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- Contract Duration: Until 31/03/2025
- Location: London (2 days a week onsite)
- Job Type: Contract
Join our team at Reed Professional Services, a management consultancy specialising in IT and financial services. We are seeking an experienced Project Manager to work on a key project within the Technology function with a prestigious company with a history spanning 500 years.
Day-to-day of the role:- Lead and deliver change projects effectively, ensuring all project milestones and objectives are met.
- Engage with challenging stakeholders, managing relationships and expectations through strong interpersonal skills.
- Maintain clear and effective communication across a broad audience, ensuring project details and updates are well understood.
- Demonstrate resilience and drive, maintaining progress and resolving issues as they arise.
- Utilise good delegation and negotiation skills to manage project resources and timelines efficiently.
- Remain calm and maintain perspective in challenging situations to ensure steady project progression.
- Apply commercial acumen and value-driven supplier management to enhance project outcomes.
- Support the project team technically, aiding in issue resolution and escalation when necessary.
- Employ innovative and creative thinking to solve problems throughout the project lifecycle.
- Proven experience in successfully delivering change projects.
- Strong stakeholder and people management skills, with experience handling difficult interactions.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Ability to demonstrate resilience, persistence, and drive.
- Good technical knowledge with experience in traditional and modern software/IT development lifecycles (Agile, Iterative, Waterfall).
- Desirable: Experience with Agile/Lean teams using SCRUM, KANBAN, XP; Continuous Improvement knowledge; familiarity with Microsoft Project, Jira, HP Application Lifecycle Management, and MS Office tools; experience managing multiple external suppliers.
- Opportunity to work with a historic company recognised across Europe.
- Engage in complex, impactful projects with a leading consultancy.
- Professional growth and development in project management and consultancy.
To apply for this Project Manager position, please submit your CV.Â
