Senior Project Manager
- by Matchtech
- Location City of Preston, UK
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Salary
£379.26 - £480.00 / day
1388 days ago
Job Description:
Role Description
Overall responsibility to deliver internal and external business and enterprise projects to
cost timescales, quality and customer satisfaction.
The projects range from technology and applications to business change focused on
transition and transformation aligned to AI EITS and customer tactical and strategic road
maps.
The incumbent will be expected to shape, mobiles, plan and lead internal and external
projects whilst adhering to internal BAE Systems delivery assurance processes and will be
required to collaborate across EITS and within the Portfolio and Project Management Team
(PPM) to address lessons learned, share good practice and continuously improve delivery
management.
- Role Responsibilities
Common Responsibilities:
- Adheres to regulatory processes and procedures relevant to the project. May
include BAE Systems Project Management methodology, life cycle management and
external customer requirements.
- Collaborates with PMO on knowledge transfer, lessons learned simplification of
project management processes as appropriate and compatible with the concept of
continuous improvement across the business
- Collaborates with 3rd party suppliers to drive successful business outcomes
- Provides effective leadership to the delivery team and suppliers; able to take appropriate action to address any issues
- Participate in activities and function wide initiatives as a member of the EITS PPM
Delivery Management.
- Ensure project resource are appropriately costed and accounted for in line with
budgetary limits
- Manage the delivery of the project to time cost and schedule in accordance with
business success criteria and customer satisfaction.
- Leads and manages the delivery of small -medium complexity projects or work
package within a larger project.
- Typically manages a single supplier
- Identifies and manages project level risks, issues, opportunities
- Prepares and manages realistic project plans.
- Track project changes
- Manage RAID Logs
- Project reporting as required by the project assurance framework, PPM, customers
and stakeholders
- Monitor costs and resources against agreed budgets, take appropriate action for
any overspends
- Identify and record lessons learned.
- Ensure Business benefits are tracked and delivered. Senior PM
- Typically leads and manages the delivery of large complexity projects or a work
package within a larger complex programmes. Internal and external High Business
Impact
- Manages and participates in all phases of project delivery.
- Works with multiple vendors to define project plans which will achieve the project
goals and consequent business outcomes with focus on business requirements and
business change elements
- Provides effective leadership to the delivery team and suppliers, can take
appropriate action to address
- Identifies and effectively manages business drivers and project objectives to be
delivered by the overall scope of work; this may involve developing the business
case with key stakeholders.
- Compiles project time, cost estimate and business case, whilst maintaining a highlevel of business awareness and sensitivity to commercial priorities.
- Manages business change analysis and support the customer to implement the
associated change activities.
- Provide timely and concise decision making information to customers and
stakeholders through formal and informal communication and reporting channels.
Typical Knowledge, Skills and Qualification Requirements
The typical knowledge, skills and qualification required for this role include:
- Proficient understanding of project lifecycle management
- Experience of working within an environment with mature and established governance practices andprocesses
- Proven experience of successfully delivering business outcomes as part of project delivery
- Strong knowledge of Project Finance Funding & Business Case Management
- Strong Project Management experience within the IT Services domain
- Proven experience of leading enterprise-wide projects / programmes, incorporating successful business change delivery, to meet strategic business objectives
- Strong experience of managing complex supply chains to achieve successful project outcomes
- Outstanding communication, presentation and interpersonal skills; able to produce and deliver progress updates, proposals and reporting to audiences at all levels
- Able to elicit cooperation, facilitate business decisions with peers and customers, influence, engage and collaborate with stakeholders across multiple business groups and at all levels
- Has the ability to apply LCM independently.
- Educated to degree level preferably in related discipline
- Familiarity with computer-based Project Management tools including MS Projects
- Some formal Project Management training, preferably PRINCE2 and/or PMDY.
- Preference for ITIL training.
- MSP ( Programme Management qualifications
- Change Management , Six Sigma,
- Agile ProjectManagement
Matchtech acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers and is part of Gattaca Plc.
Gattaca Plc provides support services to Matchtech and may assist with processing your application.
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Job Type
Contract, Full Time
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Work Authorisation
No
- Industry Sector Other