IT Project Manager

About the position

Our clients in the consulting space are on the hunt for a seasoned IT Project Manager who will be responsible for the management of moderate to highly complex programs consisting of multiple related projects.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in project management, Business Administration, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent work experience.
• Proven experience as a Project Manager, with a successful track record of managing complex projects from initiation to closure (including Technical Projects).
• At least 4 years plus relevant experience with a testing or dev background
• Minimum 4 years' experience in project management
• Experience working with technical complex projects.
• Scrum certification.
• Experience with agile principles.
• Strong understanding of project management methodologies, tools, and techniques.
• Excellent leadership and team management skills, with the ability to motivate and inspire team members to achieve project goals.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively communicate with stakeholders at all levels.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to make decisions under pressure.
• Proficiency in project management software tools such as Microsoft Project, Asana, or Jira.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or equivalent is preferred.

Responsibilities:

• Takes responsibility for the definition, documentation, and satisfactory completion of small- to medium-scale projects.
• Identifies, assesses, and manages risks to the success of the project.
• Ensures that realistic projects and quality plans are prepared and maintained and provides regular and accurate reports to stakeholders as appropriate.
• Ensures that quality reviews occur on schedule and according to procedure.
• Manages the change control procedure and ensures that project deliverables are completed within planned cost, timescale and resource budgets and are signed off.
• Provides effective leadership to the project team and takes appropriate action where performance deviates from agreed tolerances.
• Ensures that there is a business perspective on how the new technical capabilities will be delivered to the business, including planning around key business cycles, selecting appropriate customers for migration, etc.
• Initiates the business implementation plan, including all the activities that the business needs to do to prepare for new technical components and technologies.
• Drives sites to deliver site implementation plans and align with the overall plan.
• Tracks and reports against these activities to ensure progress.
• Defines and manages the activities to ensure achievement of the business case after delivery.
• Outlines key business engagement messages that need to take place throughout the programme/project.
• Develops and manage one or more defined communication channels and/or stakeholder groups.
• Initiates communications between stakeholders, acting as a single point of contact for defined groups.
• Facilitates open communication and discussion between stakeholders.
• Captures and disseminates technical and business information.
• Facilitates the business change decision-making processes and the planning and implementation of change.

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Desired Skills:

• AGILE
• scrum
• Testing