Project Manager - London, United Kingdom - Sopra Steria

Sopra Steria

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

Are you a Technical Project Manager from the Banking/Financial Sector looking for a new challenge?

Do you get excited working on innovative and business critical projects where you can make a huge impact on some of the biggest brand in the world?

We are recruiting for Technical Project Managers to proactively manage IT demand service requests, taking ownership of them throughout their lifecycle from requirements capture and to take accountability for the successful delivery of projects, by leadingand driving the project delivery team.

You will be instrumental in coordinating and managing the key stages of the demand service business process. Work with both Portfolio Delivery and Service teams to provide cost effective solutions to support Client business needs.

We can offer great career progression opportunities, benefits which you can flex to meet your needs and, training and development opportunities.

What you will be doing:

Depending on which client you are working with you could be working on large scale/large budget projects or multiple medium scaled projects within our Private Sector
Establishing and maintaining effective project controls.
Organising and directing the project team.
Effectively engaging the customer, subcontractors, third parties and project stakeholders throughout the duration of the project.
Maintaining a clear understanding of, and regularly reporting, project progress, plans, dependencies, risk and status clearly and accurately, escalating appropriately through the Sopra Steria management chain when necessary.

What you'll bring:

Demonstrable IT Project Management professional experience required for the role
Knowledge and experience of project management processes and ability to adapt process to project needs knowledge of working in Agile with cross functional stakeholders
Excellent stakeholder management have hands on experience with working with senior leadership. Have the ability to keep stakeholders on top with progress updates, engaged and have the ability to adapt to new challenges
Experience in working in service management and hands on experience in dealing with business change
Previous experience within the Financial/Banking sector or Utilities
Been a Project Manager leading on digital/business transformations

It would be great if you had:

PRINCE2 or PMQ or Agile Foundation
Current Project Management certification required for the role
Current Membership of an appropriate professional project management body
Educated to Graduate Level or equivalent

If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we're looking for, please do apply, we'd love to hear from you

Full time permanent

Location Hybrid Variable

UK Remote

Internal Recruiter Lauren Westbrook

Salary Competitive - We are happy to negotiate for the right experience as we're building a team with a range of different levels

Benefits - 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund

Loved reading about this job and want to know more about our company?

Our Specialist Private Sector team are experienced in a range of different markets including Banking, Insurance, Retail, Travel, Transport and Utilities.

We help our customers develop, deliver and operationalise their digital transformation strategies. Wework in true partnership with our customer, gaining a deep understanding of their business and technology issues.