Project Manager - Crawley, United Kingdom - Reed Business Support

Reed Business Support

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Crawley, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Reed Crawley is delighted to be working with a global organisation based in Crawley with the recruitment of a Project Manager on a fixed term contract for 6 months.

Benefits:

Competitive Salary
Bonus
Hybrid Working
Free carparking
23 days holiday

What you will do:
Project Team Management

To lead cross functional project teams, including vendors, through each phase of the projects
To manage and influence to ensure all activity is completed and the projects remain on track. Liaising, agreeing, involving and communicating all aspects of the project achieved via meetings and documentation to stakeholders.

Communication and Reporting

To ensure all project activity is clear and visible to all stakeholders by facilitating meetings and updating associated project documentation.
Ensuring risks are appropriately escalated and documentation to provide updates are clear and concise.

Define and Monitor Project Timings & Budget Management

Create high level and detailed project time plans and associated Budget, with input from all areas of the project teams and third party vendors.
Continually update the project timings ensuring all activity is up to date and budget is aligned.

Risk and Issues

Risk: Proactively understand, manage and communicate risk throughout the project lifecycle to avoid issues and escalate via the appropriate senior channels when required with recommendations for direction.
Issues: To rapidly engage all stakeholders to review the situation, make recommendations, own all communication on progress to the stakeholders and ensure everyone is aware of the situation and solution.

Project Initiation & Scoping

Support the Programme Manager to clarify and define project scope and all activities at the start of each project and manage any changes to the scope throughout the project through change control processes.

Project Governance

Ensuring adherence to the agreed development process and governance using M&I PMF. Suggesting, implementing and promoting improvements to the process.
Achieve cost, time and quality of a project. Highlighting and challenging when off track.
Leading and facilitating Project Reviews post launch to ensure success is celebrated and corrective actions are put in place to address any issues.

Requirements:

Essential

Project Management certification
PRINCE 2 Practitioner, APM PMQ or equivalent
Highly Experienced in Project Management, at least 23 years experience in NPD
Experience of managing multiple projects in a fast paced business
Programme Budget management
Experience of working with different job levels within a business
Previous experience in managing stakeholders
Aptitude for problem solving and solution based thinking
Open to new ways of working, understand the needs of the business and project management strategy
Proven experience in formal presenting to an audience
Willingness to travel to liaise with potential collaborators and frontline colleagues
Google GSuite, MS Office inc. Project. Project management tools
Excellent English written and verbal and communication
Full current driving licence

Desirable

Scientific or Technical background, Chemistry, Life Sciences.
Ability to read and understand scientific documents and academic papers, and experience designing and conducting scientific studies