IT Project Manager - Northampton, United Kingdom - Deltra Recruitment Limited

Deltra Recruitment Limited

Verified Company

Northampton, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

Project Manager

£70,000 plus car allowance, benefits

Location - Northampton/Milton Keynes

Fixed term contract to 2024

Household brand retailer seeks to attract an accomplished Project Manager to join an experienced IT transformation team and take a lead on specific projects as the delivery lead.

Key accountabilities _

Project Set-up and Closure: Feeds into business study proposals and business cases ensuring alignment with IT and Business Strategy. Agreement of project benefits and how these will be tracked post implementation. Works with IT and business to ensure an effectiveapproach to implementation, handover, and acceptance of the change.

Governance & Reporting:

Reporting to the IT PMO and ensuring governance is adhered to with regular reporting to the IT steering group.

Project Delivery:

Manage a matrix project team, collaborate effectively with external suppliers and staff to achieve on-time, on-budget, in-scope delivery of project outcomes.

Defines and implements a detailed delivery approach for each stage of the projectlifecycle. Produces and owns all project management deliverables using the established project methodology to the right level of quality.

Planning & Finance:
Produces and owns the project plan.

Controls, manages, and monitors project timescales and budgets, reporting variances, escalating as appropriate to overcome delays, difficulties and cost-over-runs and re-forecasting where necessary.

Resource Management:
Builds resource plans for projects and tracks resource utilisation. Agree roles and responsibilities.

Stakeholder Management:
Identifies key project stakeholders and develops an appropriate stakeholder communication plan. Engages with a diverse group of stakeholders to influence project direction and meet project milestones.

Risk:
Continually monitors projects for risks and issues and takes the appropriate steps to mitigate.