Programme Director

4 weeks ago


Didcot, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom De Beers Group Full time
Project Manager Job DescriptionKey Responsibilities

The successful candidate will be responsible for facilitating connections and collaboration across complex sub-projects, utilizing expertise and organizational knowledge across Functional and Business governance areas.

This includes detailing, interconnecting, and monitoring all activities to ensure successful execution through effective project management tools and techniques.

Specific Requirements
  1. Support the planning and execution of top-level projects within the desired timeframe and budget.
  2. Assess and establish a variety of project streams with leads accountable for delivery and execution.
  3. Support managers of project streams with advice regarding project planning, approval, and execution.
  4. Provide project business leads with templates and guidance to set up a well-defined charter, clear scope, and objectives, a resourcing plan, budget, and execution timeline, a risk register, a set of core assumptions, and a RACI matrix.
  5. Cross-link interdependencies and synchronize sub-project execution.
  6. Overlay timelines and critical paths to identify pressure points in workstreams across Operations, Legal, Tax, Finance, HR, and other functions.
  7. Maintain a finger on the pulse of all projects to facilitate accurate reporting of milestone achievement and escalation, as required.
  8. Publish monthly Project Health Reports for each project.
  9. Ability to work from the office (in Oxfordshire) a minimum of 3 days per week and for collaborative meetings.

Qualifications:

  • Strong background in project management, preferably with a qualification in a relevant project-, programme-, or change delivery methodology.
  • Successful execution of complex projects of significant multi-million dollar value.
  • Ability to communicate proactively and extensively with key stakeholders.
  • Highly organized and adept at multi-tasking and with excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
  • A successful influencer with confidence, assertiveness, and diplomacy.
  • Experience managing projects to similar levels of complexity, including budgets, global reach, across various Functional streams, and impacting numerous site locations.

This role reports to the Executive Director, Operations, and is UK based.



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