Senior Project Manager

Dixons Carphone; City Of London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology retail company is looking for a project manager to lead strategic and operational projects. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree and significant experience in project delivery, especially in retail or consulting roles. The position requires strong governance and stakeholder management skills, with a passion for innovation in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Experience of performing a similar role within a major FTSE 100 organisation or comparable organisation.
• Experience of delivering requirements across multiple clients as part of a consulting firm.
• Retail industry experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of strategic projects.
• Own project reporting and management of risks.
• Drive complex change through effective project management.
• Manage stakeholder relationships to ensure project outcomes.

Skills

Project Set Up and Delivery

Governance set up and Management

Stakeholder Management

Financial and Benefits Management

Strategic and Analytical thinking

Highly Resilient

Ability to work with ambiguity and uncertainty

Ability to positively resolve conflicts

Retail Experience

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent

Tools

Project Management methodologies

Job description

At Currys we’re united by one passion: to help everyone enjoy amazing technology. As the UK’s best-known retailer of tech, we’re proud of the service our customers receive – and it’s all down to our team of 25,000 caring and committed colleagues. Working as one team, we learn and grow together, celebrating the big and small moments that make every day amazing.

Currys is going through an exciting period of change. This is an exciting opportunity for someone with a passion for Delivery to support the Transformation of our business.

This role will sit within our Strategic Change team who are in the driving seat for leading operational, organisational, and strategic projects to support our Transformation agenda.

This role will:

• Lead the delivery of a complex strategic, organisational and operational projects
• Working closely with the ExCo and Business Leads to scope, plan and deliver projects
• Must have strong core project managements skills, be comfortable leading projects and key workstreams and driving the E2E plan
• Require ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment and have a passion for innovation

Role overview:

• Lead the delivery of strategic, organisational and operational projects
• To operate at a mid-Senior level, with a need for limited supervision as the role should set its own agenda and priorities within clear guidelines and framework
• Lead the scoping of projects including business case definition, resourcing etc
• Lead all aspects of projects from concept and design though to delivery, supported by the necessary Functional teams
• Own key deliverables (such as the plan and budget) across the project lifecycle and apply appropriate methodologies to support the achievement of wider project aims and objectives
• Establish and sustain an effective governance framework to ensure the appropriate level of oversight and control is in place across the project
• Work with the relevant stakeholders to design, plan and implement the required changes for their function
• Own project reporting, management of risks and issues, and management of dependencies, linking to the business wide change plan
• Proactively manage and collaborate with project sponsors and stakeholders within the business to ensure shared ownership for the delivery of project outcomes
• Drive complex change into the organisation through the application of ‘best in class’ project management
• Manage project stakeholder relationships and engage the business more broadly with project communications
• Works cross functionally to successfully deliver required outcomes
• Ability to operate in a fast-paced environment and be able to deal with ambiguity
• A passion for innovation and change is a must

Experience required:

Expert

• Project Set Up and Delivery
• Governance set up and Management
• Stakeholder Management
• Financial and Benefits Management
• Strategic and Analytical thinking
• Highly Resilient
• Ability to work with ambiguity and uncertainty
• Ability to positively resolve conflicts
• Retail Experience

Advanced

• Knowledge Management
• Networking (across multiple functions, business units, external stakeholders)
• Change Management
• Understanding of Project Management methodologies

Good

• Solution Definition
• Business Analysis

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent
• It is important that the person in role has experience of performing a similar role within a major FTSE 100 organisation or comparable organisation, or has experience of delivering the requirements of this role across multiple clients as a member of a top tier professional services (consulting) firm
• Retail industry experience preferred
• Big 4 Consulting Experience is preferred

Join our team and we'll be with you every step of the way, helping you develop the career you want with new opportunities, on‑going training and skills for life.

Not only can you shape your own future, but you can help take charge of ours too. As the biggest recycler and repairer of tech in the UK, we’re in a position to make a real impact on people and the planet.

Every voice has a space at our table and we're committed to making inclusion and diversity part of everything we do, including how we strengthen our workforce. We want to make sure you have a fair opportunity to show us your talents during our application process, so if you need any additional assistance with your application please email [e-mail] and we'll do our best to help.