Project Manager

Expleo; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Expleo is seeking experienced Project Managers to lead client-facing projects across various IT areas. Ideal candidates will manage project timelines, facilitate collaboration, and ensure success through effective communication and detail orientation. This role requires strong consultancy skills, familiarity with Agile and Waterfall methodologies, and a commitment to delivering quality work on high-profile projects.

Benefits

Collaborative working environment

Accredited training courses via ExpleoAcademy

Competitive company benefits

Opportunities for professional skill expansion

Qualifications

• Experience in data migration from legacy systems.
• Experience leading large-scale projects with inter-dependencies.
• Fluency in English is required for effective communication.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain project plans aligning with program objectives.
• Identify and manage Risks, Assumptions, Issues, and Dependencies.
• Monitor project budgets and ensure cost-effective delivery.

Skills

Client-facing skills

Communication

Analytical mindset

Strong self-management

Ability to think logically

Education

MAPM Certification

Scrum Master Certification

PMP Certification

Prince2 Certification

Tools

Microsoft Project

Job description

Overview

We are looking for talented Project Managers, ideally with consultancy experience, to join us at Expleo. This client-facing role will lead projects collaborating with our clients across a wide range of IT deliveries.

The successful candidate will be able to work independently and communicate effectively with stakeholders, as well as internal and external teams. The programme follows a Waterfall process, working with partners who may use Agile methodologies, so solid experience with both methodologies is desirable.

You will be expected to be on-site with clients in Buckinghamshire 12 days per week or as the programme requires.

You will be working on a high-profile project with other Project Managers, where your Project and theirs are inter dependent from a timeline and delivery perspective, and so open communication lines and an eye for detail is critical for success.

Expleo works across multiple clients and industries, so there is an expectation that you will contribute to the continued growth of the Practice as time allows.

Responsibilities

• Planning: Develop and maintain detailed project plans, ensuring alignment with overall programme objectives.
• RAID Management: Identify, manage, and mitigate Risks, Assumptions, Issues, and Dependencies.
• Finance Management: Monitor project budgets, ensuring cost-effective delivery.
• Reporting: Provide regular status updates to stakeholders, highlighting progress, risks, and issues.
• Quality Management: Ensure all deliverables meet the required quality standards

Qualifications

• Desirable Certifications: MAPM, Scrum Master, PMP, Prince2

Essential skills

• Strong understanding of the systems development lifecycle.
• The ability to understand and lead the construction of system & data integrations
• Excellent client-facing skills
• Ability to think logically and use own initiative as well as mine in-house and supplier IP to build on your knowledge base with regards to the industry and the project/programme.
• Able to apply project management disciplines such as stakeholder identification and management, supplier management, risk and issue logs, decision logs
• Strong understanding of Waterfall methodologies
• Strong understanding of Agile (Kanban & Scrum)
• Experience of working with Programme and Project managers in large deployments
• People management skills – the ability to lead and focus teams in complex projects
• Strong self-management – continuous performance is both an objective and a mind-set
• Desire to continue to build IT domain knowledge– tools, applications, platforms
• Desire to embrace and work within new industries
• An analytical mindset to ensure details are not overlooked and that the critical path is managed throughout the project
• Strong communication skills in English are essential for effectively interacting with clients
• Microsoft Project

Experience

• Experience in data migration from legacy systems to new, including culling of non-essential data and consideration of parallel runs (test environment/production) and multi-wave implementation to production.
• Experience of leading large-scale projects with multiple sub-projects and inter-dependencies.
• Supplier Management – managing external suppliers to ensure that the scope of work is delivered within time, cost and quality constraints.
• Change Management in terms of processes and procedures, organisational change, training and documentation.
• Comfortable working within a hybrid Waterfall/Agile framework

What do I need before I apply

• The expectation is that you will be able to work on client site in Buckinghamshire 1-2 days per week or as the programme requires.
• Fluency in English is required to effectively communicate with clients.

Benefits

• Collaborative working environment – we stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients and ourpeers through good times and challenges
• We empower all passionate technology loving professionals by allowing them to expand their skills and take part in inspiring projects
• ExpleoAcademy - enables you to acquire and develop the right skills by delivering a suite of accredited training courses
• Competitive company benefits
• Always working as one team, our people are not afraid to think big and challenge the status quo

• As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we have committed to:
• Ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible
• Communicating and promoting vacancies
• Offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job
• Anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required
• Supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long term health condition, enabling them to stay in work at least one activity that will make a difference for disabled people

“We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age”.

We treat everyone fairly and equitably across the organisation, including providing any additional support and adjustments needed for everyone to thrive

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