Project Manager (Manchester)

Project Manager (Software, Data, SDLC, Integration, Agile, Public Sector, Tech for Good)

Salary: Competitive plus excellent benefits

Location: Manchester (Min. 2 days on site)

Start: ASAP

Project Manager

Who we are:

Founded in 2003, Mobysoft provides data-based insight solutions to a wide range of social housing clients, supplying technology to help landlords to improve their income-collection processes for the good of all involved. Mobysoft delivers two market-leading products, which help keep tenants housed in a home they can enjoy and simultaneously improves rent collection for the long term good of the organisation.

Our vision is working towards a world in which intelligent technology significantly improves the quality of life for people who live in social housing and our mission is delivering accurate actionable data insights that help social housing providers to deliver a more consistent and equitable service

What are we looking for?

We are looking for a Project Manager with circa 3-5 years’ experience. The successful person will ideally have a background in the Public Sector e.g -Housing Associations, Councils, Social Housing or similar. We also need a Project Manager with excellent relationship skills and with the ability to build strong, productive partnerships with customers and the Mobysoft team.

The successful Project Manager will have previously worked on software or data based projects and this is essential for the type of projects we work on. The Project Manager is responsible for on time and high-quality delivery of projects to external customers. Customer Success is a core value of Mobysoft and the Project Manager will play a key part in delivering value to our customers.

What you will do

• Ensure that all projects are delivered on-time, within scope and within budget
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously, managing issues across the organisation through to completion
• Prioritise effectively with meticulous attention to detail
• Build and maintain positive relationships with key stakeholders, both internally and externally
• Add control and structure to projects through the use of frameworks such as APM
• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation
• Produce and maintain project status reports, plans and RAID logs
• Develop comprehensive milestone plans to be shared with customers
• Communicate with customers to update them on project progress, risks, issues and actions
• Ensure risks to delivery are identified, managed and escalated
• Manage changes to the project scope, project schedule and project costs using appropriate verification techniques
• To contribute to project management best practice
• Measure project performance using appropriate tools and techniques
• Lead and facilitate meetings and workshops
• Input into continuous improvement plans

Qualifications and skills

• Proven experience as a Project Manager (3-5 years)
• Experience working in a fast paced B2B software environment
• Experience of working in a product based business
• Experience managing senior stakeholders both internally and externally
• Experience delivering data and/or analytical software projects (Essential)
• Previous experience of working with agile methodologies
• Experience of working with Salesforce is desirable but not essential
• APM PMQ accreditation is desirable but not essential
• Good understanding of the SDLC
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

The Person

The successful candidate will have the following attributes:

• Excellent relationship skills (Internal and external stakeholders)
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple concurrent projects in parallel
• Take ownership
• Proactive, Self-motivated and conscientious
• Methodical, structured and analytical mind
• The ability to Influence others and build and maintain relationships
• Problem solver
• Excellent client-facing communication skills
• Commercially aware who understands, and can balance, the need to provide value to our customers whilst maintaining project and delivery margins

Benefits

Competitive salary and rewards package including: – Private Health care , 4 x salary Life cover, 25 days annual leave, increasing to 28 after 3 year’s service,salary sacrifice pension scheme and much more ..

Inclusion

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process-please contact us to request accommodation.

If you are interested and would like to know more then please apply to simone.ryan@mobysoft.com or via our careers page. Please note that we are not working with any external Agencies for this position.