Project Manager - Change & IT

Orbit Group; Coventry; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Career progression

Training programmes

Job summary

Orbit Group is recruiting two Project Managers on a fixed-term basis until October 2027 to lead a strategic property programme. You will work across business and technology teams to plan and deliver complex changes, embedding new processes and systems across the organisation.

You will operate in a fast-paced, agile environment, travelling to Warwickshire offices as required. The role focuses on delivering benefits and value from technology investments while ensuring governance and stakeholder

Qualifications

• Project management qualification or equivalent experience.
• Knowledge of theoretical and practical aspects of project management & business analysis.
• Proven experience managing complex data migration, integration and desktop projects.
• Proven experience managing medium to large projects/programmes.

Responsibilities

• Define project scope, goals, deliverables and benefits.
• Lead planning and delivery of complex projects across business and technology.
• Embed changes to systems, processes and ways of working across the organisation.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to develop business requirements and translate into specs and test plans.
• Define project tasks, resources, and develop project plans and timelines.
• Coordinate project staff and manage resources and scheduling.
• Work with technical architect to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery.

Skills

Project management

Business analysis

Data migration

Data integration

Stakeholder management

Education

Project management qualification

Job description

We’re building thriving communities as one of the UK’s largest housing groups and a leading developer of affordable housing.

We believe everyone is entitled to a good home they can afford, in a place they are proud to live. More than 100,000 people live in our homes.

If you want to experience work that’s truly rewarding, join us. Because when we achieve together, customers and communities thrive.

Work for Orbit. Believe in people.

The role

Orbit are delighted to be recruiting for 2 Project Managers to join us on a fixed term basis, until October 2027.

As a Project Manager, you will be coming into a fast-paced environment to play a key role in delivering a strategic property programme that will drive operational excellence, improve customer outcomes, and modernise our services. The successful individuals will have demonstrable experience delivering projects encompassing business change, operational excellence and IT.

Working across business and technology teams, you will lead the planning and delivery of complex projects, ensuring that changes to systems, processes, and ways of working are successfully embedded across the organisation. This is an exciting opportunity to influence significant transformation activity, working with a wide range of stakeholders to deliver sustainable business benefits and maximise the value of our investment in property and digital services. This role is part of Technology & Information where you'll help us give colleagues the infrastructure, support and insight they need to be brilliant.

Where you'll be working

Given this is a projects role, you will need to be fully flexible to work in an agile format, which will include travel to the Warwickshire offices (Coventry & Stratford upon Avon) inline with business need. This can fluctuate week on week.

What you'll achieve

• To ensure that technology purchases meets business needs, represents value for money and contracts\suppliers are well managed
• Facilitating the definition of project scope, goals, deliverables and benefits
• To proactively and collaboratively work with key stakeholders to develop business requirements, translating these into functional specifications and detailed test plans
• Defining project tasks, resource requirements & development of project plans\timelines
• Assemble and co-ordinate project staff & manage project resource & planning allocation
• Planning and scheduling project timelines
• Manage virtual project team
• Work with the technical architect to ensure the technical elements of the project are assessed, planned and delivered to time and budget

What you'll bring

Essential skills

• Project management qualification or equivalent experience
• Knowledge of both theoretical and practical aspects of project management & business analysis
• Proven experience of managing complex data migration, integration and desktop projects and programmes
• Proven experience in managing medium to large projects/programmes
• Proven experience of working within an organisations technical change management processes and presenting to relevant governance forums e.g. Change Advisory Board (CAB)

Why Orbit?

Choosing us means being rewarded in every sense.

Here’s what you can expect to enjoy with us.

A rewarding experience that works for you

• We strive to create an inclusive experience with benefits and wellbeing programmes designed to help you, and your loved ones, to thrive.
• For a better work life balance, we offer flexible working opportunities for many roles.

A place to progress

• From training programmes to professional qualifications, we provide opportunities to learn and develop at every stage of your career. Whether you’re a student, graduate or experienced professional we’ll support you to grow.
• For leaders, our tailored development journeys are designed to stretch and strengthen your leadership skills. As well as practical training, we give you access to renowned business schools and experiential programmes for greater breadth and depth of learning.

A purpose to feel proud of

We’re proud to make a difference to people together. We’re values-driven with a commercial focus on performance - because the more profit we make, the more we can achieve for people.

What brings us together is a passionate belief in progress and people.

Read more about the values and purpose that drive us on our careers website.

How we hire

• Online application
• Interview(s)
• Decision and offer

We put the safeguarding of our customers, colleagues and contractors at the heart of everything we do and as such, certain roles will be subject to a DBS check