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An ICT Programme Manager is required for our client based in Leeds for an initial 3-year fixed term contract. This is a hybrid position, 1-2 days per week on site. This position is to lead delivery on a major large-scale ICT project the client is undertaking.
To lead delivery across the client’s ICT Programme, driving the programme forward to deliver its outputs and outcomes to time, cost and quality, including all aspects of programme management from planning, contracting, problem solving, ensuring progress, identifying and gaining approval for solutions through to successful implementation and completion.
Experience
- Practical experience of successfully performing in a similar role - delivering complex ICT change programmes.
- Proven experience in ICT Programme Management within large organisations - Ideally within the public sector.
- Ability to demonstrate creative thinking and clear leadership in order to deliver agreed business outcomes and lead stakeholders though all stages of delivering complex ICT programmes.
- Experience of organisational change and supporting people through behavioural, system and process change.
- Experience of driving projects and / or programmes to successful conclusions to enable benefits realisation within a Prince2 or MSP environment.
- Experience of operating within and adhering to a corporate assurance framework.
- Experience delivering complex ICT change programmes, such as infrastructure upgrades, Operating Systems roll-outs, Enterprise Voice systems migrations, Office 365 & Sharepoint, cybersecurity and governance.
- Relevant professional qualification (PRINCE2 Practitioner, MSP Practitioner, Agile or equivalent)
- Knowledge of ICT Security principals and legislation (e.g GDPR, ISO27001 and PSN)
- Understanding of the role, purpose and interfaces of key stakeholders.
- Experience of leading procurement procedures, including OJEU, preparing tender documentation, tender appraisal, and commercial and technical management of consultants and contractors, working with legal advisors to negotiate contracts with suppliers
- Knowledge of different forms of contract under which technical and/or infrastructure works can be delivered.
Benefits include but not limited to;
Local government pension scheme
Flexible working hours
Metro travel card
