Senior Project Manager

Sanderson Recruitment Plc; Easter Howgate; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

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Benefits

Job summary

Sanderson Recruitment Plc is seeking a Senior Project Manager in Edinburgh, operating on a hybrid basis with 2-3 days onsite. The role focuses on delivering IT projects, leading a Dynamics 365 Business Central transformation and ensuring users are ready for change.

You will own governance, requirements, and end-to-end delivery in a lean IT environment. The ideal candidate brings hands-on analysis, strong communication, and experience juggling multiple projects while managing budgets and

Qualifications

• Strong experience delivering IT implementation and business applications.
• Experience managing multiple IT projects simultaneously.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Hands-on requirements gathering and business analysis.
• Experience establishing or improving project governance, processes and controls.
• Confident managing budgets, resources, risks, dependencies and suppliers.
• Understanding business readiness and user adoption.

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of approximately 3-4 IT projects from initiation through to go-live.
• Lead a major Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central transformation.
• Ensure business readiness and user preparation for change.
• Gather, challenge and document requirements with stakeholders.
• Introduce and improve project governance, processes and reporting.
• Maintain RAID logs and provide clear project reporting.

Skills

IT project delivery

Multi-project management

Stakeholder management

Requirements gathering

Governance & controls

Budget & resources management

Tools

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

Power Platform

Azure DevOps

MS Project

Job description

Senior Project Manager

Edinburgh - Hybrid, 2-3 days per week onsite

£60k - £70k + Benefits

Manufacturing/Agriculture

We're looking for an experienced Senior Project Manager to join a global organisation undergoing significant technology change. With a lean IT team of around 35 people and only two other Project Managers, this is a role with real ownership, visibility and scope to make an impact.

Importantly, this isn't an environment where everything is already mapped out for you. There is an opportunity to introduce and improve project processes, governance and controls, so it would particularly suit someone who enjoys bringing structure to an evolving environment.

The role

• Manage a portfolio of approximately 3-4 concurrent IT projects, taking them from initiation through to implementation and go-live
• Play a leading role in a major Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central transformation programme
• Focus on both technical delivery and business readiness, ensuring users and locations are prepared for change
• Work directly with stakeholders to gather, challenge and document requirements, particularly where dedicated Business Analyst resource isn't available
• Introduce and continuously improve project governance, processes, reporting and controls
• Maintain RAID logs and provide clear, concise project reporting

What we're looking for

• Strong experience delivering IT implementation and business application projects
• Experience managing multiple projects simultaneously
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
• A hands-on approach to requirements gathering and business analysis
• Experience establishing or improving project governance, processes and controls
• Confidence managing budgets, resources, risks, dependencies and third-party suppliers
• A strong understanding of business readiness, change and user adoption
• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central would be highly advantageous
• Exposure to manufacturing or agriculture would be particularly relevant, although candidates from other sectors will absolutely be considered
• Familiarity with the wider Microsoft ecosystem, such as Power Platform, Azure DevOps or MS Project, would be beneficial

This is a great opportunity for a PM who enjoys ownership, variety and building structure, rather than operating within a large function where everything is already defined.

Reasonable Adjustments:

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