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Ref: MGCON2156
Location: Stevenage (SG1)
Hours: Monday to Friday 9am - 5.30pm
Pay: £750 per day paid weekly via umbrella - inside IR35
Duration: 6 month contract with the possibility of extension
Duties
- Plan and design the IT transition/transformation aspects of an acquisition programme and proactively monitoring its progress, resolving issues and initiating appropriate corrective action
- Manage the programme's budget, monitoring expenditure and costs against delivered and realised benefits as the programme progresses
- Manage third party contributions to the programme
- Manage communications with all stakeholders
- Manage both the dependencies and the interfaces between projects
- Manage risks to the programme's successful outcome. If necessary, feed these risks into the Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery plans
- Initiate extra activities and other management interventions, wherever gaps in the programme are identified or issues arise
- Ensure that the necessary governance documentation has been completed
- Report on the status of the programme - ensure that each project manager or lead has produced and provided a status report for inclusion within the programme status report
Person Specification
- Degree or equivalent, professional qualification advantageous (such as, MSP / PRINCE2 / AgilePM)
- Minimum 5 years’ IT Programme Management experience
- Strong IT Programme Management experience in overseeing IT transition/transformation aspects of an acquisition
- Experience overseeing Oracle ERP, Salesforce and Microsoft transition programmes or projects
- Skilled in strategic & tactical planning and programme management
- Strong Stakeholder Management
- Strong communications skills and ability to communicate and influence at all levels (inc. C-level)
- Demonstrated success managing multiple projects and onsite/offshore teams simultaneously
- Good financial and budgeting experience
- Experience with vendor/contract management and negotiations
