At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead and coordinate the go-live of a Student System, ensuring ecosystem readiness.
- Company: Partnering with a prestigious University to enhance student systems.
- Benefits: Competitive daily rate, flexible contract, and opportunity for impactful work.
- Other info: Onsite presence required twice a month; 6-month contract with ASAP start.
- Why this job: Make a difference in higher education by managing complex projects and leading teams.
- Qualifications: Strong project management experience and ability to engage with diverse stakeholders.
The predicted salary is between 40000 - 50000 £ per year.
Gravitas are currently partnering with a University that is looking for an experienced Project Manager to lead the integrated ecosystem readiness of their Student System go‑live.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and coordinate ecosystem readiness across business, technical, operational, integration, and testing workstreams.
- Ensure alignment across workstreams and manage key dependencies.
- Review programme deliverables, identifying and addressing operational gaps, risks, and issues.
- Oversee end‑to‑end testing readiness, validation, and sign‑off from both technical and business perspectives.
- Manage integration scope, including system interfaces, connections, and business process integration.
- Ensure business processes are fully integrated and tested across the wider ecosystem.
- Engage with project teams, workstream leads, stakeholders, and boards, providing regular updates and assurance.
- Produce accurate reporting and support governance activities.
- Manage, mitigate, and escalatte programme risks and issues as required.
- Support delivery in a complex, time‑critical environment where delays are not an option.
Essential Skills & Experience
- Strong Higher Education background
- Strong project management experience within large‑scale programmes.
- Ability to lead cross‑functional activities spanning business, technical, operational, and integration domains.
- Experience managing complex dependencies across multiple workstreams.
- Strong understanding of readiness and go‑live planning.
- Experience validating testing activities and ensuring alignment with end‑to‑end testing cycles.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, including engagement with senior leaders and governance boards.
- Proven risk and issue management capabilities.
- Experience working across both technical and business teams
- Contract details
- ASAP start date (can wait until the end of July for the right person)
- Outside IR35
- Onsite presence required twice a month
- 6 month contract
If this role could be of interest, please apply or alternatively, you can reach out to Karla Farrar directly on Linked In or email k. farrar@gravitasgroup. com and she will be in touch as soon as possible.
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