Head of Platform Projects

An exciting opportunity for a Head of Platform Projects to join a leading e-commerce business in North Yorkshire.

Client Details

I have partnered with a leading e-commerce business who are searching for a Head of Platform Projects.

As Head of Platform Projects, you will be the driving force behind a team of Project Managers while owning the success of the platform projects portfolio.

My client is looking to speak to Project Managers or Implementation Managers who have a strong track record leading customer facing e-commerce of software projects. This could be the ideal opportunity for an ambitious candidate to take the next step into a leadership role.

This is a hybrid role, based out of Ripon, North Yorkshire.

Description

• Provide leadership to the project management team and support their continued growth and development.
• Take ownership of key strategic initiatives.
• Oversee the delivery of the organisation's platform related projects, ensuring they are completed on time, within budget, and to the agreed scope while maintaining strong governance around risk and compliance.
• Serve as the primary escalation point for project related challenges and drive timely resolution.
• Build and sustain effective working relationships with internal development teams, external partners, and client stakeholders.
• Contribute as a core member of the senior leadership group, supporting broader business objectives.
• Bring credible technical input and delivery insight to client discussions and planning sessions.
• Play an integral role in shaping project kick off activities, scheduling work, and reporting on portfolio progress.
• Take responsibility for refining and enhancing the overall project delivery framework and ways of working.

Profile

• Proven project management experience in an IT environment (e-commerce, Software development, Platform Business).
• A good general technical understanding of e-commerce and platform based businesses enabling solid risk assessment on projects as well as contributing towards discussions on subjects such as Enterprise Architecture, Dev tools, Data Security, New Technologies etc.
• Significant experience of delivering projects to external clients as well as managing suppliers as a part of the project team.
• Experience of Release Management including incident management, testing methods and tools.
• Good working knowledge of both waterfall and agile delivery methods.
• Able to demonstrate risk and issue management experience both at the project level and portfolio level.
• Solid experience of financial management on projects including business cases and budget tracking.
• Experience of creating Gantt chart project plans from scratch and understanding CPA.
• Demonstrate solid Stakeholder management experience and the ability to influence key decision makers at C suit levels both internally and externally.
• Professional qualifications (Prince 2, PMP, SAFe, Scrum, DevOps) would be an advantage but not essential.
• Familiar with tools such as MS Project, Jira, Service Now, Excel, and Smartsheet's.

Job Offer

• Salary of up to £75,000 DOE
• Hybrid working