Senior Project Manager

Senior Project Manager, Software, Migration, Andover, Hampshire to £80,000, 6 month fixed term ,Pro-rata (Hybrid)

This is a great role for a Senior Project Manager to join an exciting Software company in a fixed role and to be part of their growth journey. An experienced Senior Project Manager to lead the delivery of one of the most significant implementations in their portfolio: a large-scale, multi-site rollout of their financial management software for a major institutional customer.

This is a fast-paced, high-profile programme delivered through a phased, pilot-then-wave approach, offering immediate ownership of a complex, multi-stakeholder delivery in order to meet critical end-of-life customer timeframes.

• Own end-to-end delivery governance for a large-scale, multi-site software implementation, from mobilisation through pilot, wave rollout, hypercare and transition to steady-state support.
• Lead a stage-gated delivery lifecycle.
• Chair and report into project governance forums, including a joint project board, managing escalation routes from workstream leads.
• Own weekly status reporting covering milestones, risks, issues, budget and decisions, and maintain the master delivery plan and critical path.
• Maintain a RAID log with clear ownership, mitigations and target dates, escalating appropriately.
• Coordinate a blended delivery team spanning technical, data migration, integration, testing, training and support functions located both locally in the UK and in Australia.
• Build and sustain strong senior stakeholder relationships on the customer side, and coordinate with third-party and managed service partners where relevant.
• Oversee data migration planning and onboarding across a substantial number of operational sites.
• Track commercial milestones against the agreed delivery and payment schedule.
• Run structured lessons-learned sessions and oversee knowledge transfer at each stage of delivery.

• Proven experience delivering complex, multi-site software implementations, ideally in the education, public sector or financial systems space.
• Experience with stage-gated or phased delivery methodologies.
• Strong stakeholder management, governance and reporting skills, comfortable operating at the project board level.
• Experience managing contractual scope, RAID logs, change control processes and multiworkstream delivery teams across multiple time zones.
• Familiarity with financial systems, ERP, and/or Fee Management software implementations is an advantage.
• Formal project management qualification (e.g. PRINCE2, PMP, Agile PM) desirable.
• Possession of HMG Baseline Personnel Security Standard, or equivalent, as a minimum (Note if you do not currently hold these clearances, there will be a requirement to attain these upon commencement).
• Available for an immediate start.

This is a fixed term position with an immediate start and an initial duration of 6 months, with the possibility of extension.