Junior IT Project Manager

The Sherwin-Williams Company; Bolton le Sands; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading multinational company in Bolton le Sands is seeking a Junior Project Manager to support IT initiatives. The role focuses on planning, monitoring project progress, and maintaining communication with stakeholders. Candidates should possess a relevant bachelor's degree or 2 years of project management experience. Strong communication, problem-solving skills, and familiarity with project management tools like JIRA are essential. Up to 25% travel may be required for this position.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant fields or 2 years of project management experience.
• 1–2 years experience in information systems project management.
• Understanding of project management methodologies and tools.
• Basic knowledge of software development life cycle (SDLC).

Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of IT initiatives and Business Project Initiatives.
• Assist in developing project plans and defining scope, objectives, tasks.
• Monitor project progress and ensure timely task completion.
• Facilitate communication among team members and stakeholders.
• Help identify and mitigate project risks.

Skills

Communication

Collaboration

Problem-solving

Negotiation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or Project Management

Tools

Microsoft Project

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

About the Role

The Junior Project Manager works to support the successful delivery of IT initiatives and IT Workstreams that are presented inside Business Project Initiatives. The incumbent will act as a key point of contact for project teams and stakeholders, ensuring smooth communication, helping to address any issues that arise during the project lifecycle, and collaborating with stakeholders to coordinate work. The role also supports compliance efforts related to contractual commitments. Foundational knowledge of IT technology (applications, ERP, infrastructure, data, etc.) and PM practices (Waterfall/Agile) is required, along with strong collaboration skills to work with cross‑functional teams. The incumbent will help the team drive the success of projects and ensure they have a positive impact on the organization.

Project Planning

Assist in the development of project plans, including defining project scope, objectives, tasks, and resource requirements.

Schedule and Timeline Management

Monitor project progress against established timelines and schedules, ensuring tasks are completed on time.

Documentation

Facilitate communication channels with cross‑functional teams and document meeting notes. Maintain accurate project documentation such as project plans, status reports, technical specifications, and meeting minutes.

Communication

• Facilitate effective communication among project team members, stakeholders, and other relevant parties. This includes providing regular status updates and reports, participating in progress meetings with the IT project team, and tracking/d­ocumenting all issues and relevant information.

Resource Coordination

Help manage and track project resources, such as personnel, equipment, and budget, to ensure efficient use, and report to senior team members with regular updates. Assist the team in tracking and preparing reports on project/program progress.

Risk Management

Help identify, track, and mitigate potential project risks and roadblocks that could affect delivery, and escalation to senior team members.

Quality Assurance

Research best practices, tools, and methodologies for project/program management. Monitor industry news and trends, contributing to the research of emerging trends and best practices in project‑management methodologies, information systems, and technologies.

Team Support

Contribute ideas and suggestions for improvement and innovation in day‑to‑day project/program activities, answer questions, and help resolve issues as they arise.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or Project Management, or at least 2 years of experience in project management or Information Technology.
• 1–2 years of experience in project management focusing on information systems (ideally involving network, server, or software implementation and upgrades, and/or PC deployment).
• Understanding of project management methodologies, tools, and techniques.
• Familiarity with project planning, scheduling, and budgeting.
• Solid communication, negotiation, and problem‑solving skills.
• Basic knowledge of software development life cycle (SDLC) methodologies.
• Ability to work collaboratively with cross‑functional teams.
• General knowledge of project management tools such as Microsoft Project, JIRA, and Confluence.
• A second European language is a nice to have.
• Travel requirements: up to 25%.