Project Manager

Gentrack; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job description

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The Company

Gentrack provides leading utilities across the world with innovative cleantech solutions. The global pace of change is accelerating, and utilities need to rebuild for a more sustainable future. Working with some of the world's biggest energy and water companies, as well as innovative challenger brands, we are helping companies reshape what it means to be a utilities business. We are driven by our passion to create positive impact. That is why utilities rely on us to drive innovation, deliver great customer experiences, and secure profits. Together, we are renewing utilities.

Our Values and Culture

Colleagues at Gentrack are one big team, working together to drive efficiency in two of the planet's most precious resources, energy, and water. We are passionate people who want to drive change through technology and believe in making a difference. Our values drive decisions and how we interact and communicate with customers, partners, shareholders, and each other. Our core values are:
• Respect for the planet
• Respect for our customers
• Respect for each other

Gentrackers are a group of smart thinkers and dedicated doers. We are a diverse team who love our work and the people we work with and who collaborate and inspire each other to deliver creative solutions that make our customers successful. We care about doing honest business that is good for not just customers but families, communities, and ultimately the planet. Gentrackers continuously look for a better way and drive quality into everything they do.

This is a truly exciting time to join Gentrack with a clear growth strategy and a world-class leadership team working to fulfil Gentrack's global aspirations by having the most talented people, an inspiring culture, and a technology-first, people-centric business.

The Opportunity

To deliver projects to an exceptional standard whilst taking a leading role in the utilisation, upgrade and enhancement of our SaaS solutions using agile or waterfall methodologies. You'll be responsible for delivering projects in an efficient and cost-effective manner, ensuring that overall project objectives are met, within the agreed scope, quality, budget and timelines.

The Specifics

• Adding value through a passion for delivering software projects to an exceptional standard.
• Fronting the relationship with our clients and partners, managing the project, project teams and internal teams potentially across several business functions.
• Responsible for ensuring any 3rd party supplier contracts are being adhered to.
• Successfully manage change issues and risks throughout the project life cycle.
• Manage the four essentials: delivering on time, on budget, to scope and of high quality that meets customer needs.
• Be a trusted partner to our clients.
• Demonstrate strong leadership and motivation skills, helping galvanize the team to effectively deliver on project milestones.
• Build and maintain strong relationships ensuring customer expectations are managed.
• Leading the client and project team throughout the project lifecycle.
• Assisting in project team developments while holding teams accountable for their commitments, removing roadblocks to their work.
• Champion ongoing process improvement initiatives to implement best practices for Agile Project Management.
• Setting standards and expectations of team member performance.
• Developing work methods to craft team function and cohesiveness.
• Reporting on budgets and forecasting figures including revenue margins, staff utilisation and project status.
• Supports the sales team in responding to bids/tenders.
• Ensuring that improvements made in projects make it back to the pre-sale process to ensure we are efficiently leveraging our learnings from ongoing projects.

Some important characteristics we are looking for

• Knowledge of the UK Energy Market is required, with detailed knowledge of the Market Wide Half Hourly Settlement programme.
• A proven background in Waterfall and Agile software delivery project management with 8+ years' experience delivering projects into complex environments, often within a portfolio and with multiple dependencies.
• Effective internal and external stakeholder management with the ability to form and cultivate relationships at a strategic level.
• Knowledge of core project management competencies such as project planning, resource forecasting, risk and issue management, financial management, scope and change management, and stakeholder management.
• Experience in working with System Integrators would be advantageous.
• A high numerical aptitude, with the ability to accurately forecast monthly revenue, and monthly financial reporting and generate timely accurate client invoicing.
• Demonstrable experience of delivering Fixed Priced contracts on budget.
• Experience with managing large and complex projects.
• Good knowledge of best practice software development methodologies, including Agile practices.
• Confident client-facing and workshopping.
• Expert knowledge and experience in relation to project management practices, tools and methodologies.
• High attention to detail.
• Excellent relationship management and interpersonal skills.
• An open-minded consultative approach.
• Ability to give and receive positive and constructive feedback.
• Ability to creatively solve problems.
• Qualifications / Education: Agile PM, PRINCE2 or PMI - an advantage.
• Evaluation of alternatives and ability for decision-making.
• Financial familiarity for budget risk management.
• Strong business acumen and strategic thinking in project delivery.

This will be a role offering constant learning, working as part of a committed and collaborative team. We are very passionate about what we do and, therefore, the successful candidate will be focused and capable of delivering in a fast-paced and time-constrained environment.

Gentrack want to work with the best people, no matter their background or qualifications. So, if you are passionate about learning new things, have great experience, talent, and passion and keen to join the mission, you will fit right in.