Project Manager (FTC)

ZipRecruiter; London; Hybrid; GBP 62,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job description

Job Description

Project Manager (6 - 9 Months Fixed Term Contract Maternity Cover)

Location: London

Salary: 62k - 65k

Hybrid: 2 days a week in office

The Client

Their ambition is simple. To combine their global know-how with local insight to help clients turn their business goals into reality by offering innovation, automation, and organizational design—all with a personal touch.

They have a fabulous office in Soho and go the extra mile to make it a fantastic working environment for their staff, whether it’s free snacks and drinks, motorised standing desks, or amazing colleagues.

The Role

As a Project Manager, you will be part of the PM Function servicing clients on project delivery. You will be tasked with a range of strategic projects, owning their entire life cycle from inception to planning, execution, and closure. These projects can range from implementing 3rd party software solutions to managing the rollout of new capabilities, new market entries, or opening new operational centres for clients.

You will be an enthusiastic and dynamic professional who is passionate about delivering a great product and excited by the challenges associated with a wide range of projects. You are comfortable working independently, collaborating with teams in various locations and time zones, and managing several concurrent projects.

You will have a strong character, a willingness to try new things, and be an excellent communicator with strong organisational skills and the confidence to challenge stakeholders when necessary.

Key Responsibilities Include:

• Managing projects with multiple workstreams, including external vendors
• Managing the entire project lifecycle, from initiation to closure, including post-implementation support
• Agreeing and capturing project objectives, high-level scope, timeline, budget, and key deliverables with project sponsors and key stakeholders
• Working with project sponsors and key stakeholders on requirements gathering
• Establishing and owning the overall project plan, milestones, and timelines
• Identifying, capturing, and managing risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, and decisions in an organised, structured, and coherent way, escalating risks where necessary
• Ensuring that products/deliverables are reviewed and tested, meeting the agreed acceptance criteria
• Ensuring the agreed solution is fit for purpose, supportable, and accepted into operational support
• Weekly reporting to stakeholders or Steering Committee on project progress, risks, and issues to ensure overall direction and integrity; managing sponsor and stakeholder expectations

Requirements

• Highly organised and skilled at coordinating efforts between multiple teams across multiple time zones
• Proficient in managing multiple projects and stakeholders simultaneously
• Established project management skills; detail-oriented
• Ability to build strong relationships across the business, with clients, project teams, and 3rd party vendors
• Experience working with both Agile and Waterfall methodologies is beneficial
• Experience with issue, risk, resource, and dependency management
• Experience managing and achieving tight deadlines with appropriate quality
• Project Management qualification beneficial (PMI/Prince 2/ITIL)
• Willingness to travel on an ad hoc basis as required

If this sounds like the ideal position for you, then apply today!