Senior Project Manager, NOT IT, Business Operations, Professional Services

ZipRecruiter; London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job description

Job Description

Senior Project Manager, Business Operations, Business Change, Business Outcomes, PMP, Prince 2, Agile, Remote

Senior Project Manager required to work for a Professional Services business based in Central London. However, this will be based in the office circa twice a week, and the rest from home.

We need a good, seasoned Senior Project Manager with excellent communication skills (both verbal and written) and proven Stakeholder Management skills. With regards to Stakeholder Management, we need someone who has worked in an environment where 'time is precious’ and it is all about being effective in the time allocated when it comes to executing solutions.

When articulating your business stakeholder management experiences, they want personalised examples rather than cliché ones. Ones that they would not necessarily have heard before and that are personal to you…but good, strong ones of course.

We want someone with the following (so please read in FULL before applying):

1. Professional Services experience or knowledge (or a very close, like for like industry)
2. Appreciation this is NOT an IT Project Manager - it is a business facing one with a slant on technology - this is Operational Process driven
3. Business related Stakeholder Management skills, not just technology ones
4. Proven experience with Business Stakeholders / Earners who are very 'time precious’
5. Understanding of firm-wide and programme complexity, including lots of Change Management
6. Having PROVEN experience in a FULL project lifecycle - being there and seeing through a project from start to finish
7. Analysing values and initiatives in order to apply the correct level of resource to each respective requirement / project - really understanding the value of change
8. Ability to articulate the techniques you used and what YOU did - I was responsible for this…, I was responsible for that…, I influenced this…, I impacted the project in this way…LESS of WE
9. Pure clarity on how to describe situations and outcomes
10. Ability to map out plans, cost analysis, SWOT analysis etc
11. Understanding of SDLC
12. Leadership capabilities to assist in mentoring more Junior members of the team (Project Managers and Business Analysts)

This is a great opportunity and salary is dependent upon experience. Apply now for more details…