Contract Project Manager
- Recruiter
- Confidential
- Location
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Nantwich
North West EnglandUnited Kingdom
- Salary
- Competitive
- Posted
- 01 Mar 2021
- Closes
- 05 Mar 2021
- Job Title
- Project Manager
- Category
- Information Technology
- Contract Type
- Contract
- Hours
- Full Time
Job Purpose – Summary
Provide structure of delivery for new projects, either externally or internally. Manage the delivery timelines and ensure that projects are suitably resourced, and commercially viable.
Key Responsibilities/Accountabilities
* Support account management team in planning new project delivery
* Assisting account management team to provide scope and cost of projects to external clients
* Creating and maintaining project plans
* Defining, allocating and managing project actions to ensure delivery
* Ensuring projects deliver to scope agreed and challenging any scope creep
* Escalating issues to project sponsor and senior management where required
* Chairing applicable meetings including with clients
* Responding to internal and external queries regarding projects
* Maintaining suitable project portfolio logs to inform senior management of current progress
* Responding to regulatory queries from external bodies within the scope of the systems
* Ensuring L1 support is kept informed regarding change initiatives across systems
* Providing status updates to internal and external stakeholders regarding project progress
* Assisting in alignment of resources to projects
* Management and development of project delivery team
Scope and Scale of Job
* Located at Nantwich or Sutton, with some travel to client sites where required
* Management of system projects and businessimprovement projects
Experience
* 5+ years of experience of project management
* Good presentation skills
* Confident communicating with large groups of people at different levels including senior stakeholders
Knowledge
* Project lifecycle, including documentation
* Software Development Life Cycle
* Strong IT skills and knowledge of generic IT practices
* Risk management skills
* Knowledge of CHC / FNC and CCG practices
* Good knowledge of Information Governance and aligned requirements
Skills/Behaviours
* Ability to summarise data effectively and succinctly
* Strong negotiating skills
* Ability to challenge and persuade internally and externally
* Diplomacy
* Able to demonstrate impartiality
Provide structure of delivery for new projects, either externally or internally. Manage the delivery timelines and ensure that projects are suitably resourced, and commercially viable.
Key Responsibilities/Accountabilities
* Support account management team in planning new project delivery
* Assisting account management team to provide scope and cost of projects to external clients
* Creating and maintaining project plans
* Defining, allocating and managing project actions to ensure delivery
* Ensuring projects deliver to scope agreed and challenging any scope creep
* Escalating issues to project sponsor and senior management where required
* Chairing applicable meetings including with clients
* Responding to internal and external queries regarding projects
* Maintaining suitable project portfolio logs to inform senior management of current progress
* Responding to regulatory queries from external bodies within the scope of the systems
* Ensuring L1 support is kept informed regarding change initiatives across systems
* Providing status updates to internal and external stakeholders regarding project progress
* Assisting in alignment of resources to projects
* Management and development of project delivery team
Scope and Scale of Job
* Located at Nantwich or Sutton, with some travel to client sites where required
* Management of system projects and businessimprovement projects
Experience
* 5+ years of experience of project management
* Good presentation skills
* Confident communicating with large groups of people at different levels including senior stakeholders
Knowledge
* Project lifecycle, including documentation
* Software Development Life Cycle
* Strong IT skills and knowledge of generic IT practices
* Risk management skills
* Knowledge of CHC / FNC and CCG practices
* Good knowledge of Information Governance and aligned requirements
Skills/Behaviours
* Ability to summarise data effectively and succinctly
* Strong negotiating skills
* Ability to challenge and persuade internally and externally
* Diplomacy
* Able to demonstrate impartiality