Senior IT Project Manager - Data

Mitchells & Butlers Leisure Retail Limited; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic and award-winning IT team as a Senior IT Project Manager. This exciting role offers the chance to lead diverse IT projects while ensuring the perfect balance of cost, quality, and time. You'll be at the forefront of delivering business change technology projects, working closely with cross-functional teams and key stakeholders. With a focus on continuous improvement, your leadership will drive project success in a collaborative environment. This position offers a blend of office and home working, providing flexibility to fit your lifestyle. If you're ready to make a significant impact in a vibrant organization, this opportunity is for you.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

33% discount at all brands

Pension matching contributions

Private healthcare

Dental plan

Cycle to work scheme

Keep fit schemes

26 days annual leave

Option to buy extra holiday

Sharesave Plan

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in project management with a focus on IT projects.
• Proven experience in agile and waterfall methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of IT projects ensuring timely and quality outcomes.
• Manage stakeholder communication and project risks effectively.

Skills

Project Management

Agile Methodologies

Waterfall Methodologies

Stakeholder Management

Risk Management

Budget Management

Analytical Skills

Communication Skills

Continuous Improvement

Team Leadership

Education

Prince 2/ Agile qualifications

5 years’ experience as a Project Manager

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior IT Project Manager to join our award-winning IT team on an initial 12-month fixed term contract. (Known internally as Project Manager) Reporting into the Lead Project Manager you will lead the project team to deliver IT projects for us, ensuring problems and issues are addressed and that decisions on the correct balance of cost, quality and time are considered.

You will be expected to expedite projects and programmes of work within the correct governance framework. This could be a framework to support either an agile or waterfall approach, to ensure that the business case for the project is converted to a clear set of deliverables, with an appropriate plan for delivery. You’ll adopt an adaptable approach that meets the requirements of the smaller projects. Part of the role will be motivating and leading a cross-functional project team, engaging and influencing key business stakeholders along with Matrix management including 3rd party suppliers.

This role will involve a mixture of office and home working.

About us…

Serving with pride since 1898, Mitchells & Butlers are the heart of UK hospitality. In fact, you already know us, even if you don’t realise it! We own and run more than 1,600 pubs, bars and restaurants including the stylish All Bar One brand, legendary Miller & Carter steakhouses, and the iconic Toby Carvery. We are Mitchells & Butlers, and we set the industry standard.

You’ll be well rewarded…

• Working 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday, with flexibility with working hours to fit around your personal commitments.
• 33% off at all our brands, including our hotels. Whether it’s date night at Miller & Carter or a family roast at Toby Carvery, we’ve got you covered.
• A pension that pays, where we’ll more than match your contributions (x1.5 of your contributions, up to a maximum of 5% of your salary).
• Private healthcare, dental plan, cycle to work, and keep fit schemes.
• 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays, plus option to buy up to 2 weeks extra holiday.
• Opportunity to opt in to Sharesave Plan, enabling you to save to buy shares or have money returned.

What makes Mitchells & Butlers a great place to work?

To us, a career isn’t just about ‘clocking in’. We really care about our colleagues, and we’re an employer that keeps a promise. In fact, as one of the largest employers in the country, with over 44,000 people working for us, we have the responsibility of valuing every contribution from a diverse workforce that are representative of our guests, and who make us stronger. We continue to build a culture that values our differences and embraces them as strengths, and we recognise that there is always work to be done.

What you’ll be doing in this Senior IT Project Manager role…

Project Management:

• Leading and managing the end-to-end delivery of projects, ensuring timely and quality delivery.
• Developing and maintaining project plans, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
• Responsible for creating and managing the budget and tracking spend.

Stakeholder Communication and Management:

• Communicating project status, issues, and risks to stakeholders, ensuring transparency and alignment with organisational goals.
• Collaborating with product owners, business analysts, architects, testers and other stakeholders to prioritise and refine the plan.
• Creating and maintaining effective relationships with senior stakeholders.

Risk and Issue Management:

• Identifying project risks and issues promptly.
• Implementing strategies to mitigate risks and resolve issues impacting project delivery.

Continuous Improvement:

• Fostering a culture of continuous improvement within the team and the organisation.

Metrics and Reporting:

• Defining and tracking key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure project success and team performance.
• Publishing regular reports on project status, the plan and other relevant metrics.
• Presenting key and appropriate updates to Senior Stakeholders.

Collaboration:

• Fostering a collaborative and cross-functional team environment.
• Working closely with the project team and other stakeholders to ensure a shared understanding of project goals.
• Ensuring successful transition into service and support.

What you’ll need to bring to this Senior IT Project Manager role…

• Tenacity, drive, initiative, creativity and a “can do” attitude to cope with fast paced environments and multiple demands, demonstrating the ability to solve problems and handle setbacks.
• Proven experience of delivering business change technology projects of varying size and complexity; understanding both agile and/or waterfall methodologies.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with demonstrable clarity of thinking.
• Experience of working in complex organisations.
• Experience of delivering complex data projects including CRM systems.
• Proven ability to identify & manage dependencies of varying complexity, planning, and feeding into larger strategic roadmaps and other portfolios as required. Effective influencer, facilitator and communicator with the ability to simplify complex challenges and manage stakeholders.
• Proven experience of successfully managing 3rd party suppliers to deliver on timescale and budget.
• Able to work independently and autonomously, managing day to day workload and priorities and managing the workload of others as required.
• Understand and communicate complex information and concepts to technical and non-technical colleagues, influencing others effectively, including at a senior level.
• Build internal networks for collaboration and knowledge sharing to aid current and future performance.
• Identify and capitalise on opportunities for continuous improvement, encouraging and challenging others to do the same.

Qualification…

• 5 years’ (min) experience as a Project Manager.
• Prince 2/ Agile qualifications – or equivalent experience.

This role will involve a mixture of office and home working.

Could you be a great addition to our team? Apply for this Senior IT Project Manager role today and we’ll be in touch to explore how you could be part of our exciting future.

Closing Date - 11.59pm Wednesday 8th January 2025