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Senior Project Manager - Cheltenham, United Kingdom - Bailie Group

Bailie Group

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Cheltenham, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Company Overview

CDS Defence & Security (CDS DS) is part of the Bailie Group - a family-owned group of agencies and consultancies with the collective mission to improve people's lives by sharing knowledge.

CDS DS is an industry leading technical consultancy delivering world class services in Support Engineering, Cyber Security & Information Assurance, Training & Leadership Development and Communications.

We exist to make the world a safer place and do thisby providing sophisticated training solutions, operational support, information assurance and engineering support to a breadth of clients within the defence and security domain.

With over 50 years' experience, we have a well-deserved reputation for providing our clients with complete peace of mind.

From delivering forward-thinking training to the UK Armed Forces, to working in partnership with Tier 1 defence and security providerson some of the most significant defence programmes of recent years, the CDS DS name has become synonymous with trust, quality, collaboration, and truly visionary approach to the most complex of problems.

About the role

Due to its continuing success, and to strengthen and enhance its project and programme management capabilities, CDS DS is looking for a passionate Senior Project Manager to join the PMO.

This is a great opportunity for an experienced Project Manager to takethe next step in their career in to a more senior role.

Responsibilities

The initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, and closure of projects.
Planning and scheduling of project timelines.
Coordinating project staff, key stakeholders and tracking project utilisation.
Resource planning and allocation.
Managing RAIDO (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies and Opportunities).
Managing project administration.
Tracking deliverables.
Meeting budgetary objectives and tracking financial performance.
Financial responsibilities including Invoicing, Forecasting.
Reporting project metrics to the PMO and other key stakeholders.
Traveling to and visiting client sites where necessary.

Skills, Qualifications and Experience

A minimum of 3 years' experience within a project/programme/portfolio management environment.
An indepth knowledge of at least one 'Waterfall' project/programme/portfolio management framework/methodology.
Exposure to, and an excellent understanding of Agile project management.
Formal training and/or certification in Project Management e.g., Prince II, APM, PMI.
Excellent Office 365 skills including:
MS Project.
MS Excel.
MS PowerPoint.
MS Word.
Strong communication and presentation skills with both internal staff and external customers.
Strong leadership skills.
Ability to resolve conflict where necessary.
Full UK driving license.
Be financially literate.
Be friendly, approachable and collaborative.
Be able to assess and prioritise workloads.
Be solutionsfocused and able to deal with ambiguity.
Have a strong work ethic.
Remain calm under pressure.
Have an excellent attention to detail.
Be selfdisciplined and able to work remotely where required.