IT Project Delivery Lead — Hybrid & Growth

Cornerstone; Theale; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Competitive salary

Bonus structure

30 days annual leave

Private medical insurance

Cycle to Work scheme

Electric Car scheme

Retail discounts

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Job summary

Cornerstone in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced IT Project Manager to lead the delivery of the IT project portfolio, plan resources and ensure projects meet objectives.

You will manage plans, risks and stakeholder buy-in across Cornerstone’s suppliers and internal teams to deliver initiatives on time and within budget. The role emphasises Prince II, governance, and SDLC delivery in a dynamic telecoms-enabled environment.

Qualifications

• Prince II
• Detailed technical knowledge of delivering IT projects
• Matrix management skills for disparate teams
• Project management experience in delivering full software development life cycle projects in a dynamic environment
• Proven track record in the identification and implementation of process improvements
• Experience in managing budgets for complex projects
• Considerable experience of managing 3rd party suppliers
• Managing large and complex business & IT projects & programmes
• Experience of running projects with a telecoms cellular network infrastructure share environment

Responsibilities

• In conjunction with the Lead IT Project Manager, to plan IT projects, ensuring resources are aligned and allocated accordingly, identifying any conflicts, risks or issues as appropriate.
• To maintain alignment of the IT Project portfolio and work to ensure the portfolio is delivered to the agreed schedule.
• To produce clear and achievable plans by ensuring the scope, objectives and resourcing requirements have been captured, thus gaining the support and buy in of all key stakeholders.
• To create and maintain project plans against which the project is managed and measured. The ability to revise plans to accommodate changing needs of the business.
• To manage the impact of change within the project and on the project plans in terms of scope, timescales, costs & quality ensuring that the impacts are clearly understood and sanctioned by key stakeholders
• To provide clear and effective project governance by appropriate use of industry standard tools, and mediums such as meetings, one to ones and conference calls to regularly govern the project issues.
• To proactively surface and record all project risks, issues and dependencies, subsequently managing their mitigation and resolutions escalating as required to ensure the project remains on track
• To manage and lead a (matrix) team for the duration of the project drawn from relevant functions and areas of expertise within Cornerstone, its suppliers and shareholders that collectively delivers the project
• To manage all key stakeholders and stakeholder groups who are connected to the delivery of the project to ensure expectations are managed, critical decisions are made, key dependencies and requirements are addressed, and individual project delivery progress is clearly understood
• Report against targeted delivery and maintain tools and systems in line with project delivery plans to demonstrate progress to stakeholders .

Job description

Cornerstone in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced IT Project Manager to lead the delivery of the IT project portfolio, plan resources and ensure projects meet objectives.

You will manage plans, risks and stakeholder buy-in across Cornerstone’s suppliers and internal teams to deliver initiatives on time and within budget. The role emphasises Prince II, governance, and SDLC delivery in a dynamic telecoms-enabled environment.