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Job ID:
Req-1548Job Title:
Infrastructure Project ManagerLocation:
RemoteDuration:
3 - 6 monthsJob Description:
The Project manager is responsible for:- Planning and initiating the project and proactively monitoring its progress, resolving issues and initiating appropriate corrective action
- Defining the projects team and aligning the governance into the wider programme
- Ensuring effective quality assurance and the overall integrity of the project
- Carrying out monitoring and control activities in order to track the progress of the project
- Managing the project’s budget monitoring expenditure and costs against delivered and realized benefits as the project progresses, feeding the budget process into the wider programme budget.
- Selecting, leading and motivating project team(s) from both internal and external stakeholder organizations
- Ensuring the delivery of new products or services from the project(s) are to the appropriate level of quality, on time and within budget, in accordance with the project plan
- Managing third party contributions to the project
- Managing communications with all stakeholders required by the project(s)
- Managing risks to the project’s successful outcome
- Managing diverse multi-national project team across global time zones
- Working with the business change manager or equivalent on the transition to the new Business As Usual (BAU) position
- Initiating extra activities and other management interventions wherever gaps in the project(s) are identified or issues arise. Ensuring visibility by the overarching Programme manager.
- Reporting the progress of the project(s) at regular intervals to the Programme Manager and Sponsor or Programme director as required.
- Ensure successful and complete closure the project(s) - including evaluating successes and challenges
The Project manager should have:- At least 5 years’ experience of Project management
- Prior experience of working through a M&A and/or large scale integration projects
- Strong and effective leadership, interpersonal and communication skills with an ability to influence at all levels
- Collaborative working and tenacity
- The ability to work with ambiguity, to find innovative ways to resolve problems and to set their own direction
- The ability to command respect and to create a sense of community amongst the members of the project teams
- Good knowledge of project management methodologies including PRINCE2
- Good knowledge of budgeting and resource allocation procedures
- Experience in creating, championing and presenting a project business case with clearly defined benefits to an investment committee
Job Type:
Contract
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