Senior IT Project Manager - Manchester, United Kingdom - Calisen

Calisen

Verified Company

Manchester, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

An exciting opportunity has become available for a Senior IT Project Manager who will be responsible for building, managing & implementing projects across Calisen ensuring that outputs are delivered within time, cost & quality constraints.

Using both Waterfall and Agile methodologies, the scope of the role includes IT and business implementations, and ranges from managing multiple small projects to leading a large transformation programme, so previous experience in transformation projectsis essential.

Key Responsibilities

Managing and coordinating the activities of multiple projects, including balancing priorities of team members with commitments to business as usual activities.
Demonstrable experience of robustly managing projects, leveraging both waterfall and agile techniques to best suit the needs of the initiative
Produce consumable stakeholder reporting, dependency management and resource forecasting
Excellent interpersonal skills to act as a single point of contact for senior stakeholders in relation to projects and proactively reaching out to other teams to influence and shape their thinking / actions to enable project delivery.
Create, manage & implement project plans, plus overseeing & reviewing project plans by the other members of the team.
Able to negotiate at senior level on technical and commercial issues, to ensure that suppliers and other stakeholders align with the objective and timeframes
Takes budgetary responsibility for each project phase & has responsibility for providing reliable work estimates.
Liaise with senior management across Calisen to define and manage project workloads through the established priorities process.
Improving standards and methodologies with continuous improvement initiatives.
Liaising with internal and external clients on a regular basis both on and off site (where applicable).
Identification and management of project risks & issues.
Adherence to quality management standards for project delivery.
Active engagement in Change / IT governance mechanisms.
This role may also require line management responsibility including organisation of staff coverage including sickness & holidays, mentoring the performance of team members tackling any issues that may arise and conducting Return to Work interviews whenneeded.

What we are looking for

Good standard of education at alevel standard or equivalent
5 years' experience personally managing major projects through the full lifecycle from initiation and planning, through to operational readiness and handover with exposure to each stage of the project life cycle, from inception through to implementationand closure, and an indepth knowledge of project management concepts & principles.
Experience in endtoend Waterfall/Agile Methodologies
Previous team management experience
Technically aware in such areas as Software Development Life Cycle and Infrastructure
Computer literate with experience in BAU Microsoft solutions, plus Project, DevOps, and Jira
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate complex information to project stakeholders
Good planning, organisational & problemsolving skills
Strong financial management skills

Why work for Calisen

25 Days holiday (incremental to 30 days with yearly service) + Bank holidays + Birthday.
Competitive Scottish Widows pension scheme.
Vitality Private Health Insurance.
Vitality Rewards: Gym membership, cinema, nutritional advice, health checks, travel & more.
Private Medical Insurance.
Critical Illness Cover
Life Assurance 4 x annual salary.
Business Travel Insurance.
Company Sick Pay.
Enhanced Maternity Pay.
Charity Day.
Employee Assistance Programme.
Employee Wellbeing Strategy including Team/Company Away Days, Charity Partnerships, and Company social activities.
Career Development via Kallidus Learning Management System.
Company Travel Management Platform.

Calisen is a leading owner and manager of essential energy infrastructure assets, as well as a provider of installation, meter reading, electric vehicle charging, maintenance, and ancillary services through its 3 business units (Calvin Capital, Lowri Beck,and Plug Me In), whose purpose is to accelerate the use of smarter energy for all.

We will use the information you provide to us to assess your suitability for the role you have applied for. If you are successful, we will carry out a global sanctions, politically exposed persons and an adverse media check against your name and a rightto work in the UK check. We may need to carry out some additional background checks in some circumstances such as CRB check in England and Wales and a Disclosure Scotland check in Scotland. These checks are necessary to meet legal obligations._

**Please note this role is being handled by our internal recruitment team and no agency support is required at this time