Project Manager - Key Strategic Planning

Our Client is in search of a Project Manager - Key Strategic Planning

Key Responsibilities:

Draw on expertise and training in project management methodologies to be the driving force behind the planning and delivery of key strategic projects.

Manage projects from requirement definition through to implementation, including defining project scope, objectives, costs, benefits, producing high level and detailed project work plans, and co-ordination of implementation within agreed timescales, cost, and quality standards.

Manage project teams, including assigning roles and responsibilities to project team members and delegate activities as appropriate. Work closely with others, including Business Analysts, to organise complex information and data to identify underlying issues and their causes and provide solutions to rectifying these, considering factors such as cost, benefits, risks, timing, buy-in, goals and values. Support the Project Sponsor and Project Lead, including organisation of workshops, project meetings and project boards. This may include setting the agenda, facilitation of workshops, chairing project meetings, taking minutes and ensuring all actions are followed up. Ensure that there are effective feedback mechanisms in place by championing a consultative and partnership approach to the development of plans and implementation of change.

When required, prepare evidence-based business cases, including the creation of appropriate documentation for submission to the Client's governance process.

Work closely with the IT PMO and IT Project Managers to deliver projects, ensuring technical and business change requirements are integrated and developed in collaboration. Identify and agree training needs for each phase of project implementation in order to support effective change management.

Identify, assess and monitor risks and impact associated with projects, recommending mitigating actions as appropriate.

Create and maintain communication plans targeted to all stakeholders to ensure appropriate consultation, information provision and that there is understanding of all activities being undertaken.

Prepare and present reports on project progress to project boards, steering groups, and members of the leadership team, as and when required.

Agree and monitor project budgets and resources.

Monitor completion of activities ensuring they are completed on time, to appropriate quality and within budget.

Ensure that wherever appropriate, best practice across the sector is explored, documented and put forward for implementation.

Contribute to the overall development and ways of working of the Strategy Implementation Team.

Provide constructive and timely responses to requests from members of the Client's leadership team.

Provide ad hoc project management advice and support to colleagues as required.

As the needs of the Client change the above job profile, duties and location of the role within the Client will be adjusted accordingly.

The location of this role is hybrid, with a minimum of two days working on-site (currently Tuesday and Thursday each week, but subject to change depending on the needs of the business).