Digital Projects Manager - London, United Kingdom - Chelsea Football Club

Description

Chelsea FC are looking for a Digital Technical Project Manager to be responsible for the delivery of products and projects for the digital product team including new features for the Club's mobile app, website, as well as other digital platforms.

Job Title – Digital Technical Project Manager
Hours – Permanent – 35 hours a week (Any 5 of 7)

As a member of the Chelsea team you will become part of a long and proud history in the heart of iconic west London, which dates back to the club's founding in 1905.

Since that time the club has won every major domestic and international trophy, being crowned English, European and world champions in the process.

Chelsea are a club which proudly strives to be the best in everything we do, on and off the pitch, as shown by the further success of our Women's and Academy sides, as well as the excellent work in the community undertaken by the Chelsea Foundation, while engaging with our many supporters from a wide range of backgrounds at home in the UK and around the world.

If you're motivated and want to help us win more trophies, you've got a place here at Chelsea

Chelsea FC are looking for a Digital Technical Project Manager to be responsible for the delivery of products and projects for the digital product team including new features for the Club's mobile app, website, as well as other digital platforms.

The role will interface across the business to create, develop, and enhance the Club's digital platforms to grow and engage the Club's global fanbase and realise commercial success.

Determine and define project scope, objectives, and deliverables, ensuring every project is set up for success
Ensure all project team members are briefed on the project processes and that these are followed throughout the project lifecycle
Work with the Digital Programme Lead to monitor progress, be proactive and remove any blockers swifty - adjusting as needed
Track and report on project budget burndown
Support product managers in project/sprint ceremonies, including daily standups, planning/estimation sessions and retrospectives
Ensure the regular tracking, analysis and communicating of risk logs and mitigation plans
Ensure all project documentation is up to date and available to project participants.
Utilise industry best practices, techniques, and standards throughout entire project execution
Measure project performance to identify areas for improvement
Evaluating the performance of team members and the project overall
Analyse all management and technical processes to ensure they're delivered as expected
Research and evaluate new hardware and software technology and help make decisions on the cost-benefit analysis of new purchases
Demonstrable experience in delivering projects and products for websites and apps working in an agile development environment
Strong experience collaborating with engineers and product design teams to develop innovative and delightful user experiences
Ability to handle multiple stakeholders and large project teams
Excellent technical understanding of the technologies involved in the programme of web and app development
Experience in delivering projects from end to end, from discovery, through to definition, development, and continuous optimisation
Well versed in agile and more traditional methodologies
Good knowledge of project management techniques and the various associated tools – experience in the Atlassian suite of tools, especially Jira and Confluence
Excellent analytical skills, with the ability to interrogate project metrics to identify areas for continuous improvement
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion:

At Chelsea we recognise that the diversity of our people is one of our greatest strengths and we are taking positive action to ensure our existing colleagues and job applicants can fully be themselves and bring their own unique experiences and perspectives to Chelsea FC.

This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity.

Chelsea FC and the Foundation is fully committed to ensuring the safety and well-being of all children, young people and adults at risk (vulnerable groups).Depending on the role, successful applicants may also be required to undergo other child protection screening where appropriate.