Senior IT Project Manager
| Posting date: | 29 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £65,000 plus car / car allowance, 33 days holiday, family healthcare, pension, bonus, life assurance, employee assistance programme, wellbeing support, and flexible benefits scheme |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 29 May 2024 |
| Location: | Nuneaton |
| Company: | Unipart Group |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 1288 |
Summary
Job Advert
Senior IT Project Manager
Blended working approach with site visits as required
£65,000 plus car / car allowance, 33 days holiday, family healthcare, pension, bonus, life assurance, employee assistance
programme, wellbeing support, and flexible benefits scheme
About the Role
This role involves working on IT projects across the full technology stack. You will be responsible for delivering and executing
projects within defined requirements with the Unipart Logistics business unit and will report directly to the Head of IT Project
Management
Your key responsibilities will include:
* Client facing engagement with a global brand
* Design, initiation, and leading large scale and complex projects to achieve defined business outcomes
* Planning across all stages of the project lifecycle and obtaining appropriate levels of sign-off
* Ensuring projects are delivered to agreed time, cost, and quality objectives
* Execution of project plans, monitoring progress and taking all necessary actions and escalations where appropriate
* Management of projects through the required stage gates and adherence to frameworks and governance
* Control of scope; raising and gaining approval of changes to scope
* Reporting progress at agreed intervals to the required governance framework
* Coordinate with clients, internal resources and third parties/vendors for the flawless execution of projects
* Use appropriate verification techniques to manage changes in project scope, schedule and costs
About You
* Demonstrable experience of driving and delivering large, complex business change projects and capital investment projects
within a matrix environment
* Demonstrable experience of working with large challenging clients turning ambiguity into structured deliverables and plans
* Strong communication and relationship management skills at head of / Directorship level
* To lead by example; being visible and accessible; setting the tone and pace for the project by clearly communicating project
goals and success criteria; clearly specifying required outcomes
* Line management experience of project managers including objective setting and performance management
* Ability to prioritise and multitask in a fast-paced working environment with excellent organisational skills
* Strong influencing skills and an ability to apply an appropriate level of challenge to senior stakeholders
Our recruitment and selection process has been developed to ensure that it is consistent, fair and provides equality of
opportunity - all selection decisions are based solely on technical and behavioural competencies. We do not discriminate on the
grounds of race, colour, or nationality, ethnic or national origins, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, marital or
civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, religion or belief, age or any other current or future protected
characteristic as defined in the current Equality Act of England and Wales. As an organisation we also promote an environment
which encourages diversity of characteristics and thought, where you feel included, safe and confident to be the best version of
yourself and do your best work every day.
Senior IT Project Manager
Blended working approach with site visits as required
£65,000 plus car / car allowance, 33 days holiday, family healthcare, pension, bonus, life assurance, employee assistance
programme, wellbeing support, and flexible benefits scheme
About the Role
This role involves working on IT projects across the full technology stack. You will be responsible for delivering and executing
projects within defined requirements with the Unipart Logistics business unit and will report directly to the Head of IT Project
Management
Your key responsibilities will include:
* Client facing engagement with a global brand
* Design, initiation, and leading large scale and complex projects to achieve defined business outcomes
* Planning across all stages of the project lifecycle and obtaining appropriate levels of sign-off
* Ensuring projects are delivered to agreed time, cost, and quality objectives
* Execution of project plans, monitoring progress and taking all necessary actions and escalations where appropriate
* Management of projects through the required stage gates and adherence to frameworks and governance
* Control of scope; raising and gaining approval of changes to scope
* Reporting progress at agreed intervals to the required governance framework
* Coordinate with clients, internal resources and third parties/vendors for the flawless execution of projects
* Use appropriate verification techniques to manage changes in project scope, schedule and costs
About You
* Demonstrable experience of driving and delivering large, complex business change projects and capital investment projects
within a matrix environment
* Demonstrable experience of working with large challenging clients turning ambiguity into structured deliverables and plans
* Strong communication and relationship management skills at head of / Directorship level
* To lead by example; being visible and accessible; setting the tone and pace for the project by clearly communicating project
goals and success criteria; clearly specifying required outcomes
* Line management experience of project managers including objective setting and performance management
* Ability to prioritise and multitask in a fast-paced working environment with excellent organisational skills
* Strong influencing skills and an ability to apply an appropriate level of challenge to senior stakeholders
Our recruitment and selection process has been developed to ensure that it is consistent, fair and provides equality of
opportunity - all selection decisions are based solely on technical and behavioural competencies. We do not discriminate on the
grounds of race, colour, or nationality, ethnic or national origins, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, marital or
civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, religion or belief, age or any other current or future protected
characteristic as defined in the current Equality Act of England and Wales. As an organisation we also promote an environment
which encourages diversity of characteristics and thought, where you feel included, safe and confident to be the best version of
yourself and do your best work every day.