IT Project Manager

BOOTS; London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health and beauty retailer is seeking an IT Project Manager to lead project delivery and manage stakeholder engagement. The role involves planning projects, ensuring quality standards, and applying IT governance principles. Ideal candidates will have experience in delivering IT projects and managing teams, with knowledge of agile and waterfall methodologies. Benefits include generous discounts and a retirement savings plan.

Benefits

Boots Retirement Savings Plan

Discretionary annual bonus

Generous employee discounts

Enhanced parental leave pay

Flexible benefits scheme

Access to 24/7 counseling support

Qualifications

• Experience managing the complete delivery of IT projects.
• Experience of a relevant IT project delivery methodology and processes.
• Experience leading a team.

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning and delivery of IT projects.
• Engage with senior stakeholders to ensure project success.
• Ensure compliance with IT governance framework.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Project delivery

Team leadership

Agile methodology

Waterfall methodology

Education

Project management qualification, e.g. APMP, Prince2, MSP

Job description

Job title: IT Project Manager

Recruitment Partner: Noaman Hussain

Contract: Perm

Location: Nottingham

About the role

As Project Manager you will lead projects to deliver the agreed requirements, within timescale, cost and quality constraints. You will manage large projects and engage with senior level stakeholders to ensure successful completion.

Planning and Estimating

• Lead the planning for projects - including project plans, resource plans and financial forecasts
• Undertake resource planning for projects
• Oversee the production of estimates for projects and validate estimates provided by other portfolios, horizontals and third parties
• Ensure that estimates for projects cover all identified work and represent value for money for IT

Delivery

• Lead the delivery of projects within timescale, cost and quality constraints
• Manage and record in the PPM tool, the progress against the plan, the actual and forecast costs, resource forecasts and budget following our goals
• Ensure that projects meet the agreed business customer requirements
• Ensure projects follow the change control process for any changes to timescales, cost, requirements or design and that these are recorded

Process and quality

• Apply the IT project delivery methodology and processes, identifying issues and opportunities to promote continuous improvement of the delivery processes
• Understand and be able to apply both the IT Agile and Waterfall delivery framework and agree with stakeholders the most appropriate for the project
• Ensure projects comply with the IT governance framework

Finance, analysis and reporting

• Produce and maintain financial forecasts for projects by tracking project budgets, actuals, and invoices and accounting for the cause of any variances against forecasts
• Ensure that costs are only incurred against approved funds and that Internal Order authorised values are not exceeded at any point
• Ensure Purchase Orders and Internal Orders are closed promptly following the receipt of the final invoices / costs
• Produce an up-to-date and transparent project report to the agreed timescales and following PMO standards and guidelines. Ensure the status of the project is always understood and available to the Portfolio Manager, Senior Delivery Manager and PMO.

Business engagement and stakeholder management

• Build relationships with and gain the trust of the Senior Delivery Manager and team and senior business stakeholders working with the Technical Product Managers to ensure you understanding our priorities and benefits of the projects being delivered
• Develop and implement project communications plans to engage key stakeholders within and outside of IT to lead their sustained and active commitment to success

Lead, manage and develop people (including virtual teams)

• Lead virtual teams, drawing on resources from across IT, partners and third parties
• Ensure the project team has the appropriate resources, roles and skills to deliver without duplication
• Lead and motivate the project team, providing coaching and guidance

What you'll need to have

• Experience managing the complete delivery of IT projects
• Experience of a relevant IT project delivery methodology and processes
• Experience leading a team
• Excellent stakeholder management skills

It would be great if you also have

These are desirable skills or experience and are not essential, so we would welcome applications from candidates that don't match this additional criteria.

• Experience managing projects with a team comprised of onshore and offshore resources
• Project management qualification, e.g. APMP, Prince2, MSP
• Experience delivering information security projects and programmes with a basic understanding of information security concepts

Our benefits

• Boots Retirement Savings Plan
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Generous employee discounts
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay and gift card for anyone expecting or adopting a child
• Flexible benefits scheme including option to buy additional holiday, discounted gym membership, life assurance, activity passes and much more.
• Access to free, 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health, our Employee Assistance Programme.

We have a great range of benefits in addition to the above that offer flexibility to suit you - find out more at boots.jobs/rewards. Exclusions may apply, eligible roles only. Please note, any salary estimates given on third-party sites are not provided or endorsed by Boots and may not be accurate.

Why Boots

At Boots, we foster a working environment where consideration and inclusivity help everyone to be themselves and reach their full potential. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, passionate about embracing the diversity of our colleagues and providing a positive and inclusive working environment for all. As the heart of everything we do at Boots, with you, we change for the better.

What's next

Where a role is advertised as full-time, we are open to discussing part-time and job share options during the application process. If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process, we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you to be at your best.

This role requires the successful candidate to complete a Pre-employment check after receiving an offer. Depending on your location you will be asked to submit either a DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service), PVG (Protection of Vulnerable groups) or an Access NI Check.

Boots is a Ban the Box employer and will consider the suitability of applicants with criminal convictions on a case-by-case basis.

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