Project Manager

Sword Services Greece S.A.; Aberdeen City; Presencial; GBP 55.000 - 75.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Personalised Career Development

Flexible working

Generous benefits package

Descripción de la vacante

Sword is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead multiple workstreams across infrastructure, network and end-user technology projects. You will act as the central planner, developing integrated plans and coordinating priorities and resources across project and BAU workstreams.

In this role you will collaborate with highly technical colleagues, manage risks and issues, and drive projects from initiation to successful completion in a fast-paced environment.

Formación

• Five years in a project management role in a customer-facing environment or equivalent.
• Experience delivering complex IT projects.
• Formal project management qualification (e.g. PRINCE2, MSP).
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Good commercial awareness.
• Experience working in a structured, quality environment.

Responsabilidades

• Manage a portfolio of business-critical infrastructure, network and end-user technology projects.
• Act as the central planner across Foundational IT and Business As Usual.
• Develop and maintain an integrated plan with milestones, dependencies and resource demand.
• Balance competing demands on the shared resource pool and align to priorities.
• Collaborate with highly technical team members and IT Governance/Management.
• Demonstrate a track record of delivering within stated responsibilities.

Conocimientos

Project management

Stakeholder management

IT project delivery

Communication

Risk management

Resource coordination

Educación

PRINCE2/MSP certification

Descripción del empleo

Sword is a leading provider of business technology solutions within the Energy, Public and Finance Sectors, driving real transformational change within our clients. We use proven technology, specialist teams and domain expertise to build solid technical foundations across platforms, data and business applications. We have a passion for using technology to solve business problems, working in partnership with our clients to help in achieving their goals.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Project Manager who thrives in a fast-paced environment and enjoys managing multiple workstreams, building strong stakeholder relationships, and driving projects from initiation through to successful completion. You’ll work alongside talented colleagues across our business, contributing to meaningful transformation programmes while developing your own career within a supportive and growth-focused organisation.

• Manage a portfolio of business-critical infrastructure, network and end-user technology projects
• Act as the central planner across Foundational IT and Business As Usual.
• Develop and maintain an integrated plan, providing visibility of activities, milestones, dependencies, priorities and resource demand across project and BAU work.
• Key focus will be balancing competing demands on the shared resource pool, identifying constraints and conflicts early, and ensuring resources are aligned to the highest priorities. While individual projects may be relatively small, they are critical to the wider integration programme and continued BAU delivery.
• Work closely with very technical team members and IT Governance/Management.
• Track record in delivering within responsibilities and tasks stated.

5 years in project management role in a customer facing environment or equivalent
Experience of working in a structured, quality environment
Experience of delivering complex IT projects
Ability to identify and effectively manage risks and issues
Formal project management qualification (e.g. PRINCE2, MSP)
Good commercial awareness
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

At Sword, our core values and culture are based on caring about our people, investing in training and career development, and building inclusive teams where we are all encouraged to contribute to achieve success.We offer comprehensive benefits designed to support your professional development and enhance your overall quality of life. In addition to a Competitive Salary, here’s what you can expect as part of our benefits package:

• Personalised Career Development: We create a development plan customised to your goals and aspirations, with a range of learning and development opportunities within a culture that encourages growth.
• Flexible working: Flexible work arrangements to support your work-life balance. We can’t promise to always be able to meet every request, however, are keen to discuss your individual preferences to make it work where we can.
• A Fantastic Benefits Package: This includes generous annual leave allowance, enhanced family friendly benefits, pension scheme, access to private health, well-being, and insurance schemes.

At Sword we are dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace and are proud to be an equal opportunities employer, ensuring that all applicants receive fair and equal consideration for employment, regardless of whether they meet every requirement. If you don’t tick all the boxes but feel you have some of the relevant skills and experience we’re looking for, please do consider applying and highlight your transferable skills and experience. We embrace diversity in all its forms, valuing individuals regardless of age, disability, gender identity or reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation. Your perspective and potential are important to us.

If we can do anything to help make the hiring process more accessible, please let our talent acquisition team know when you apply so we can support any adjustments.