IT Teamcenter Project Manager

Role: IT Teamcenter Project Manager - Outside IR35Location: North Oxfordshire / Hybrid6 Months (Plus possible extension)Salary: £400 - £500 per day

Role Purpose: This role is responsible for ensuring the successful implementation and delivery of the Teamcenter and NX upgrade project. The role encompasses a number of aspects of project management, from testing to implementation and benefits realisation. The role operates as a change agent delivering this transformation project that may require a cultural shift and introducing new ways of working - gaining buy-in from stakeholders is essential to the role and keeping the project team on track. The role requires both a highly organised approach and the ability to enthuse and motivate the project team within a matrix management working environment to deliver projects on budget and on time.

Operational Duties:* Define, document and deliver the project with the support of 3rd parties and internal resources.* Identify, assess and manage risks to the success of the project. * Prepares realistic plans (including resource, quality, risk and communications plans) and tracks activities against the project schedule, providing regular and accurate reports to stakeholders as appropriate. * Monitors cost, timescales and resources used and take action where these deviate from agreed tolerances. * Ensure that projects are formally closed and, where appropriate, subsequently reviewed for benefits realisation and that lessons learned are recorded. * Ensure that project deliverables are to the required quality standards. * Responsible for the overall use of project resources and initiation of corrective action where required. * Responsibility for compliance with service standards as applied within an ITIL framework, e.g., change control management. * Provide leadership to project resources and act as the main point of contact for own projects, directing and motivating the team. * Engage directly with business stakeholders as required. * Ensure adherence to wider programme governance and reporting processes. * Responsible for project administration and compliance with programme standards. * Build strong relationships and trust with key business/programme stakeholders by demonstrating a deep understanding of their business issues and requirements. * Manage project communications in line with defined standards. * Facilitate the adoption of new functionalities, ensuring adequate support to business users in familiarisation and initial training as required. * Organise and ensure handover to BAU of the upgraded system and new functionality as appropriate. * Collaborate with end users and senior management to define business requirements for future systems development and gain buy-in as required.* Maintain up-to-date technical and professional knowledge relevant to the post. * Flexibility to work at other offices in Oxfordshire as required and occasional out-of-hours and weekend work. Qualifications & Experience:

* Professional qualifications or relevant experience operating at this level - Essential * Demonstratable experience in delivering successful Teamcenter and NX implementation and/or upgrade projects in an enterprise environment - Essential * Agile Methodology certificate or equivalent practical experience - Essential * Prince2 Project Management certificate or equivalent practical experience - Essential * Demonstratable experience engaging with stakeholders on all levels of a business, internal and external - Essential.? * A team player used to learning new skills & taking on new challenges - Essential.? * Experience working within the engineering and/or motorsport industry - Desirable.? * ITIL Foundation certificate or equivalent - Desirable

This job description is not exhaustive, and the job holder will be required to carry out from time-to-time tasks in addition to the above that will be both reasonable and within their capabilities.Qualifications & Experience:

* Professional qualifications or relevant experience operating at this level - Essential * Demonstratable experience in delivering successful Teamcenter and NX implementation and/or upgrade projects in an enterprise environment - Essential * Agile Methodology certificate or equivalent practical experience - Essential * Prince2 Project Management certificate or equivalent practical experience - Essential * Demonstratable experience engaging with stakeholders on all levels of a business, internal and external - Essential.? * A team player used to learning new skills & taking on new challenges - Essential.? * Experience working within the engineering and/or motorsport industry - Desirable.? * ITIL Foundation certificate or equivalent - Desirable

This job description is not exhaustive, and the job holder will be required to carry out from time-to-time tasks in addition to the above that will be both reasonable and within their capabilities.

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