Pmp jobs in United Kingdom

Job Description

This job is with Southern Water, an inclusive employer and a member of myGwork – the largest global platform for the + business community. Please do not contact the recruiter directly.

Closing Date

2025-02-28

Location: Durrington (Worthing) - Hybrid 2/3 days a week in office

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: To 60K GBP Annual

Hours: 37 hours

Are you ready to make a difference in the water & waste industry?

As Senior Project Manager, you will be to lead the delivery of programmes of change from initiation through to service transition, matrix managing all project resources and managing relationships/deliverables with third party providers and internal stakeholders.

You will also be responsible for supporting the Programme Manager in delivery of the overall portfolio, including supporting with scoping, definition and management of resources across the team.

Your responsibilities are to include:

• Successful delivery of IT/Business programmes and projects including estimates, plans, resource management, schedule, scope, requirements, solutions, budget and deliverables.
• Motivation and leadership of team members driving team engagement through the provision of guidance, technical support and coaching of team members.
• Quality Assurance of project deliverables across the programme/project. Ensure all project artefacts are produced in accordance with PMO process and guidelines, including project resource assignments and usage
• Supporting the Programme Manager in the allocations of resources across the teams.
• Developing and maintaining strong relationships with all key stakeholder across business and IT
• Maintaining and communicating interdependencies from their Project within and across the Programme, and contribute to the Portfolio cross dependencies
• Full budget accountability for their programmes/projects
• Resource managing your team and supporting resource allocations across teams.
• Supporting the Programme Manager to build a team by recruiting Permanent, FTC or Contract Project Managers or Analysts to deliver the Programme / Projects in their area of responsibility. Ensure effective onboarding and knowledge transfer.
• Full responsibility for delivery of their own programmes/projects.

Skills and experience needed:

• PMP, Prince 2 or equivalent certification
• Agile qualification or experience
• Demonstrable experience in managing IT projects and experience of shaping, scoping and delivering medium and large projects
• Experience of procurement and management of 3rd party suppliers for services, software and infrastructure
• Experience of working in a matrix function alongside Business, Service Architecture, Operations and Security functions
• An outcome driven mindset with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Demonstrable experience of managing portfolio/programme deliveries
• People management experience including performance reviews, career development, coaching and mentoring
• Experience of managing Project Managers in the delivery of simple, medium and large projects
• Experience of procurement and management of 3rd party suppliers for services, software and infrastructure
• Experience of working in a matrix function alongside Business, Service Architecture, Operations and Security functions

What Do We Offer?

• 25 days annual leave+ Bank Holidays.
• BUPA cash plan cover (with options to upgrade for family coverage).
• Free annual flu jab and eye test vouchers.
• Pension contributions up to 11% (depending on your contribution).
• An employee assistance program.
• A network of sports and social clubs.
• Company and performance-related bonus.
• Life assurance equal to 4x salary.
• Salary sacrifice electric car scheme (after 6 months service).
• Health Cash Plan.
• Two paid volunteering days a year.
• Occupational health service.
• Discounts with over 800 popular retailers.
• Digital GP service.
• Study support may be available for job-related qualifications.
• Competitive maternity & paternity leave and flexible return to work options.
• Cycle to work scheme.

Does this opportunity excite you but you're not 100% sure if you meet all the requirements for the role? Or are you concerned that 'normal' office hours aren't possible given your personal circumstances? Whilst we can't accommodate every flexible working request, we'll try to find a practical solution. So why not engage with us and find out more about this role?

If this role isn't quite what you're looking for but are keen to be contacted about opportunities at Southern Water, you can register your details here: Introduce Yourself (myworkdaysite.com)

Our customers are at the heart of everything we do, because delivering water for life is our core purpose. To achieve this, we need 24/7 support in place to resolve incidents quickly and efficiently. All our employees understand the importance of out-of-hours incident support - because when problems appear, fixing them is our top priority.

That's why our people join together and support when and however needed to make sure our customers get the service they deserve. Joining the Southern Water family means you'll become part of our incident support team. During your interview, your manager will speak to you about any incident support rotas that apply to your position.

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Please note: If you are an existing Southern Water employee, you will need to confirm within your application that your Manager is aware of your application.

All applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK. You will need to provide evidence of eligibility (e.g. a passport or long birth certificate and proof of NI) and current proof of address (dated within the last 3 months), will be required as part of the recruitment process. If you do not meet these criteria, your application will not be considered.

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