent communications, organisation and prioritisation skills, with experience leading distributed or hybrid teams.
Maconomy/ ERP Project Manager employer: Cognizant
Cognizant is an excellent employer, offering a dynamic work culture that fosters innovation and collaboration within the UK Public Sector. Employees benefit from comprehensive growth opportunities, including training in cutting-edge AI technologies, while contributing to meaningful projects that impact government services. With a commitment to quality and excellence, Cognizant provides a supportive environment where your contributions are valued and recognised.
