Project Manager - Register your interest

BT Group; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative company is seeking a Project Manager to integrate and oversee complex projects within BT Business. This pivotal role involves ensuring seamless collaboration among project components, managing risks, and maintaining accountability for deliverables. You will work in a state-of-the-art office in Birmingham, with opportunities for travel and collaboration with third-party stakeholders. Join a dynamic team that values inclusivity and offers extensive training and development opportunities, alongside an attractive salary and competitive benefits. If you're ready to make a significant impact in a collaborative environment, this role is for you.

Benefits

10% on target bonus

On-call allowance

25 days annual leave

Flexible benefits

World-class training and development

BT Shares Saving schemes

Discounted broadband, mobile, and TV packages

Retail discounts

Qualifications

• Experience in project management with a focus on integration and stakeholder communication.
• Strong understanding of governance, assurance, and project quality management.

Responsibilities

• Monitor project risks, dependencies, and changes, ensuring timely communication.
• Define and execute complex projects, managing stakeholder engagement and project governance.

Skills

Business Case Development

Business Strategy

Resourcing

Scheduling

Project Quality

Governance & Assurance

Requirements Management

Technical Reporting

Growth Mindset

Job description

Posting Date: 25 Jan 2025

Unit: Business

Location: Snowhill, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Why this job matters

Register your interest here for Project Manager roles in BT Business. This is a role of high responsibility, where you will be seen as a “Project Integrator.” You will ensure that all components of a project work together seamlessly, manage our customer’s third parties, and take accountability for their risks and deliverables contractually, as well as BT’s.

BPSS Clearance: This role requires BPSS clearance. More information can be found here.

If successful, you will work from our state-of-the-art Birmingham Snowhill office three days a week, with weekly travel to our customer’s site in Derby.

What you could be doing:

• Monitors issue escalations, project risks, dependencies and project changes, ensuring timely intervention and communication to stakeholders.
• Consults on complex projects/ programmes using advanced technical knowledge with global impact (cross-functional) driving through execution, analysis, recommendation and implementation.
• Contributes to the development, documentation and implementation of projects/ programmes and change initiatives in line with BT Group policies and strategies, defining and maintaining realistic project plans and monitoring project finances and progress against agreed quality and performance criteria.
• Supports project/ programme communication with stakeholders with timely reporting on performance and where decision making is required, providing all information needed to enable well-informed decision making.
• Defines, documents and executes complex projects/ programmes, agreeing and reviewing project approach, engagement and communications plans, and quality and performance criteria with project partners.
• Mentors other Project/Programme Management & PMO professionals, helping to improve the team's abilities by acting as a technical resource.
• Influences stakeholders inside and if required outside of BT Group: work collaboratively with business unit partners and corporate support teams to drive strategy execution and partner on segment or functional strategy projects.
• Proactively identifies and manages risk through regular assessment and diligent execution of controls and mitigations, proactively raising any concerns.
• Ensures commercial obligations, risks and interdependencies defined within external delivery contracts are applied to their projects/programmes and operates the project/programme governance to manage those elements.

Experience we would be looking for:

• Business Case Development
• Business Strategy
• Resourcing
• Scheduling
• Project Quality
• Governance & Assurance
• Requirements Management
• Technical Reporting
• Growth Mindset

Benefits of working for BT:

At BT, we entertain, educate, and empower millions of people every single day. We’re a brand built on connecting people – whether that’s friends, family, businesses, or communities. Working here, you’ll receive an attractive salary and a range of competitive benefits, but – more than that – you’ll be joining an ambitious organisation with a culture of togetherness, collaboration, and inclusivity, that takes a genuine and proactive interest in your progress and development.

• 10% on target bonus (Depending on country based)
• On-call allowance
• 25 days annual leave (not including bank holidays), increasing with service
• Huge range of flexible benefits including cycle to work, healthcare, season ticket loan
• World-class training and development opportunities
• Option to join BT Shares Saving schemes.
• Discounted broadband, mobile and TV packages
• Access to 100’s of retail discounts including the BT shop