Project Manager in City of Westminster

Responsibilities

• Working with the Project Owner/Sponsor/Scrum Master to confirm the project scope, goals, objectives, and business justification.
• Securing project resources (people and budget) and re-iterating the mandate for the project.
• Preparing a detailed project work-plan with associated resource requirement profile identification.
• Undertaking standard RAID analysis and establishing the project governance structure and processes.
• Creating, maintaining, and updating a Project Initiation Document, Plans, and Project Status Reports.
• Leading, monitoring, and maintaining progress of the project plan to ensure delivery of the key stages and goals within the agreed constraints of time, cost, and quality.
• Controlling and reporting progress to the Project Steering Group/Project Sponsor/Programme Manager and Executive level, and escalating any issues, as appropriate, in a timely manner.
• Initiating corrective action where necessary to keep the project on track.
• Continually assessing potential risks and issues, maintaining risk and issue logs, and contingency plans.
• Playing a lead role in defining an effective communication strategy for the project, including communicating and consulting with key stakeholders.
• Identifying inter-dependencies between the various stakeholder groups to ensure all are aligned and risks are identified, mitigated, and communicated.

Qualifications

• Overall strong Project Management capabilities, 8-10 years Project Management experience.
• Experience in Business/Compliance/Process delivery.
• Familiar with implementing strong process control or compliance.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Strong working knowledge of PRINCE 2 or PMP and practical experience of the same.
• Budget management, commercial and Customer experience.
• Full SDLC experience.
• Excellent team motivator.
• Proven track record in successfully delivering fixed-price engagements.
• Experience in using standard Project Management and MS Office tools including MS Project, Excel, Word, and Visio.
• Excellent organization and communication skills.
• Excellent command of English.
• Strong interest in developing PM Capability solutions and methodologies.
• The ability to identify process gaps and implement necessary business process and compliance documentation.

Benefits

• Share in our success with our Quarterly Performance-Related Profit Share Scheme, where employees collectively benefit from a share of the company's profits.
• Strong Career Progression & mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance & Leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development programme.
• Flexible/remote working, Version 1 is tremendously understanding of life events and people's individual circumstances and offers flexibility to help achieve a healthy work-life balance.
• Financial Wellbeing initiatives including pension, private healthcare cover, life assurance, financial advice, and an employee discount scheme.
• Employee Wellbeing schemes including gym discounts, bike to work, fitness classes, mindfulness workshops, employee assistance programme, and much more.
• Generous holiday allowance, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, marriage/civil partnership leave, and special leave policies.
• Educational assistance, incentivised certifications, and accreditations, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat.
• Reward schemes including Version 1's Annual Excellence Awards & 'Call-Out' platform.
• Environment, Social and Community First initiatives allow you to get involved in local fundraising and development opportunities as part of fostering our diversity, inclusion, and belonging schemes.
• Version 1 is an equal opportunities employer.