Digital Project Manager

PPL PRS Ltd; Leicester; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

PPL PRS Ltd in Leicester is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead and deliver a range of change initiatives across business and technology roadmaps. The role sits in a hybrid office in the city centre and requires strong governance, analysis and an agile bias.

You will work with stakeholders to define requirements and deliver high‑quality projects on time and on budget, using PRINCE2, PMP or APM methodologies and tools such as Jira Portfolio, Microsoft Project and Azure DevOps.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of project management experience.
• Experience delivering complex, large-scale projects.
• PRINCE2, PMP or APM certification.
• Experience in business analysis techniques.
• Experience in Agile Project Management and Product Owner roles.
• Strong communication with executive stakeholders.
• Ability to manage project budgets and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects from idea to delivery across roadmaps.
• Define requirements, scope and goals with stakeholders.
• Manage budgets, resources and risks.
• Facilitate governance processes and reporting.
• Coordinate change management to embed projects.
• Provide status reporting to senior stakeholders.

Skills

Project management

Agile delivery

Product owner

Executive stakeholder management

Budgeting & reporting

Communication skills

Presentation skills

Organization & prioritisation

Education

PRINCE2

PMP

APM or similar

Tools

Jira Portfolio

Microsoft Project

Azure DevOps

Job description

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To lead, plan and successfully deliver a range of change initiatives, ranging from small to complex large-scale projects from our business and technology roadmaps.

Performing a range of duties spanning, analysis, project management and acting as product owner whilst utilising a range of delivery methodologies, as appropriate to the project’s needs with a bias towards agile delivery practices.

This role encompasses the full delivery lifecycle, from idea to launch and maintains all governance processes and procedures, including business case documentation for projects, to ensure we are delivering successful and sustainable projects with clearly defined and achievable business benefits.

The role is based in our modern city centre office in Leicester working hybrid.

What you will be doing

• Undertake pre-project analysis activities, qualifying and defining problem or opportunity to support proposal submission and delivery objectives.
• To support project selection based on a weighted benefits matrix and management judgement.
• To work alongside stakeholders to define project requirements, scope and goals, completing project definition documents for sponsor sign off
• To project manage allocated projects from our roadmap
• To work alongside stakeholders and the finance team to ensure business cases for projects are defined and achievable business benefits are documented for all projects on the roadmap.
• Facilitate, support and adhere to all project governance processes, as defined in the PPL PRS Project Charter and the PPL PRS Portfolio and Project Management Framework.
• To identify required resource and manage this across the delivery of projects
• To ensure that risks and issues are identified and managed, owning escalation where required
• Requirements definition, user story creation and backlog prioritisation, including running agile ceremonies where required.
• To ensure that project plans are defined, maintained, and shared with project teams
• To lead and motivate project teams
• To manage project budgets, where appropriate
• To track project performance and provide required reporting on delivery
• To support implementation of projects, including change management activities to ensure projects embed into our business
• To support the wider Technology & PMO team in understanding the impact, documenting requirements, and planning the delivery of enhancement / minor technology changes

To display excellent leadership skills and build relationships to manage both executive level and shareholder stakeholders

You will have

• At least 5 years working experience in a project management role - essential
• Proven experience of managing and delivering successful complex large-scale projects across multiple methodologies, with a focus on Agile delivery in a technology setting.
• Project Management certification – PRINCE2, PMP, APM or similar – (essential)
• Experience in business analysis techniques
• Experience in Agile Project Management and the Product owner role
• Strong knowledge of a project management tools or software (e.g. Microsoft Project, JIRA Portfolio)
• Strong knowledge of an Agile tracking software (e.g. JIRA, Azure Devops)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experienced in managing executive level stakeholders
• Experience in managing a project budget – forecasting costs, tracking actuals, forecasting product revenue or FTE savings
• Able to construct and deliver presentations, presenting options and clear recommendations to a high standard
• Must be organised and able to manage own priorities and workload
• Experience in collating and distributing progress reporting to senior stakeholders