Junior Project Manager - Warwick, United Kingdom - Pontoon

Pontoon

Verified Company

Warwick, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

Junior Project Manager

6 Month contract (Initial)

Hybrid Working

Warwick

Putting people first, pioneering with a collective spirit and always advancing with a growth mindset - that's what we stand for at Pontoon Solutions.

We care about making the future work for everyone. And that starts with our own people.

Our culture is entrepreneurialand inclusive, and we are united by our passion for making a difference in the world of work.

We are happy to be recruiting for one of our high-profile utilities clients. They are currently looking for a Project Manager to join them for an initial 6 month contract.

Main Purpose:

Our client's Transmission and Metering team is currently seeking a Junior Project Manager with Agile/ Scrum Master experience to support the delivery of projects in the solutions development team.

Key Accountabilities:

Manage each project's scope, cost, quality and timeline.
Work with senior stakeholders and product owners to manage backlogs, change requests and new requirements.
Communicate effectively with senior stakeholders, project team and delivery partners to ensure project delivery is done to highest standards.
Monitor and control allocated project resources, maintaining financial and progress forecasting in order to ensure projects are delivered according to schedule and within budget.
Implement project tracking and reporting mechanisms to be able to provide timely and concise updates on project progress to senior management and key stakeholders highlighting areas of risk and capturing key decisions.
Help team design and build software solutions effectively
Remove the obstacles or impediments faced by the team in its work
Mentor the team members to adopt Agile mindset, including ownership, selfmanagement and empowerment.
Guide the team members to achieve optimum productivity through process improvement
Help the team manage and track progress through Azure DevOps.
Responsible for Azure DevOps reporting and managing team velocity rates
Guide development teams to higher scrum maturity
Help build a productive environment where team members 'own' the product and enjoy working on it
Participate and drive dependency management with coprogram scrum teams
Participate in Scrum of Scrum activities for the program supporting with daytoday admin tasks required for smooth running of the project.?
Managing system accesses, tools, licenses, etc?
Supporting in raising IT vendor requests like PO's, Joiner, Leavers, etc?
Managing invoices and payments?
Support in arranging workshops, key meetings, governance boards?
Provide timely reports and updates to key stakeholders; and managing RAID of the project.?

Qualifications Required:

Minimum:

Track record of delivering projects successfully.
Experience as a ScrumMaster within a Release train
Experience working in a software development environment
Excellent knowledge of Scrum techniques and artifacts (such as definition of done, user stories, automated testing, backlog refinement)
Good knowledge of AGILE frameworks
Solid knowledge of project management fundamentals and project management practices within an Agile framework.
Excellent communication and leadership skills
Problemsolving and conflictresolution ability
Outstanding organizational skills
Experience with Atlassian tools (JIRA, Confluence, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps)
Experience with transformation projects

Preferred:

Scrum master certification
Experience in any ERP
Experience in Asset Management
Project and/or financial reporting experience

Location:

This is a hybrid working role, with a requirement to work from the clients Warwick office 1 to 2 days a week

Working hours:

Standard working hours with some flex where required.

Pontoon Solutions are an equal opportunities company