Senior Project Manager in Swindon

Energy Jobline ZR; Swindon; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading prepaid solutions provider in the UK is seeking a Project Manager to join their team in Swindon or London Paddington. The role involves managing internal strategic projects, leading a team of project managers, and ensuring alignment with business strategy. Candidates should possess strong leadership, stakeholder management, and organizational skills. The position offers a competitive salary, bonuses, and a hybrid working environment.

Benefits

25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays

Hybrid working environment

Life insurance (4x salary)

Monthly gym allowance

Pension Scheme - employer 6%

Discretionary bonus scheme

Qualifications

• Proven record of leadership skills and experience.
• Experience managing multiple projects simultaneously.
• Strong understanding of scale agile methods.

Responsibilities

• Manage the implementation of new project requirements.
• Drive continuous improvement across the team.
• Monitor and control project delivery.

Skills

Leadership skills

Stakeholder management

Organizational skills

Agile methodology

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience

Job description

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Job Description

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We are committed to preventing all forms of discrimination and to providing all our candidates with equal opportunities regardless of their and expression, , , belief and or any other criteria.

Project Manager

Hybrid - Swindon or London Paddington

Competitive Salary + Bonus

We are currently recruiting for a Project Manager with team management responsibilities to join our team here at PayTech.

This is a new position within the PayTech Project Management Office team where you will be supporting the delivery of internal strategic projects as well as playing a critical part in ensuring the businesses are aligned with the strategy.

This role will have the line management of the other Internal project managers, a mix of permanent employees and contractors.

You will work with a number of stakeholder groups to support this extension and future changes, where you will be working within a fast-moving environment where customer satisfaction, delivery implementation objectives, solution resolution and quality are key.

What you will be doing:

Projects

• Managing the implementation of new requirements through to acceptance and, rollout and support (including technical, legal, compliance/risk and financial work-streams)
• Identify amendments in project objectives, with capacity to negotiate between core and future phasing in order to efficiently adhere to agreed delivery timeframes.
• Planning, effort estimations, status reporting and project budget tracking
• Drive issue resolution, enable reporting, and manage escalations.
• Manage governance sessions at agreed frequency

Management

• Maximise resource utilisation
• Drive continuous improvement across the team, working with other areas of the business
• Manage the workload of the team ensuring the priorities are clearly understood across the board to maximise the progress flow
• Support each individual in their learning and development, ensuring sound shared knowledge and positive attitude for a high performing team
• Guide Project managers to manage the implementation of products and solutions from shaping requirements through to build, acceptance testing and rollout end-to-end.
• Monitor and control project delivery while identifying, challenging and overcoming delays and obstacles
• Effective prioritisation of projects/resources
• Track and manage escalated issues from own team
• Optimise recruitment, training and development and progression of employees
• Monitoring the quality of the team's performance and providing regular feedback against the agreed standards

What we want from you:

• Proven record of leadership skills and experience, putting stakeholders and employees at its core, combined with people skills (inspire to perform)
• Adaptable to fit with the different teams profiles
• A wealth of relevant experience in a project management, technical project management role
• Experience of managing few projects simultaneously on complex topics
• Strong stakeholder management skills
• Highly organised, with experience of working with a project methodology
• Strong understanding of scale agile
• Focus on delivery with customer satisfaction as a core principle
• Strong documentation and communication skills
• A proven record of working in a fast paced environment

Desirable:

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience
• Experience in team leadership
• PM qualifications or equivalent experience
• Understanding or experience in payment (card, mobile, wallet...)
• Experience mentoring PMs or contributing to PMO development

Why PayTech?

We are a subsidiary of the Edenred group and leaders in prepaid solutions including banking, virtual cards, debit, credit, and prepaid processing.

As a PayTech employee you will get the support and structure that you need to enjoy your work and develop your career while doing what you love and making a difference in a fast-paced and innovative business.

What you will get:

• 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• Hybrid working environment with a 3 days per week in the office
• Income protection
• Life insurance (4x salary)
• Wellbeing Employee Assistance Program (extended access to family members)
• Employee discount shopping platform
• Digital learning platform
• Complimentary fruit and other 'in office' snacks & refreshments
• Volunteering programme
• Social events
• Pension Scheme - employer 6% with minimum employee contribution 3%
• Discretionary bonus scheme based on company and personal performance
• Holiday trading scheme (buy or sell up to 5 days)
• Medical & international travel cover (leisure and action sports)
• Monthly gym allowance
• Employee referral bonus scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Cycle to Work scheme

Edenred UK and PayTech are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We will not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on , , , creed, , , , , or expression, , citizenship, marital status or civil partnership/union status, , , genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by applicable country or local laws.

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