Senior Project Manager

The Guinness Partnership; Oldham; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK housing organization is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead significant change initiatives. This role involves managing multiple projects while ensuring they meet customer and business requirements. The ideal candidate will have strong stakeholder management skills and a proven track record in project delivery. Key qualifications include a professional project management certification and a degree-level education.

Qualifications

• Proven track record of delivering projects across various disciplines.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills.
• Experience in managing delivery teams in a matrix structure.

Responsibilities

• Plan, lead and deliver multiple technical or business change projects.
• Manage the end-to-end project delivery lifecycle.
• Interpret business requirements into tangible deliverables.

Skills

Project delivery

Stakeholder management

Matrix management

Commercial awareness

Methodology application

Communication

Microsoft Office

DevOps tools

Education

Professional qualification in Project Management (PRINCE2, APM)

Degree level or equivalent professional experience

Tools

Microsoft Project

SharePoint

MS Teams

Asana

Job description

Are you ready to lead change that truly makes a difference?

We have two new opportunities for dynamic and visionary Senior Project Managers to join our Business Change team. We are looking for a transformational leader who thrives on delivering change projects that meet customer and business requirements.

The Senior Project Manager will plan, lead and deliver multiple technical or business change projects to the agreed scope, budget and timescales. You will manage the end-to-end project delivery lifecycle from business case development and active delivery, through to project closure.

As the conduit between our operational teams and technical colleagues, you will have excellent stakeholder management skills and the ability to understand and interpret business requirements and shape them into tangible deliverables.

Essential skills & experience

• Proven track record of delivering projects in a range of disciplines including people, processes, applications and technology.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills.
• Experienced in matrix management of delivery teams.
• Commercial awareness and experience of contracting and managing third parties.
• Experienced in the application of multiple project methodologies and able to determine appropriate use of a methodology.
• Excellent oral and written communications including presentations.
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office, including MS Project for Planning, Tracking and Reporting. Proficient in use of delivery and collaboration tools (i.e. DevOps, SharePoint, MS Teams, Asana).

Desirable

• Experience of cloud adoption projects.
• Knowledge of DevOps tools & Cloud computing.
• Experience of ITIL Principles & processes.
• Housing sector or public sector experience.

Essential qualifications

• Professional qualification in Project Management PRINCE2, APM or similar.
• Educated to degree level or equivalent professional experience

To find out more about the key responsibilities of the role and to ensure you meet the essential criteria, please review the role profile. Please apply with a CV and covering letter detailing how you meet the essential criteria.

Interviews will be held in our Oldham office on 25th and 27th November.