Project Manager

Permanent

Hertfordshire - Flexible working

Purpose of the Role

* Working with Sponsors, Programme Managers and Business Analysists to define projects including building a business case, and resource and cost estimates.

* Managing projects through the entire lifecycle from mobilisation to closure.

* Managing the delivery of multiple projects simultaneously

* Providing reporting and oversight of Project progress to key stakeholders and product owners on a regular basis.

* Ensuring meeting notes, decisions, actions are captured, managed, distributed in a timely manor.

* Active management of risks and issues.

* Ensures projects are brought to a close, and lessons learned, captured and shared.

* Identification and management of key project dependencies both internal and external

* Establishing, managing and monitoring of both Resource, and Project Plans across internal and external teams

* Delivering Projects to time and budget

* Ensure a project and lessons learnt review after each project, so we continually improve

Experience and Knowledge

* Proven experience of working on projects in migrating applications and systems from one environment to another

* Strong leadership and management skills, with experience of building, leading, and motivating project teams (internal and external)

* A recognised Project Management qualification (Prince 2, P30, APM etc)

* Good working knowledge of Project Management tools (MS Project, MS Office)

* Ability to negotiate and liaise with stakeholders, project team, and external suppliers

* Proven experience managing in both agile and waterfall environments

* Excellent communication skills

* Excellent presentation skills and strong negotiation skills

Personal Qualities and Attributes

* Ability to handle stressful situations with perseverance and professionalism and passion

* Experience at working both independently and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment

* Ability to multi-task efficiently

* Strong attention to detail