Senior IT Project Manager

J.P. MORGAN; Southend-on-Sea; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading firm seeks a Senior Project Manager to oversee a variety of IT projects. You will ensure projects meet objectives and manage resources effectively while collaborating closely with stakeholders. Join an environment focused on personal growth and professional development, where your contributions are valued.

Benefits

Agile working environment

Career development programs

Mentoring and coaching opportunities

Qualifications

• Considerable Project Management experience in professional services.
• Experience in running diverse projects including software and infrastructure.
• Qualified in an industry recognized project management discipline.

Responsibilities

• Manage a programme or portfolio of IT projects from scope to delivery.
• Deliver projects using structured approaches per project methodology.
• Control changes to scope, budget, and timelines.

Skills

Project Management

Stakeholder Management

Conflict Resolution

Education

Prince 2

PMP

Agile

Job description

Ideas | People | Trust

We're BDO. An accountancy and business advisory firm, providing the advice and solutions entrepreneurial organisations need to navigate today's changing world.

We work with the companies that are Britain's economic engine - ambitious, entrepreneurially-spirited and high‑growth businesses that fuel the economy - and directly advise the owners and management teams that lead them.

We'll broaden your horizons

To ensure our services and applications are fit for the modern market, our IT team collaborates with every department. They develop, they explore and they implement the new ideas helping us to change the future of accounting, tax and business consulting. But, just as importantly, they maintain the tech that keeps us advancing. By testing and adopting the future of financial technical solutions, they find new and exciting ways to drive us forward. And you could too. In an IT role at BDO, you'll become part of a team that act as the backbone for our business. No matter who you are or what your skillset is, we'll give you the training and support you need to achieve whatever you put your mind to.

We'll help you succeed

Leading organisations trust us because of the quality of our advice. That quality grows from a thorough understanding of their business, and that understanding comes from working closely with them and building long-lasting relationships.

You'll be someone who is both comfortable working proactively and managing your own tasks, as well as confident collaborating with others and communicating regularly with senior managers, directors, and BDO's partners to help businesses effectively. You'll be encouraged to identify and draw attention to opportunities for enhancing our delivery and providing additional services to organisations we work with.

As the Senior Project Manager, you will manage a programme or portfolio of IT projects as agreed with the Portfolio Manager working with suppliers, business stakeholders and team members to scope, plan and deliver change through projects. These will include managing issues, risks and providing the interface between IT and the business as necessary to ensure projects are successfully completed, delivering the agreed objectives, meeting the agreed success criteria and time/budget constraints set out for each project. You'll also:

• Deliver projects using an appropriate structured approach as set out within the project methodology process used within BDO IT
• Initiate and actively manage a portfolio of projects/programmes ranging in sizes, and including multi-streamed projects with significant strategic and/or commercial impact
• Initiate projects in a controlled manner clearly defining project scope, success criteria, dependencies, assumptions, and constraints with stakeholders
• Control and manage the impact of changes to scope, budget and timescales through the agreed process
• Work with project teams to secure both internal and external project resources and escalates where project resourcing issues arise
• Work with the strategic/financial teams to facilitate/support the tender and procurement processes

You'll be someone with:

• Considerable Project Management experience within the professional services industry or similar with a good understanding of project management disciplines
• Experience in softer skills, including the political and cultural aspects of project management
• Experience in running a diverse portfolio of projects including application development, software configuration and implementation, infrastructure deployment and business change
• Qualified in an industry recognised project management discipline or accreditation e.g. Prince 2, APMP, PMP, Agile or similar or can demonstrate experience in delivering projects using a structured approach
• Experience in assisting in tender processes and resultant supplier management
• Excellent stakeholder management and conflict resolution skills

You'll be able to be yourself; we'll recognise and value you for who you are and celebrate and reward your contributions to the business. We're committed to agile working, and we offer every colleague the opportunity to work in ways that suit you, your teams, and the task at hand.

At BDO, we'll help you achieve your personal goals and career ambitions, and we have programmes, resources, and frameworks that provide clarity and structure around career development.

We're in it together

Mutual support and respect is one of BDO's core values and we're proud of our distinctive, people-centred culture. From informal success conversations to formal mentoring and coaching, we'll support you at every stage in your career, whatever your personal and professional needs.

Our agile working framework helps us stay connected, bringing teams together where and when it counts so they can share ideas and help one another. At BDO, you'll always have access to the people and resources you need to do your best work.

We know that collaboration is the key to creating value for the companies we work with and satisfying experiences for our colleagues, so we've invested in state-of-the-art collaboration spaces in our offices. BDO's people represent a wealth of knowledge and expertise, and we'll encourage you to build your network, work alongside others, and share your skills and experiences. With a range of multidisciplinary events and dedicated resources, you'll never stop learning at BDO.

We're looking forward to the future

At BDO, we help entrepreneurial businesses to succeed, fuelling the UK economy.

Our success is powered by our people, which is why we're always finding new ways to invest in you. Across the UK thousands of unique minds continue to come together to help companies we work with to achieve their ambitions

We've got a clear purpose, and we're confident in our future, because we're adapting and evolving to build on our strengths, ensuring we continue to find the right combination of global reach, integrity and expertise. We shape the future together with openness and clarity, because we believe in empowering people to think creatively about how we can do things better.

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