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Senior Project Manager

Matched Group
Posted a day ago, valid for 7 days
Location

Tipton, West Midlands DY48TH

Contract type

Full Time

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  • The Senior Project Manager position is a 12-month contract role based in Tipton, requiring a hybrid work schedule of three days in the office.
  • The salary for this role ranges from £50,000 to £60,000, accompanied by additional benefits.
  • Candidates must have over 8 years of experience in project or delivery management, preferably within the financial services sector.
  • A Prince 2 qualification is required, along with proficiency in agile software delivery methods.
  • The role involves leading the planning and delivery of an important IT system implementation, ensuring it is completed on time and within budget.

Senior Project Manager Contract - 12 month FTC, start ASAP Location: hybrid - Tipton office 3 days a week Basic: £50,000 - £60,000 + benefitsWHY: Key IT implementation; autonomy; great culture

  • Do you have 8+ years within project management or delivery management? Ideally within financial services.
  • Do you have a Prince 2 qualification?
  • Do you want a key role to delivery an important IT implementation?

The company are a leading established financial services organisation who offer a range of solution to suit all financial needs. There is current and future investment in a strategically important IT system implementation.

As a Senior Project Manager you will lead the planning and delivery of change projects within the business. This role will lead the planning, control, risk management, and delivery of a strategically important IT new system implementation. There may also be some smaller project delivery in parallel. You will work directly with the IT supplier to ensure this project is delivered on time and within budget.

Responsibilities include: Senior Project Manager

  • Lead project delivery through the whole lifecycle
  • Manage the project budget
  • Lead the assessment, reporting and control of project risks
  • Provide regular and on-demand reporting on project plans, progress, risks and issues
  • Work with internal teams and third party suppliers to deliver change efforts, including monitoring of delivery quality
  • Run procurement exercises for new or replacement services

Experience Required: Senior Project Manager

  • 8+ years' experience within project management, delivery management, programme management or similar
  • Ideal experience within financial services
  • Prince 2 Practitioner or similar (demonstrable proficiency in project delivery using Prince II)
  • Experience with agile software delivery methods
  • Experience delivering change efforts
  • Strong interpersonal and leadership skills; able to build professional relationships and lead people across the organisation
  • Highly organised and strong problem solving skills
  • Ideal experience of managing delivery capabilities in small organisations

For more information, please contact Katie at Matched.

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