Project Manager (FTC July 2025)

Job Details: Project Manager (FTC July 2025) Vacancy Name: Project Manager (FTC July 2025) Vacancy No: VN476 Employment Type: Full-Time Location: Office Based – Borehamwood About Us Our Mission Happy, healthy pets make for happy, healthy people. We aim to strengthen the unique bond between pets and their parents through our innovative products and services, enabled by brilliant colleagues who embody our values of performance, exploration, togetherness, and sustainability. The end-to-end management of Pinnacle Pet Group UK Change projects typically involves managing changes to systems and business processes to meet identified business needs. This will involve acquiring and utilizing the necessary resources and skills within agreed parameters of scope, cost, timescales, and quality. Working with internal teams, clients, and vendors to manage projects, which will typically involve the end-to-end software development lifecycle (Analysis, Design, Development, Test, and Implementation) and Business Process change (definition and implementation). Projects are expected to be managed according to our internal project management methodology, predominantly Waterfall, with aspects of Agile in use. Key Responsibilities Responsible for the project management of a complex large-scale customer and data migration between organizations. Managing both internal, client, and incumbent supplier teams to agree joint plans and ensure projects remain on track. Managing blockers, issues, and risks to ensure resolution or mitigation is in place. Responsible for the successful completion of projects ensuring that realistic project, quality, change control, and risk management processes are maintained. Ensures that project deliverables are completed within planned budget and agreed timescales. Preparing realistic, detailed, and high-quality project plans and subsequently tracking activities against these. Providing regular and accurate updates and reports to stakeholders as appropriate. Providing updates to senior management including board level members. Monitor spend versus budget, timescales, and resources used, and take action where these deviate from agreed tolerances. Coordinate resources (internally or externally) allocated to a given project to ensure that activities are delivered within the appropriate timescale. Escalation of resource conflicts where resolution is not possible. Manage the change control procedure and assess the impact of changes on the overall project implementation. Manage projects in line with agreed project management methodology. The creation and maintenance of the mandatory project artefacts. Carry out any other task associated with the role as reasonably requested. Successful Candidates Will Have Project management experience of complex large-scale customer and data migration across organizations. Experience managing both internal, client, and incumbent supplier teams. Conflict management and problem-solving skills. Experience executing project governance and reporting to agreed levels. Strong communication skills with clients in relation to projects. Experience in building and directing phased and big-bang migration transitions. Experience in financial services regulated industry projects. Project management experience including leading projects of varying degrees of complexity, size, and duration. Experience managing projects from inception to completion within agreed project management governance. Facilitation of technical workshops. Collaboration with system architects to provide input into the solution design. Experience managing system integration projects through all phases. Experience managing both software development and software integration projects. Experience managing business process change projects. Adoption of a strategic, business-focused approach at all times. Good organizational skills. Ability to communicate, influence, and challenge at board level. A good working knowledge of MS Office (including MS Project). Report writing skills to convey ideas and conclusions in an easily accessible form. Insurance experience. Experience in setting up and implementing IT system monitoring and maintenance processes. #J-18808-Ljbffr