The Project Manager will play a pivotal role in key transformation projects, including leading a range of inter-dependent workstreams and initiatives, to allow us to successfully achieve our strategic objectives.
Projects are expected to include digital, data, process, and people improvements and this role will be responsible for their planning, governance, communication, monitoring and delivery.
The role will ensure clear roles and responsibilities within the projects, harnessing different resources and ensuring contributions are optimised to hit milestones by managing dependencies, issues, and risks.
The individual will bring best practice project management methodology and be able to articulate confidently what good looks like and demonstrate the benefits of its’ adoption to enable project success.
This role is a contract between 6 – 9 months depending on the transformation project needs and we are looking for someone to be in our Swinton office 2 – 3 days per week. We are open to taking someone on either a day rate or FTC.
Key Responsibilities:
- Establish clear phases, milestones for projects that reflect business targets and requirements
- Establish clear scopes, and business cases for projects that enable clarity of outcomes and shared goals and expectations, including benefits
- Ensure that effective governance is in place for projects, including timely and quality reporting
- Management of the RAID log for designated projects
- Business change communication, engagement, and business readiness
- Ensure projects have a defined scope for delivery and baselined plan, cost and resource allocation
- Management of project steering group / working group and their servicing
- RACI chart for project team
- Reporting and Risk management