Head of CRM Implementation

3 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom Imperial College London Full time

Location / Campus: South Kensington Campus - Hybrid

Job summary

The Advancement Division of 80+ staff is responsible for securing support for the College, through building and managing strong, mutually beneficial relationships, with our alumni, friends, and other key stakeholders. Advancement raises funds for scholarships, academic positions, research centres and capital projects, securing private financial support from those who are committed to our academic mission and building Imperial’s global reputation.

The Advancement Division has ambitious plans for our next major fundraising campaign. The campaign will be a multi-year, Global campaign and will see a substantial increase in our annual fundraising and alumni engagement figures. A key aspect to support our Campaign is the replacement of our ageing CRM with a new best in class CRM platform.

The Head of CRM Implementation will take the lead in ensuring the successful adoption of a new CRM product within Advancement. Leading a diverse group of staff across Data & Insight, Imperial College ICT, external suppliers and the wider Advancement Division, the Head of CRM Implementation will be responsible for managing all activities required to deliver this major operational change for the Division. They will lead on strategic planning across the project including work allocation, governance and risk management, and milestone reporting of the CRM implementation project. The post holder will be the senior board representative for Advancement on Imperial College’s comprehensive digital transformation programme.  

The current intended go live date is 2025 for minimum viable product.

Duties and responsibilities

  • Defining the scope of the project through discovery, establishing the project schedule and milestones, creating a detailed project plan, taking into consideration the squad-based agile development model used by Imperial College ICT.
  • Manage the project against the agreed plan, driving progress against agreed objectives and deliverables.
  • Acting as principal contact point between multiple stakeholders including ICT, external suppliers, and Advancement.
  • Define governance and project documentation controls.
  • Responsible for risk management and ensuring mitigations are taken as appropriate.
  • Responsible for ensuring the delivery of the migration of data from the legacy Raiser’s Edge system to the new CRM platform.
  • Oversee the delivery of a system architecture that delivers security, functionality, integration, reporting and performance and integrates into the wider Imperial information and technical architecture.
  • Oversight of the development of a training programme that will drive adoption of the new system.

Essential requirements

  • Significant experience working with a fundraising relational database.
  • Experience of working in an agile project management environment
  • Experience of managing large-scale, complex, cross-functional projects from start to completion, ideally including data migration.
  • Experience of carrying out business analysis/process projects, conducting requirements interviews or workshops with stakeholders, analysing current systems usage, and using this insight to inform project planning and management.
  • Experience of working in a fast-paced environment with changing and competing priorities
  • Superb communication skills, both oral and written; outstanding presentation skills
  • Strong organisational, planning, and project management skills
  • Team player with an ability to build strong relationships with a variety of stakeholders.

Further information

Candidates will need to complete an online application to be considered for this role. The role is a two-year fixed-term contract.

If you would like to have an informal, confidential chat about this role, please contact Catherine Zahra, Deputy Director Advancement Operations, c.zahra@imperial.ac.uk.

Closes: 30th May 2024

£64,935 to £74,337 per annum



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