Project Manager

4 days ago

Clapham Bedfordshire, United Kingdom Oliver's Travels Full time

This is a permanent role, with an initial 12 months in the Technology Team.

We are aiming for a January start date for this role.

This is a hybrid role with a minimum of three days per week office attendance.

The Project Manager is a key role with the Technology team at Oliver’s Travels. You will be responsible for the successful planning, execution, and closing of technology projects related to our web platform, CRM, booking system, and various API integrations.

You will work closely with developers, stakeholders and external partners to ensure projects are completed on time, within scope, and within budget.

What you’ll be doing:

  • Support the Development Team: You’ll be responsible for driving development tasks forward by helping unblock impediments, set day-to-day priorities, and facilitating meetings.
  • Backlog Management: Work with the Head of Technology to ensure tasks in the development backlog are properly specified and prioritised in alignment with the company’s objectives and roadmap.
  • Requirement Gathering: Collaborate with stakeholders to understand and document business requirements for upcoming projects.
  • Planning: Create coherent and achievable sprint plans to make best use of the development teams’ skills and time.
  • Communication: Communicate project statuses, updates, and key milestones to internal and external stakeholders.
  • Quality Assurance: Create and coordinate test plans and facilitate testing sessions to ensure projects meet quality standards.
  • Budget Management: Monitor and report on developer utilisation to ensure correct levels resourcing and accurate delivery estimates.
  • Risk Assessment: Identify, evaluate, and manage project risks and issues.

What you need (skills and experience):

  • This role requires an understanding of web-based business systems, a strong project management background, experience of stakeholder engagement and management, and excellent communication skills.

We’re also looking for:

  • Expertise with Jira, managing issues and sprints, creating reports, and general administration
  • Proven success in translating business priorities into functional requirements
  • An understanding of the technical development process from inception through planning, development, quality assurance, and release
  • Ability to organise multiple threads of work into a coherent and actionable plan
  • Demonstrated ability to discuss technical concepts and solutions
  • Excellent diplomacy and stakeholder management skills
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and oral
  • Knowledge or experience of large-scale CMS projects; headless CMS; Salesforce Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, and Marketing Cloud; or bespoke ecommerce systems is a plus
  • Any experience within the travel or villa rental industry is a plus

Additional Information:

  • Flexible working - work from anywhere on the planet for up to 4 weeks per year
  • £1000 Oliver’s Travels holiday credit for every year you work with us
  • 25 days of annual leave, plus bank holidays, plus one extra day leave for every year you are with us
  • Bi-Monthly company socials and guaranteed awesome Summer and Christmas parties
  • Free breakfast, nibbles, delicious drinks, all on us
  • Headquarters in our newly refurbished offices in Clapham
  • Team of 95 ... and growing fast
  • Great working environment - team of hard working and passionate travellers from around the world.
  • Office dogs - bring your buddies along

Application Process:

  • Please attach your CV and cover letter to your application
  • First interviews will be conducted by Microsoft Teams Call
  • Following interview(s) will be held at our offices in Clapham

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