Senior Project Manager - SaaS Implementation / Student Management Systems
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12-month FTC | £70,000-£80,000 | London | Hybrid - 2 days per week
We're recruiting a Senior Project Manager to lead the end-to-end implementation of a new organisation-wide management platform for a large London-based charity operating across 43 sites.
The organisation is replacing its current system with a new SaaS platform that will sit at the heart of its day-to-day operations, covering areas including enrolment, individual records, attendance, scheduling, payments, reporting and wider operational processes.
Given the nature of the platform, we're particularly interested in Project Managers from a Higher Education background who have delivered a Student Management, Student Records or Student Information System implementation or replacement.
The role
You'll take ownership of the implementation from discovery through to go-live and rollout across all 43 sites, working closely with the software provider and internal business, operational and technology teams.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Leading the end-to-end implementation of the new SaaS management platform
- Running discovery and requirements-gathering sessions with stakeholders across the organisation
- Owning the overall project plan, milestones, dependencies, RAID and governance
- Managing the relationship and delivery plan with the external software vendor
- Overseeing system configuration and managing requirements against the capabilities of the platform
- Leading data migration, integrations, testing and UAT
- Coordinating training, business readiness and change activity ahead of rollout
- Managing a xgikmsk phased implementation across 43 sites
- Providing clear reporting and updates to senior stakeholders
- Taking the programme through go-live and transition into BAU
What we're looking for
We're looking for an experienced, hands-on Project Manager who has previously led a comparable system implementation.
Ideally, you'll have:
- Strong Project Management experience within Higher Education
- End-to-end delivery of a Student Management System, Student Records System or Student I...
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