Project Manager

Project Manager - Go To Market / Market Readiness - London - £50-60k - 12 month FTC - Consulting

*You will only be successfully considered if you have examples of go to market/market readiness Project management in your cv/application*

Role Overvie w

My client based in West London, a Global Data Services Organisation are seeking a Project Manager / Change & Delivery Manager t o lead the pilot roll-out of a new strategic tooling platform across multiple international market s.

They are looking for a PM with go to market experience including market readiness for the rollout of a new global tool - ideally CRM or similar.

The role w ill own market readiness, UAT, training, adoption, stakeholder engagement and go-live planning, ensuring each location is fully prepared and local requirements are reflected in the wider programme.

The ideal candidate will have consulting industry experience - however this is not a must have requirement.

• Build and run the market readiness plan for an initial set of pilot markets, ensuring local-market specific requirements are factored in and completed ahead of tooling depl oyment.
• Work with local market and operations leads to manage the deployment and benefits realisation of the programme’s strategic initiatives, securing local buy-in and engagement with the central transformation programme.
• Plan and manage user acceptance testing with local market participants.
• Coordinate the training and adoption approach with SMEs and local leads.
• Support the prioritisation, planning and roll-out of the transformation agenda beyond the initial pilot markets across the global business.
• Provide clear reporting into programme governance, escalating blockers and challenges and proposing ideas to resolve.

Experience wanted:

• Proven project management experience deploying systems, tools or processes into operational teams.
• Strong operational change and stakeholder management skills, able to build trust quickly with local teams and handle conflicting stakeholder expectations and concerns
• .Excellent planning and communication skillsets, able to create effective project plans, tracking actions and risks across multiple teams.
• Proactive thinker with high attention to detail and able to spot potential challenges and blockers ahead of time.