Senior Project / Programme Manager

Job Title: Senior Project / Programme Manager

Location: Windsor, Hybrid, once per week onsite

Remuneration: 650pwd, paid via Umbrella Company

Contract Details: Contract - 6 months, scope to extend

Responsibilities:

• Take overall ownership of the project plan, budget, and scope, ensuring accountability for delivering the required business outcomes and benefits to time, cost, and quality requirements.
• Collaborate with various business areas, including supporting functions, to develop a project vision, business case, scope, impact, budget, plan, and organisation, aligned with the project vision and business outcomes.
• Ensure the project aligns with key business objectives and the organisation's strategy.
• Establish and lead effective project governance, facilitating decision making and tackling obstacles, while resolving conflicting stakeholder issues with comprehensive reporting.
• Manage project risks, issues, and dependencies across workstreams within the project and wider change agenda, implementing mitigating actions.
• Optimise return on investment and consider all available options and alternatives throughout the project lifecycle.
• Drive senior stakeholder communications and change management activities, embedding changes within the organisation to achieve benefit realisation according to the business case.
• Manage the inter-relationship of the project with the wider business and portfolio, as well as with business as usual operations.
• Oversee the delivery and maintain relationships with internal functions and third-party suppliers.
• Deliver the project in accordance with quality standards, change methodology, and project governance standards as defined by the Planning & Performance team.
• Plan project resourcing, ensuring adequate resources and contingency arrangements to meet commitments.
• Lead, coach, and motivate a diverse project team, fostering collaboration across business functions and the organisation to achieve successful project outcomes.
• Perform structured quality assurance and health check reviews as required.

Our client is a leading organisation in the Utilities industry, seeking a skilled Senior Project / Programme Manager to manage the delivery of projects with multiple workstreams contributing to a set of interconnected outcomes for the business. They will take charge of the project plan, budget, and scope, ensuring delivery of desired business outcomes. The successful candidate will collaborate with various business areas, establish effective governance, manage risk and dependencies, and drive stakeholder communications and change management. If you have a proven track record in project management, excellent leadership skills, and thrive in a dynamic environment, we want to hear from you!

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