IT Senior Project Manager

Mountfitchet Group; City Of London; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A global IT firm in London is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead various software and IT transformation projects. The ideal candidate should have a minimum of 5 years in project management, excellent documentation skills, and the ability to engage stakeholders effectively. The role offers generous holiday allowance, private healthcare, and onsite facilities. Join us to drive impactful changes across the organization.

Benefits

22 days holiday (increasing to 25 days)

Free onsite gym

Onsite daily meals

Private healthcare

Cycle to work scheme

Onsite parking

Charity days

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years professional experience in a software/IT environment.
• Experience managing mid-sized and large transformation projects.
• Proven track record of solution-oriented problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple project types including software implementation and business change.
• Develop project approaches and maintain documentation.
• Ensure effective stakeholder engagement throughout project lifecycle.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Documentation skills

Problem solving

Communication skills

Education

PRINCE2/Agile/APM/PMI certification

Tools

Microsoft Project

Microsoft Visio

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

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Company Description

As we continue to expand across the globe, we want to ensure that our non-sales colleagues are being their most efficient selves. To achieve this, we know we need to provide the right tools and technology, we are therefore looking for a dedicated Senior Project Manager with a successful track record to join our IT team.

Job Description

If you have proven experience of working with multiple stakeholders in IT, Sales, Finance, HR, Marketing etc to identify, procure, implement and integrate systems and enjoy effecting change, this could be the role for you. Duties will include but are not limited to:

• Participate in all Software Delivery Lifecycle stages from discovery to delivery and benefit realisation
• Help to develop project approaches and plans
• Managing a range of different projects from third party software implementation, application development, to business change projects
• Ability to produce documentation including proposals, business cases, project initiation documents, project plans, change assessments etc.
• Manage day-to-day operational aspects of the project(s)
• Work closely with relevant stakeholders to ensure effective and efficient implementation of the project(s)
• Submit project status reports to stakeholders; review bugs, plan software releases, anticipate and react to change
• Responsible for overseeing the project management deliverables, and those of the project team
• Accountable for the review of risk and issue registers, and for the provision of mitigation or remediation actions

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years professional experience in a software/IT environment with business systems, CRM and websites
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft products, including Project, Visio, Excel and Word
• Project management experience managing projects mid-sized and large transformation projects with budgets exceeding £1m+
• PRINCE2/Agile/APM/PMI
• Experience in working with 3rd party development partners and software providers
• Results-oriented and customer focused, whilst ensuring all affected teams are equally engaged
• Proven track record of problem solving
• Excellent communication skills, both verbally and in writing with the ability to influence
• Ability to motivate in a team-oriented, collaborative environment

Additional Information

• 22 days holiday (increasing to 25days after 1 years service and with length of service)
• Free onsite gym with weekly classes
• Free breakfast and lunches in our onsite canteen "The Hangar"
• Private healthcare and pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Onsite car park
• 2x "Giving back" charitable days per annum

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