Senior Project Manager

Description:

Flowbird delivers Hardware & Software solutions for 60 countries and 4000 cities around the world.

Role Summary
Responsible for leading and managing significant project scope delivering highly technological products in a complex programme environment with demanding timescales. Through their leadership and attention to detail the selected candidate will ensure the success of the project.

The programme is entering a phase of multiple hardware and software customer acceptance and system go live events and this will require frequent customer interaction lead meetings, workshops and present at reviews to senior customer representatives.

Role Detail
⦁ Ensure project schedule and budget are tracked and remain on target. Identify any deviations and take corrective action
⦁ Provide regular financial and status reporting
⦁ Prepare and maintain the profit and loss statement including cash flow
⦁ Manage a project team within the programme
⦁ Oversee the delivery of the project in conjunction with the project Technical Lead
⦁ Provide the necessary support for tenders, commercial events, customer presentations
⦁ Manage customer expectations and ensure that they are met or exceeded
⦁ Prepare and maintain the project schedule
⦁ Prepare written reports as required
⦁ Manage the project risks and issues register
⦁ Liaise with other departments necessary for delivery of the project, including Hardware and
⦁ Software Engineering, Production, Supply Chain, Commercial, Field Services, Technical Support, and Product Development

Candidate Requirements
The Senior Project Manager will need experience of the whole project lifecycle from bidding to warranty support and is likely to have experience of the delivery of complex systems. They will have a proven track record of delivery to external customers. Their customer-facing skills and project management competences are of the highest importance to the role.

Core Skills & Abilities
⦁ Ability to manage complex projects
⦁ Strong interpersonal skills with excellent oral communication and time management and be used to working to deadlines
⦁ Strong commercial skills
⦁ Proficient in the use of Microsoft and Google business software environments (spreadsheets, email, word processing)
⦁ Understanding of the project and engineering lifecycle and software and/or systems engineering experience
⦁ Capable of making decisions independently
⦁ Practical and ‘hands-on’ when required, self-motivated, self-starting, instinctive problem solver, attention to detail, tenacious and reliable