Project Manager

Squiz; Camden Town; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A digital consulting firm is seeking a Project Manager to oversee projects, ensuring delivery is on time and within budget. Responsibilities include managing client relationships, preparing budgets, and reporting on project progress. The ideal candidate will have experience in IT/Tech consulting, especially with digital projects. A strong knowledge of Agile methodologies and project management tools is essential. This position offers flexibility with remote work and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

Flexibility to work from home or office

30 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Paid Parental Leave

Company Shutdown between Christmas Day and New Year's Day

Open Door Policy

£150 Wellbeing Allowance

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Qualifications

• Experience as a project manager in IT/Tech consulting or digital agency.
• Experience delivering websites, digital, CMS, or Digital Experience projects.
• Strong project budgeting skills and experience managing various commercial models.

Responsibilities

• Manage projects from initiation to completion with effective stakeholder communication.
• Prepare budget estimations and manage project budgets.
• Report on projects' progress and risks, including mitigation plans.

Skills

Agile principles

Project management

Budget management

Stakeholder communication

JIRA

Confluence

Smartsheet

MS Project

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

MS Project

Job description

Responsibilities and Qualifications

• Working with one of our cross functional development squads, implementing projects for our clients.
• Working and collaborating closely with Squiz's customers, ensuring their objectives are heard, and understood so that Squiz work can bring business value to them.
• Support the team in planning, optimizing and prioritizing their workload; ensuring that projects are delivered on time and to budget, effectively utilizing each squad member while delivering exceptional value for our customers
• Driving parallel projects from initiation to completion with strong organisation, focus, and clear stakeholder communication and management.
• Embody the agile mindset, utilizing lean project management tools and methods to take care of their squad and project delivery based on best industry practices.
• Predict resources needed to reach objectives and manage resources in an effective and efficient manner
• Prepare budget estimations based on scope of work and resource requirements
• Prepare SOWs, quotes and contribute to new business proposals
• Proactively manage projects' budgets, and produce detailed reporting on projects' budget spend to date vs planned spend to date as well as total forecasted spend to completion Collaboratively determine and define project scope and objectives ensuring they are aligned to customer's business goals
• Develop and manage detailed project schedules and work plans
• Regularly report on projects' progress both to customers and internally
• Proactively manage and report on projects' risks, issues including mitigation plans. Define projects and quotation assumptions
• Provide project updates on a consistent basis to various stakeholders about strategy, adjustments, and progress
• Promote collaborative working, especially with the customer by building strong professional relationships
  Experience as a project manager from the IT/Tech consulting/digital agency industry working with external clients (experience with government clients will be a bonus)
• Ideally you have experience delivering website, digital, CMS or Digital Experience related projects (SDLC)
• Demonstrable experience applying Agile principles to project delivery
• Experience working with common industry tools; JIRA, Confluence, Smartsheet, MS Project (or equivalent)
• Understanding of a software delivery lifecycle, phases, stage gates etc.
• Proven ability to complete projects according to outlined scope, budget and timeline
• Strong experience managing project budgets according to various commercial models (with a focus on fixed price and T&M)
• Experience dealing with client escalations as the main point of contact
• Experience in an agency or consulting type environment where multi projects, team utilisation etc is common
• Outstanding presentation and relationship building skills and very comfortable to present and communicate at senior levels and in formal government environments
• Strong familiarity with project management software tools, methodologies, and best practices
• Strong interpersonal and creative problem solving skills
• Please note this is not a marketing project manager role. This role requires experience managing web based development projects. Websites, intranets, portals etc.
  Squiz helps complex, service-led organisations harness the power of digital, improving the services they offer online.

Benefits

• Squiz Flex - flexibility to work from home or office
• 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Paid Parental Leave
• Company Shutdown between Christmas Day and New Year's Day
• Open Door Policy - No need to worry about chain of command here at Squiz
• £150 Wellbeing Allowance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) - 24/7 confidential support for you and your family
• Excellent Career Development Opportunities