IT Project Manager : Endur : Pre-Projects Definition & Mobilisation

This is an exciting opportunity for an IT Project Manager to join a world-leading Energy Trading company as part of a new Endur ETRM programme.

Role Overview:
You will lead discovery activities to define project scope, business requirements, options, costs, timelines, risks, dependencies, governance requirements and delivery approaches.
Initial focus areas include Endur Hosting, Endur To-Be Purging and North America Emissions Redesign – with additional initiatives expected to emerge throughout the pre-project phase.
You will provide the structure, governance and clarity required to convert concepts into executable projects, ensuring all the project’s pre-requisites are defined, approved and delivered in line with programme timelines.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead discovery and shaping activities for project pre-project initiatives.
• Translate high-level business objectives and problem statements into clearly defined project scopes and deliverables.
• Establish business requirements, success measures, assumptions, risks, constraints and dependencies.
• Engage business and IT stakeholders to assess current-state processes, systems, data and operating models.
• Develop project charters, scope documents, delivery roadmaps and mobilisation plans.
• Produce business cases, investment requests and executive recommendations where required.
• Define resource requirements, delivery approaches and governance structures.
• Identify and manage cross-project dependencies to ensure alignment with the wider project programme roadmap.
• Plan, execute and control assigned projects in accordance with the company framework
• Manage scope, schedules, budgets, risks, issues and reporting.
• Lead multi-disciplinary teams across business, technology and external partners.
• Provide regular updates and recommendations to programme leadership and governance forums.

Essential Experience & Skills:

• Project Definition & Mobilisation
• Proven experience defining and shaping projects from early-stage concepts or problem statements
• Strong discovery, assessment and mobilisation experience
• Ability to rapidly establish project scope, requirements, business outcomes and delivery approaches
• Experience developing project charters, business cases and investment proposals

Programme & Project Management:

• Strong project management experience using Agile and Waterfall methodologies
• Experience establishing governance, reporting, assurance and control frameworks
• Strong planning, budgeting, forecasting and tracking capability
• Experience managing risks, issues, dependencies and change control

Stakeholder Management:

• Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills
• Experience working with senior business and IT stakeholders
• Excellent workshop facilitation, communication and presentation skills
• Ability to work effectively in ambiguous and rapidly evolving environments

Delivery & Technology:

• Experience delivering business and technology change initiatives
• Ability to work across business, process, data and technology domains
• Experience coordinating multiple interdependent projects and workstreams

Highly Desirable Experience:

• Trading & Supply experience
• Knowledge of Endur and commodity trading environments
• Experience with infrastructure, hosting and application modernisation initiatives
• Experience with data management, data retention or data purging programmes
• Knowledge of regulatory, sustainability or emissions reporting processes
• Experience working within large global organisations and matrix structures

Mandatory Skills:

• Recognised Project Management certification (PMP, PRINCE2, MSP or equivalent)
• Agile and Waterfall delivery methodologies
• Governance and assurance management
• Stakeholder management
• Risk and issue management
• Scoping, planning and budgeting
• Project Management, Project Planning & Tracking, Project Governance