Role and Requirements:
Our client is looking to add experienced delivery focussed Project Managers, ideally with experience in the Power & Utlities or Telecomms, to help with their current business transformation.
Responsibilities:
● Managing and delivering large-scale transformation programmes and projects to time, cost and quality;
● Leading the delivery of major project and programme activities, including business process design, testing and end user training involving multiple cross functional stakeholders.
● Building valued relationships with external clients and internal peers and developing a portfolio of business by focusing on high impact opportunities;
● Ensuring the consistent delivery of excellent, high-quality work products by teams.
● Acting as a subject matter resource in one or more areas, leveraging your knowledge and experience to shape services for clients;
● Leading presentations and proposals for medium to high complex projects and providing subject matter insight to bids and proposals in relevant areas;
● Creating innovative commercial insights for clients, adapting methods and practices to fit operational team and cultural needs, and contributing to thought leadership;
● Driving improvements by taking responsibility for engagement / account level Quality & Risk Management (QRM) initiatives, ensuring that project teams understand and comply with our Q&RM requirements. Internal Responsibilities
● Assisting in client account management activities such as recruitment for the project team, managing financial aspects of client engagements, and quality and risk management;
● Leading and supporting presentations and proposals for elements of medium to high complex projects to prospective and existing clients;
● Communicating effectively with senior management and working to build, manage and motivate high-performing teams;
● Understanding our client's service offerings and actively identifying opportunities to better serve our clients;
● Building strong internal relationships within the team and across other business units;
● Supporting team development activities, including:
● Supporting, coaching, and mentoring activities;
● Conducting performance reviews and contributing to performance feedback;
● Contributing to people initiatives including recruiting, retaining and training activities;
● Understanding, following and communicating workplace policies and procedures
To do this role effectively, we are looking for people with knowledge and experience in the following areas:
● Approximately 10-15 years of Project Management experience of managing and delivering large-scale projects, and transformation programmes, including project planning and monitoring, resource management (including project finances), benefits realisation, etc.;
● Ideal candidates will have multidisciplinary experience including project management, business process design, testing the solution and end user training.
● Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills with a track record in managing complex stakeholder programmes;
● Good understanding of project governance and change management principles;
● Strong 3rd level educational qualifications
● Additional professional qualifications, such as PRINCE2® or PMP, are desirable.
● Additional areas of interest include: process improvement, agile methodologies and business case development.
