The ideal candidate will be responsible for planning, coordinating, and implementing projects within the decided-upon budget, timeline, and scope. They will also effectively monitor and present project updates to relevant stakeholders, clients, or project team members.
Responsibilities
- Manage the effective governance of the project and reporting arrangements in-line with the overall project management framework;
- Oversee the delivery of all projects and work-streams within the specified scope of work;
monitor each project's health to ensure they are all progressing as appropriate;
- Maintain a cross-project view and manage the overall project business case to keep them within scope & budget and where this is not possible, renegotiate the scope & budget with the project team & project sponsor;
- Engage with key stakeholders across the project cycle and proactively disseminating project information to all key stakeholders;
- Upkeep of project status and plans within the ITD project management framework and supporting tools;
- Regular reporting to all stakeholders & the Project Team project progress, risks and issues;
- Will be responsible for tracking project progress, and following progress based on predefined schedule and scope;
- Plans and directs quality assurance schedules and assignments, and monitors project status in comparison to cost/time projections;
- Ensure that the projects deliver the promised functionality to agreed quality standards.
- Influences and manages expectations of senior business partners, principals and IT leadership.
Qualifications
- Completed a Bachelor's Degree education in IT/Computer/Engineering courses; or similar
- Significant years of experience (5+ years) in project management in IT Operations environment, retail or anything similar or related;
- Proven experience of working with diverse teams and stakeholders;
- Personable character and an exceptional communicator – ability to communicate on a different level both written and verbal;