Project Manager

Description

We are seeking a highly skilled Project Manager to oversee the successful delivery of complex, high-risk projects, ranging from single-site to global deployments.

You will ensure all projects meet strict time, cost, and quality standards by utilizing industry best practices.

Department

Services

Location

Remote, UK

Key Responsibilities

• Leads planning and delivery of projects to time, cost, and quality measures, taking account of dependencies and resource requirements.
• Owns, develops, and proactively monitors project plans.
• Consolidates and documents the fundamental components of projects (scope, schedule, resource requirements, budgets, risks, opportunities, issues, and quality requirements)
• Tightly controls project scope whilst meeting and managing customers broader expectations within the commercial model
• Responsible for provision and control of project documentation as a primary reference point for tracking and audit purposes
• Monitors project budget, forecast and actual costs, providing early warning of any deviation
• Work with Senior Commercial Accountants to ensure timely Revenue booking, accurate cost forecasting and tracking across the project
• Develops, implements, and updates project resource allocation plans (RBAs), working with Professional Services to confirm staff availability and scheduling
• Engages and manages resources from all necessary departments, customer and third parties on a matrix management basis
• Establishes and maintains governance arrangements for the delivery of projects, defining clear roles, responsibilities, and accountabilities, which align with organisational practice
• Provides input into project health check reviews as required
• Works with Delivery Support to suggest improvement areas for the project delivery methodology
• Identifies, logs and monitors project risks (threats and opportunities), planning and implementing responses to them and responding to other issues that affect projects.
• Reports and escalates risks as required to appropriate level
• Produces highlight reports and presentations to internal and external customers on project status to aid successful delivery of project
• Develops, maintains, and applies quality management processes for project activities and outputs
• Secures the provision of goods and services needed for projects from internal and/or external providers, monitoring compliance and managing variances
• Works with Service Transition to ensure the timely transition of project outputs into live services
• Manages changes to project scope, timeline, budget in a controlled, transparent manner with agreement of customer and relevant stakeholders
• Able to clearly set direction and align expectations across all stakeholder cohorts.
• Manages internal and external stakeholders, and taking account of their levels of influence and particular interests

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Minimum of 3 years’ Project Management Experience
• Proven experience of delivering multiple concurrent & complex projects in a fast-paced MSP environment
• Knowledge of and experience in delivering Microsoft technologies, solutions and services
• Knowledge of using techniques for planning, monitoring and governance including risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies and decisions management
• A track record of managing delivery of large and complex change programmes/projects
• Proven ability in stakeholder management including C-level executives

Benefits

• Remote-first working with flexibility around client needs
• Projects with global brands & public sector leaders, working on real-world impact.
• Exclusive access to AWS & Databricks certifications, training, and partner tools.
• A collaborative culture of technical excellence and continuous learning.
• Private health insurance.
• Competitive salary and long-term growth opportunities.
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