Details:
- Salary: £450 - 585 - Day
- Job Type: Contract
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Day
- Location: West Malling Kent
- Date: 2 weeks ago
Description:
Technical Project Manager
Main purpose of job:
To work in close partnership with colleagues across the organisation to manage technical project delivery The project manager is required to deliver a variety of IT projects making improvements across the technical estate The project manager needs to be able to manage multiple project deliverables and communicate the status of IT projects in a clear and timely way.
Responsible to: Project Delivery Manager
Budgetary responsibilities:
No direct department budget responsibilities. The project manager will be responsible for the management and control of the project budget on behalf of the project sponsor.
Responsible for:
This role has no direct reports or line management responsibilities. The project manager will have responsibility for managing the day-to-day activities of resources across IT and 3rd parties for project delivery
Key Job Responsibilities:
The project manager is required to deliver project that are signed off at the business case review board.
The Project Manager is responsible for:
Project Delivery
Producing a Project Initiation/Feasibility Document to confirm project scope
Producing and maintaining a project plan and required documentation throughout the lifecycle stages
Facilitating risk workshops and managing risk through the project lifecycle
Managing project financial tracking and purchasing
Managing changes in project scope, producing documented change control impact assessments
Reporting project status to the steering group
Arranging and facilitating steering group meetings, chaired by the project sponsor
Planning, organising and managing technical change implementations
Producing transition documentation to hand over projects to the IT service team (BAU)
Requesting and organising project resources and team members to deliver project tasks and activities
Support to Technical Team
Coaching team members in project practices and processes to ensure full and consistent understanding and appreciation.
Facilitating conflict resolution and decision making.
Coach the Team in self-organization and cross-functionality encouraging them to operate on a selfmanaged basis.
Facilitating resolution of the general conflict of goals between development team (high technical quality) and product owner / project manage (more scope)
Reminding the team of their commitment to the project goal
Helping the team to identify and resolve impediments.
Provide feedback to the team, helping them to continually improve. Resolve blockers that stop the team progressing