| Description: | For: Project Manager (5859572)
Meyer Scott Ref: VR/04414
Project Manager Peterborough - £18.80 ph 8 months
The role as a Project Manager will be working on multiple IT projects across taking direction from the Project Portfolio Manager and Technical Leads and following departmental processes. You will need to be proficient in understanding IT Development processes including scoping, gathering requirements, analysis, functional design, development specifications and testing, having experience in delivering business process improvements.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Accountable for managing project delivery on time, to budget and meeting the agreed customer requirements.
Drives project decisions relating to scope, resources, timings and budget
Schedules and chairs team meetings
Works with the Sponsor and/or Lead Analyst to identify the required resources
Obtains confirmation from the Lead Analyst that all technical teams are applying an effective development methodology (e.g. AQA)
Works with Technical Leads (SMEs) to establish clear deliverables and to ensure relevant resources are assigned and available. Throughout project escalates unresolved resource issues
Facilitates the creation and/or updates of the project scope document, Work Breakdown Structure and other project-related documents with input from the project team
Establishes clear roles and responsibilities and ensures everyone accepts their responsibilities and can contribute effectively
Assigns and ensures completion of tasks within the project team
Ensures that project risks or issues are identified, documented and addressed in a timely manner; Escalates issues that cannot be resolved to the project sponsor and stakeholders as required; Keeps the stakeholders up to date through collating information for gateway reviews and regular communications including risks and associated issues and dependencies.
Ensures changes in scope or timing are assessed and presented for approval to the sponsor and relevant stakeholders
Creation, tracking and handling of any project spend requests, including capital and expense processes
When necessary manage 3rd party suppliers. Develop a relationship with these groups and establish commitment from these third parties to meet agreed timings. May be involved in set up of supplier agreements (not including ongoing support agreements), creation of the Statement of Work and supplier management throughout the project, depending on team structure (if handling of the supplier is being dealt with by a team member, they would take all of these responsibilities)
Coordinates testing once test planning and scenarios have been completed by the project team
Oversee the business and other support teams to ensure pre implementation activities such as training and support material and produced in time for system go live
Work with Lead Analyst to ensure ITSM activities are complete
Facilitate the creation of lessons learnt and work with the Project Management Team to provide CI ideas for further process improvement
KEY COMPETENCIES:
Excellent Communication
Excellent Planning & Organisation
Initiating Action
Decision Making
Customer Focus
Contributing to team success
QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
Essential:
Minimum of 3 years project management experience using Waterfall techniques
Project management in an Application Development Life Cycle environment
Background in Change Management
Desirable:
Agile project management methodology
Good knowledge of business processes
Financial business acumen
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