IT Project Manager

Junior Advertising; Preston; Hybrid; GBP 54,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job description

Job title: IT Project Manager

Location: Warton - We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Salary: £54,793-£60,326 (dependent on skills and experience)

What You'll Be Doing

1. Direct experience of managing application integration
2. Ensuring delivery of IT projects to time, cost and quality
3. Ensuring seamless integration between projects, including transition into Business-as-Usual support
4. Accurate reporting of project status to team members, leadership and external stakeholders
5. Managing customer, partner and supplier relationships
6. Effective management of RAID
7. Developing and tracking project plans, budget and schedule
8. Ensuring business, project and quality management processes are effectively applied across projects

Essential

Your skills and experiences:

1. Proven experience in Software Delivery, with a strong understanding of Project Lifecycle Management (LCM), Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), and Agile/Waterfall methodologies
2. Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to engage, influence, and guide senior stakeholders across multiple teams
3. Strong analytical and reporting abilities to support effective decision-making and project success

Desirable

1. Professional Project Management certification (e.g., APM, Prince 2)
2. Experience leading integration projects, ensuring seamless connectivity between systems and technologies

Benefits

You'll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You'll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Competency Centre

The ERP Competency Centre is a rapidly growing team within the Air Sector, delivering significant business transformations. With a newly established scope the team is expanding its capability to support multiple strategic programmes of work. Growth is driven by initiatives to remove obsolescence, enhance system integration, and deliver significant business benefits.

The team is focused on driving digital innovation, embracing cloud technology where possible. Responsible for managing multiple transformation projects, the team plays a crucial role in supporting the Air Sector's IT strategy and future technological advancements.

Closing Date: 15th April 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.