IT Project Manager

TN United Kingdom; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000

Job description

Job Responsibilities:

• Responsible for project managing major changes within the NEC Group, working with all stakeholders and resources to deliver the objectives to time, cost and scope.
• Manage communication of all risks and issues and make sure all stakeholders are up to date on progress at all stages.
• Ensure Project planning is carried out to the required level and that all required resources are identified to the technical teams and that any resource clashes are escalated.
• Manage documentation in line with the NEC Group’s standard methodology making sure recommendations for improvements are made to the Lead Project Manager as appropriate.
• As part of the Delivery team support the Lead Project Manager in delivering a portfolio that meets expectations ensuring that any changes to constituent projects are identified as early as possible.
• Manage production of required products as per project deliverables (including project control documents such as PID).
• Responsible for overall project progress initiating corrective action where necessary.
• Identify and manage process for project issues and risks, ensuring correct ownership and escalation as necessary.
• Manage project budget and expenditure providing alerts when necessary to the project team.
• Responsible for project administration such as the production and communication of project highlight/status reporting.

Skills and Experience:

• Significant experience of project management in a multi project and multi business unit environment.
• Experience of budget and expenditure management in a project environment.
• Understands different Project Management methodologies such as Waterfall, Rapid Application Development, or Agile SCRUM; when these would be deployed and has managed projects to these standards.
• Knowledge of various project management tools to develop a comprehensive project work plan such as Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), Gantt and timeline diagrams, and resource schedules.
• Knowledge of techniques such as the Critical Path Method (CPM) to assess and report on risks in project schedule; knowledge of corrective action steps to reduce risks and mitigate problems.

Strong management skills and ability in terms of:

• Facilitation
• Presentation creation and delivery
• Problem identification, categorisation and solving
• Stakeholder and Customer management
• Coaching
• Change management

The ability to establish, implement and manage processes and procedures covering configuration management, including Change Control, Risk & Issues Management, Documentation Management and Product Assurance.

The ability to establish and implement a team culture within a project.

Qualifications Required:

Bachelor’s degree (or higher) – OR - Significant professional work experience.
Recognised project management qualification and accreditation such as PRINCE2 Practitioner, MSP, PMI, APMP or Agile.

What we offer:

• 25 days annual leave rising to 26 after one year plus all UK bank holidays
• Free Onsite parking
• Free lunch when office based or on site
• Potential home working options for part of the week
• Pension matching up to 7%
• We will provide you with a Life Assurance cover if you are actively contributing to the NEC group personal pension plan and have joined at the first opportunity or within 12 months of becoming first eligible
• Private Medical Insurance funded by the company
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Dental, Cash Health and Holiday Buy flexible option
• Exclusive Discounts and many more great benefits

The NEC Group is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, colour, age, religion, gender, sexual orientation or preference, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. NEC Group is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

Our customers come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it makes our company stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm, you will find a home within the NEC Group.

Should you require further assistance or require any reasonable adjustments be put in place to better support your application process, please do not hesitate to raise this with us.

Disclaimer: due to high volume of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised date.