Ict Senior Project Manager

**Overview**:
We are hiring for an ICT Senior Project Manager to take full responsibility for the definition, documentation and successful completion of medium to large scale projects, ensuring that realistic project quality, change control and risk management processesare maintained. Manages expectations of all project stakeholders and keep a focus on business objectives.

**Role & Responsibilities**:

- Lead, plan, direct and co-ordinate all project activities from proposal initiation through to delivery and closure in line with industry methodologies to ensure optimum efficiency in the allocation of common resources and skills.
- Take responsibility for the definition, documentation and successful completion of medium to large projects, ensources, revenue and costs against the project budget and manage expectations of all project stakeholders.
- Be accountable for the accurate estimation of project costs, timescales, resources and projected operational costs required to support successful project delivery.
- Plan, schedule, monitor and report on overall progress and initiate corrective action as appropriate to ensure that project deliverables are produced on time.
- Manage exceptions, slippage, issues and initiate extra activities wherever gaps are identified. Ensure coherence of the project by monitoring changes within the scope and obtain agreement for revisions to the project(s) from project sponsors. Reassess whetherproject continues to meet business objectives and use funds efficiently.
- Take responsibility for directing and counselling project team members and advising clients/users as necessary.
- Ensure appropriate control gates exist within the project and that realistic project quality, and risk plans are prepared and maintained. Monitor and control team performance against plans. Maintain effective financial and project progress forecasting andreports as appropriate.
- Define and make recommendations on the project management framework for own projects, including creation and composition of the steering group or project board, identification of project sponsor and stakeholders. Plan and manage process improvement projects,ensuring the smooth integration of new business processes with organisational structure and culture.
- Recognise the interface between the 'project world’ and the 'business as usual world’ and help manage any contention. Ensure that own projects are formally closed and where appropriate, subsequently reviewed, and that lessons learned are captured and actioned.Produce appropriate documentation to support these processes.
- Work with those delivering the IT service (including suppliers where appropriate) to ensure the project is delivered cost effectively. Initiate and influence relationships with and between key stakeholders acting as a primary point of contact for seniormanagement and operational business partners.
- Ensure that stakeholders understand available IT services and promote financial and commercial awareness in order to deliver value-for-money. Negotiate at senior level on technical and commercial issues, to ensure that customers, suppliers and other stakeholdersunderstand and agree what will meet their needs, and that appropriate service level agreements are defined and put in place.
- Ensure that highlight reports, presentation and risks are well documented for Client and Internal consumption.

**Package**:

- Excellent salary
- Minimum of 33 days holiday (inc. bank holidays)
- Generous contributory pension scheme.
- People focused culture with great communication and development opportunities.
- A wide range of workplace wellbeing services.
- Electric Car Scheme.
- Employee shopping discount scheme.