Project Manager (Fixed Term Contract)

Who We Are

Six Degrees is a leading secure, integrated cloud services provider, where everyone is welcome. We believe success lies in harnessing a truly diverse and inclusive culture.

Our business protects UK organisations with the goal of enabling them to operate effectively and securely in the cloud, by giving them secure platforms to innovate and grow. We support our customers on their digital transformation journey regardless of their maturity. Our vision is to be the UK’s number one provider of secure, integrated cloud services to the small to mid-size market.

About The Role

We're looking for an experienced Project Manager to join us for a 12 month period on a Fixed Term Contract. The Project Manager is responsible all aspects of managing controlled delivery of projects within the transformation and integration programme.

The role will involve Manage complex business change projects (with a large systems/systems integration element) with adherence to company and industry best practise methodology. The role will work closely with other members of the PMO including Business and Technical Analysts, other Project Managers and Senior Stakeholders to ensure the agreed project scope is delivered to time, cost and quality.

Role Requirements

• Successfully deliver projects to time, quality, benefits and budget.
• Determine the overall project duration, when activities and events are planned to happen, including the identification of activities and their logical dependencies, and estimation of activity durations.
• Review and prepare project briefings and reports, presenting recommendation / action improvement plan/remedial activity as necessary.
• As required use analysis techniques and technical understanding/background to assist the project team in delivering the project and assist in the creation of analysis documents as necessary.
• Build and maintain relationships with partners, and suppliers to ensure delivery of work packages to time, quality and cost.
• Continuously review processes, proposing improvements and efficiency initiatives, identify any process failure and work across the team and business to resolve.
• Ensure project governance and controls procedures are applied to generate effective quality checks, risk and issue identification.
• Ensure that all changes made to a project’s scope, time, cost and quality objectives are identified, evaluated, approved, rejected or deferred
• Identify project risks and issues, to ensure mitigation and/or escalation is applied.
• Ensure and assist in the following of good practice for software/systems development and implementation.
• Compliance with company information security policies and procedures, reporting incidents and ensuring necessary security procedures or activities are completed
• Creation of high-quality project artefacts, e.g. mandates, project & test plans, benefit statements, stakeholder and board updates, exception reports.
• Identify and confirm that suitable funding for each project is available before commencing project activity.
• Proactively manage project budgets and liaise with budget sponsors where necessary.

Measures of success:

Performance will be measured and assessed in the following ways:

• Assigned projects delivered to time, quality, cost, scope and benefit realisation.
• Quality of project management artefacts produced as agreed with the Programme Director.
• Project boards held every two weeks the quality of board pack produced and board presentations.
• Quality, detail and thoroughness of Stakeholder and Governance Board updates; project plan, status indicators, risks, issues, decisions, changes and board actions.
• Feedback from team members, peers and senior stakeholders on or affected by assigned projects.
• Attendance at weekly team meetings and contribution to continuous team improvement.

We're looking for someone who is...

• Degree educated in a related discipline with applied industry experience
• Has experience of working on projects that cover the relocation of services within data centres facilities that include Cloud and Connectivity
• With a good understanding of IT systems design and integration to linked solutions. Networking; Server; Database; Application; Virtualisation; Cloud.
• They are strong at leading, monitoring, and motivating different teams across an organisation and interacting with staff at all levels.
• Have experience of complex technology enabled E2E business processes and evaluating complex situations using diverse sources of information
• Excellent analytical and problem solving capability within a technical environment
• A strong leader and has the ability to communicate up to C level –gravitas, respect and credibility with team members, peers and senior stakeholders.
• Able to evidence of successful contribution to project teams, both commercially and technically
• Desire and ability to work in a very fast moving and demanding environment

What Makes Us Great

Six Degrees has been honoured as an ENEI Gold TIDE Winner. We take pride in fostering and sustaining an inclusive culture, which is essential for our entire business.

This includes all aspects of recruitment and employment – our recruitment and selection processes are transparent and fair, and we will always consider any reasonable adjustments to the interview process or flexible working requirements.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and are committed to being an equal opportunities employer and oppose all forms of unlawful discrimination. Our commitment and objective are to create a truly equal, diverse and inclusive environment.

At Six Degrees we’ve created a female-led networking program that enables women within our organisation to interact and exchange ideas, share their experiences, and utilise one-to-one support.

Our Benefits

In return for the passion our people bring to everything they do, we want them to enjoy a range of benefits that enrich their lives. We are a Real Living Wage employer, and through our additional employee benefits we feel we’ve got something that will help everybody live their best life.

We recognise the immense joy and significance of family leave for our employees, which is why Six Degrees provide an enhanced maternity and paternity leave package. We’re also keen to support people with flexible working, so everyone can have the personal time they need whilst still doing great work here at Six Degrees.

We have some fantastic benefits on offer, with everyone being given Private Medical Insurance, Life Assurance, a matched pension scheme and 25 days holiday and as a happy birthday from Six Degrees, all employees get a day off for their Birthday.

We also provide discounts on well-known brands, in restaurants, supermarkets, the list goes on! You can find out more about our benefits here.

Our recruitment process:

At Six Degrees, we prioritise efficiency in our recruitment process, as we believe it is essential for you to connect with potential colleagues and have a positive candidate experience.

We welcome applications from people who think differently, our business is proud to have a diverse range of individuals, and we offer a supportive and flexible environment tailored to different working styles.

Our team thoroughly evaluate all applications, and if your qualifications align with our needs, our Talent Acquisition team will reach out to schedule a call. If all goes well, you will be invited to participate in an interview with your prospective line manager and team members, where you will discuss your suitability for the position and learn more about Six Degrees. For certain critical roles, we may conduct a second and final interview, which could include a task specific to the role. Following the completion of the assessment process, we look forward to welcoming you to the Six Degrees family! Apply today at 6dg.co.uk.