Project Manager

Project Manager

Theale, Berkshire | Monday to Friday | 37.5 Hours

Shape the Future Through Project Delivery

Our client is looking for an experienced and driven Project Manager to join their growing PMO team. This is an exciting opportunity to take ownership of a diverse portfolio of strategic projects, working closely with senior stakeholders and contributing to business-wide initiatives that make a real impact.

Reporting to the Head of Governance and Projects, you'll play a key role in driving projects from inception through to successful delivery, ensuring robust governance, effective stakeholder engagement and exceptional project outcomes. With regular exposure to Board-level reporting and the opportunity to influence business change across multiple functions, this is an ideal role for someone who enjoys variety, autonomy and delivering meaningful results.

To be considered for this role you must have a minimum of 3 years UK based experience within p roject management, tracking of plans, flash reports, MS Projects and RAID.

Purpose of the role

The project manager is responsible for managing projects, programmes and workstreams. Enabling good outcomes, through support and guidance to project owners/leads and helping standardise project management across the organisation. Using project management methodologies, tools & techniques, and established project management standards, governance, and best practices. Ensuring that projects are completed on time, to the agreed design and ultimately meeting stakeholder expectations.

This exciting role covers a broad range of projects. The PMO function regularly reports into the board of directors, and this role will be instrumental in preparing and delivering these updates. The Project Manager will work autonomously to support all PMO project activities so experience in project management is essential.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership for all assigned projects
• Develop and maintain project management documents, including but not limited to; project charters, plans, action/decision logs, risk registers etc
• Support other project managers in management and oversight of the PMO for all UK & I significant projects
• Prepare update reports for board of directors’ regular briefings
• Manage programmes, projects and workstreams. Support and facilitate meetings, both internal and external, both web based and face to face. Support project leads in preparing and distributing meeting agendas and minutes as appropriate
• Organise and facilitate workshops
• Support Project Leads in assign actions to project team members, as required, to achieve project objectives. Manage regular reviews and updates/progress.
• Ensure systems, processes and procedures are in place and followed to allow for the appropriate management of PMO projects.
• Apply project governance principles to all projects
• Build and maintain a positive working relationship with both internal and external stakeholders across multiple functions and at various levels
• Manage third party suppliers and consultancies with project related activity
• Utilise project management products to ensure project time, quality and resource parameters are tracked and updated
• Adopt continuous improvement methodologies

Must have skills

• IT literacy – Good knowledge and abilities MS Office, MS Teams, MS Project
• Must be highly organised, exercise good time management
• Ability to build and maintain a positive working relationship with Stakeholders across multiple functions and at different levels
• The ability to communicate fluently - written and verbal, at varying levels of seniority and remain confident engaging at various levels in a style that ensures a clear insight for stakeholders regarding project progress and goals
• Customer focused and confident in working with customers to ensure their activity is delivered to plan
• Knowledge of IT project lifecycle (desirable)
• Self-motivated with a ‘can-do’ attitude, happy to work unsupervised and highly autonomous
• Solutions driven and good problem solving abilities
• Integrity and maintaining confidentiality

Experience

• Project management - tracking of plans, flash reports, MS Projects, RAID etc
• Working in the healthcare industry (Desirable)
• Managing complex multidiscipline projects that cross business lines e.g. IT, Bus Development, Operations, Compliance (Desirable)

Benefits & Perks

• Private healthcare
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Pension scheme & salary sacrifice options
• Electric car and cycle-to-work schemes
• Flexible, supportive work environment

If you're a confident Project Manager with strong governance experience, excellent organisational skills and a passion for delivering successful projects, we'd love to hear from you. Contact Louise at 121 Personnel or forward your CV to