IT Project Manager - Reading, United Kingdom - Steria Recruitment

Steria Recruitment

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Reading, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Intelligent Resource Recruitment is working in partnership with a major Client in the UK. We are currently recruiting for
Project Managerto be
Reading/Remote based out

Job Title= ITProject Manager

Location =Reading/Remote

Duration= 6 months

Description:

Project Manager - Responsibilities:

Responsible for the successful delivery of a range of projects by:
Understanding the IT portfolio and landscape and the scope of these projects ii. Making sense of agreed design deliverables
functional and technical.
Turning these into a detailed, implementable programme of work for build and test phases.
Ensuring appropriate infrastructure is in place to enable the above.
Identifying and organising supporting resources where applicable (e.g. for testing).
Driving weekly progress against a clear project plan.
Ensuring all project management elements are effectively managed including cross programme risks, issues and dependencies.
Managing upwards to bring key risks, issues and dependencies to the attention of key stakeholders.
Establishing strong relationships with all programme and nonprogramme stakeholders, notably in business units that will be impacted by mopup projects.
Managing any cutover and deployment activities.
Working with CPR Programme Delivery Leads to integrate mopup activities into broader CPR initiatives (e.g. testing, cutover, support model) where applicable.
Ability to deliver these projects in agile and/or waterfall governance depending on project nature Project Manager
Initial Tasks (first four weeks):
Distilling the scope of identified projects into key activities and work-packets so everyone is clear on what is (and what is not) expected.
Defining the effort required to deliver each project costs, resources, schedule iii. Drafting and baselining a delivery plan iv. Confirming who will be needed for successful progression as we transition from design to build and test.
Ensuring infrastructure / environments work is progressing at pace.
Holding suppliers to account for discrete deliverables.
Identifying and involving all necessary Business Energy stakeholders for governance and wider CPR programme purposes.
Defining tasks and chasing/closing all required actions to meet plan ix. Issuing status reports and settingup and driving weekly status meetings.

Project Manager

Initial Projects
Alongside CPR, there are several other significant IT projects within Business Energy which are inflight delivering important immediate and future capability. This has created a very busy portfolio at Client Business Energy and it is essential that theIT Project Manager considers the impact of these projects so that all projects can be delivered successfully.
The following areas of work are likely to form the initial project delivery set these are indicative only and more information will be explained as part of the recruitment process.
OOB Interim Resilience

Electralink Gateway

Security & Hardware
NOSI Domestic Flow

IT Project Manager

Required Skills & Experience i. A high calibre IT professional with proven experience in planning and delivering outcomes in a complex, technical environment.
Ability to work with partial information to drive out a project plan and close gaps quickly.
Ability to quickly understand IT solution design and development including architecture, environments, integration, testing and cutover.
Ability to effectively build and manage thirdparty vendor relationships.
Strong leadership skills to assemble, motivate and lead a team.
Clear verbal and written communication skills, as well as good organisational skills.
Good understanding of UK/EU retail energy markets, especially B2B.
Experience of agile and waterfall delivery ix. Knowledge of IT systems in energy management, sales, billing and customer services/CRM would be an advantage.

Intelligent Resource Recruitment is committed tbarrier-free and inclusive recruitment. We are a Disability Confident recruiter, and a RIDI 100 and Business Disability Forum partner organization.

Intelligent Resource is committed to barrier-free and inclusive recruitment. We are a Disability Confident recruiter, and a RIDI 100 and Business Disability Forum partner organisation.