Project Manager

Home Group Limited; Newcastle upon Tyne; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent organization in the UK is looking for a Project Manager to lead strategic change initiatives. In this hybrid role, you'll manage multiple projects using both Agile and Waterfall methodologies, ensuring effective stakeholder engagement. You will enjoy benefits such as 34 days of leave (increasing to 39), health cash plans, and generous discounts. This is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact while working flexibly between home and the office in Newcastle Upon Tyne.

Benefits

34 days leave including bank holidays

Health cash plan

Pension scheme with life insurance

Flexible working hours

Employee discounts

Qualifications

• Experience in project planning and resource management.
• Strong skills in communication and persuasion.
• Ability to build and maintain stakeholder relationships.

Responsibilities

• Lead business change across multiple workstreams.
• Manage projects using agile and waterfall methods.
• Utilize Smartsheet for planning and tracking project progress.

Skills

Agile methodologies

Waterfall methodologies

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Negotiation skills

Resource management

Education

PRINCE 2 or APM PMQ qualification

Tools

Smartsheet

Job description

This is your chance to make a big impact, leading our strategic change initiatives that support the delivery of our organisational priorities at Home Group. As Project Manager in our Programme Management team, you'll use your expertise in both Waterfall and Agile Scrum methodologies to deliver change projects, ensuring full stakeholder engagement.

It's all about building strong relationships, managing expectations, and playing a key role in supporting change that benefits our customers. Amazing we know!

What you’ll do

• Leading business change across multiple workstreams using our Project@Home framework. Exciting projects we are currently supporting include implementation of a salesforce CRM, enhancing the future of our Repairs and Maintenance services and delivery and a new Wide Area Network (WAN) service provider.
• Manage projects using both waterfall and agile SCRUM methods, ensuring timely and successful delivery. You'll be collaborating with project sponsors and stakeholders to understand project scope and key deliverables, maintaining these important relationships whilst ensuring expectations are met.
• Utilise Smartsheet for planning, tracking, automating, and real-time reporting on project progress.
• Ensuring agile delivery in our Programme Management team, defining processes and managing products effectively.

Why join us

This is more than a job, it's a place where you feel valued. You get great training, support from friendly colleagues and a chance to make a real difference every day. Be part of one of the UK's top 10 Great Places to Work!

You have

• A PRINCE 2 or APM PMQ qualification with strong experience in applying agile and waterfall methodologies to enable project delivery.
• Experience in project planning and resource management, using project controls and risk management. You'll be an expert in IT change management that is focused on delivering customer benefits.
• Exceptional communication, negotiation, and persuasion skills to achieve win-win outcomes. You'll be a great influencer and able to think outside of the box on how things can be done more efficiently.
• Able to build and maintain important stakeholder relationships, quickly gaining the confidence of colleagues and senior leaders.

The practical bits

• Flexible working hours, 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday.
• You'll manage your own diary. If you need a break to take delivery of your new fridge or take a longer lunch for a haircut, you can use your flexi time to manage that.
• This is a hybrid role, and you'll spend a couple of days a week at our office at One Strawberry Lane, Newcastle Upon Tyne and the rest working at home.

What's in it for you?

• 34 days leave (including bank hols and a "me day" to use for whatever you fancy) increasing to 39, the option to buy 5 more, and time off for volunteering too!
• Health cash plan saving you from £1140 per annum. We'll cover your costs (and kids if you have them) towards dental, optical, prescriptions, alternative therapies and lots more.
• Over 800 high street discounts on groceries, holidays and days out. Looking for a new phone, bike or car? Save money with us.
• Generous pension scheme with life insurance of 3x salary
• We Grow Our Own colleagues (not literally of course!), when you're ready for the next step in your career, you can grow with us!