Senior Project Manager - DC/HPC in Hatfield

Location: UK - Hatfield, UK - London, UK - Manchester, UK - Birmingham

Contract type: Standard | Business Unit: Project Management

Life on the team

We are excited to announce we are now looking to hire a Senior Project Manager/Programme Manager, with experience of delivering large-scale International Data Centre or High Performance Computing build projects, into our thriving Group Professional Services (GPS) organisation within Computacenter UK. This is an exciting role in a dynamic and fast-moving environment that is likely to require significant international travel. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate the delivery of multiple Data Centre technologies rather than point solutions, the leadership of large multi-skilled teams, and the gravitas expected from a leader in their field.

So who are we?

Group Professional Services is a dynamic part of Computacenter that integrates our Engineering, Consultancy, and Project Management practices, alongside our expanding Business Solutions portfolio and nearshore/offshore centres. With a team of over 4,200 highly skilled professionals, we possess deep expertise in core infrastructure technologies, industry-standard architecture, and project management methodologies. Operating across three continents, we serve some of the world’s largest brands, driving technological change in a vibrant and rapidly evolving digital landscape.

What you’ll do

As a Senior Project Manager (SPM) or Programme Manager (PGM) in Computacenter’s Projects & Programmes Practice you will be responsible for delivering complex and/or high risk, end-to-end solutions. You may deliver multiple projects simultaneously or significant work-streams on larger projects and programmes. The projects could be stand-alone projects or may be part of a Projects & Portfolio Management Office (PMO). You may also be required to lead a Project & Portfolio Management Office (PMO). Whatever the assignment you will lead the engagement, be responsible for the business outcome and for the overall success of the change activity and will work with our assurance and governance process to ensure the projects or PMO meet Computacenter’s and the Customer’s requirements and needs.

Your scope of activity will range from the development of the delivery approach to be used by Computacenter, the delivery definition and the successful delivery of assignments from inception through to completion. Delivery of a successful project will include: building and managing your team, ensuring the agreed products are delivered, effective communication, managing project controls (including risk, issue, customer dependencies and change) and providing a high-quality professional outcome to the satisfaction of our customers and other stakeholders.

There will be times where you will lead, on behalf of the Practice, the activities required to create a solution based on a set of customer requirements, support managing it through the sales cycle whilst following the appropriate governance process. Presenting to the customer in a compelling way to support the sales team to achieve positive outcome and support our growth agenda. Your overall responsibility is for meeting the commitments made to customers and internal stakeholders to successfully deliver the assignment you are leading as defined in your terms of reference or project control documentation. These will be delivered alongside the agreed financial outcome of the assignment. In support of this, you’re expected to understand and articulate to customers both what Computacenter sells and delivers and have a good working knowledge of the technology/solution.

Key responsibilities

• Project Management: Throughout the entire project lifecycle, you will be expected to understand and adhere to our methodologies for delivering Professional Services engagements to our customers.
• Change Management: Own or ensure that the end-to-end change process for the assignment is followed to ensure full awareness and adoption of the project outcomes whilst minimizing working at risk/commercial exposure & optimizing our contribution.
• Business Management: Ensure that projects align with the customer requirements, deliver value, and are completed efficiently within scope, time, and budget constraints.
• Contract Management: Manage the assignment scope and understand the commercial baseline, supporting or leading the development, negotiation, and agreement of the statement of work and any subsequent changes.
• Financial Management: Be responsible for the successful delivery of the assignment to the agreed financial baseline to meet (or exceed) the key performance indicators.
• Relationship Management: During your assignments, you will create and manage the stakeholder relationships across Computacenter, its suppliers, and customers, ensuring that a positive and constructive relationship is created and maintained.
• People Management: You will be responsible for leading and shaping the team to ensure the successful delivery of your assignment.

What you’ll need

• Familiarity with the latest technologies and the ability to articulate the benefits in line with Computacenter’s propositions.
• Trained and accredited in project management methodology, for example Prince2, Agile Techniques.
• A demonstrable track record of delivering complex, high-risk assignments/multiple successful outcomes with focus on large-scale Data Centres or High Performance Computing.
• Demonstrable leadership skills and personal gravitas.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build and maintain relationships.
• Able to apply a variety of influencing skills to enable the required outcomes for your stakeholders, to enable positive assignment outcomes.
• Ability to apply a variety of approaches including Emotional Intelligence with flexibility, to adapt personal style and approach to meet specific customer needs and to resolve conflicts.
• Understand and be able to articulate the wider context of the project you are leading.
• Ability to articulate the value of project management to internal and external customers.
• Excellent literacy and numeracy skills.

About us

Computacenter is a leading independent provider of IT infrastructure services, with about 20,000 employees worldwide. We work at the heart of digitisation, advising organisations on IT strategy, implementing the most appropriate technology and managing our customers’ infrastructures. We offer a friendly, open working environment without too much fuss about hierarchy. We are looking for professionals with diverse competencies, personalities and strengths who want to live our shared value of teamwork and performance. We’re growing. We’re hiring. We encourage. We empower. We support.