Project Manager

IT Project Manager

Job Description

Our client is a managed IT service company headquartered in Japan with over 12,000 employees globally. We require an IT Project Manager to work exclusively for our largest client; a trading company with 47 offices across EMEA.

We are expanding our existing project team, and in this role as Project Manager, you will be expected to work seamlessly with both the customer and senior management teams to lead them through the whole project life cycle – initiation, design, implementation, project closure, and customer success, starting with specifically leading the definition of a Project scope and delivery plan. With offices spread across EMEA, there will be some travel involved with this role to support our Service Delivery Consultants.

This truly is an exciting opportunity for an experienced IT Project Manager, looking to take the next step in their career with an ever-growing and dynamic organisation. Our people are at the heart of what we do, and we are looking for a customer-focused, self-driven, naturally passionate, and enthusiastic individual.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Ensuring projects are delivered in scope, within budget, and on time.
2. Carrying out sales handover meetings to ensure all required information is present.
3. Leading customer introductions and providing a detailed definition of the project scope to all stakeholders.
4. Communicating with the customer on all project issues throughout.
5. Communicating and liaising with other internal departments throughout.
6. Production of Statement of Work, Project plan, and authorisation.
7. Running and documenting risk log workshop and meetings.
8. Creation and maintenance of project action and issues log.
9. Identifying required resources internally and scheduling where necessary.
10. Monitoring scope, risk, and liaising with account managers regarding change requests.
11. Tracking milestones and liaising with finance on related payment gates.
12. Production of project highlight reports for both management and customer.
13. Scheduling and leading regular project updates as appropriate.

To be considered for this position, candidates must have:

1. 5 years’ experience in an IT Infrastructure project management role.
2. PRINCE2 qualified to practitioner level or similar qualification.
3. Previous experience working within an IT or Technology environment with some technical experience enabling you to design and consult.
4. Excellent customer relationship management skills with proven experience to build, develop, and grow.
5. Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to communicate technical concepts into ‘layman’s terms’.
6. Proven ability to plan and schedule project timelines and milestones, using appropriate resources and tools, specifically Microsoft Excel.
7. Experience in defining project scope, goals, and deliverables that support the project requirements.
8. Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage your own workload, where priorities may change throughout the day.
9. Demonstrable experience in delivering multiple projects simultaneously and effectively.
10. Strong working knowledge of all Microsoft Office applications.
11. Advanced knowledge of the Project life cycle.

Job Type: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: Competitive

Employee Benefits:

1. 5 days a week homeworking.
2. Homeworking equipment provided.
3. Flexible Working.
4. 25 days holiday plus UK Bank holidays.
5. Discretionary annual bonus.
6. Annual Salary review.
7. Free private health insurance.
8. Free private annual health check.
9. Company Pension.
10. Free use of onsite gym, pool & sauna.