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Project Manager – Business Transformation – 1yr FTC – Preston

Project management / prince2 / CRM / housing / agile / waterfall / scrum / transformation

Project Manager required for a leading property management company based in Preston to be responsible for delivering a technology solution, which meets the functional and non-functional requirements of the property management companies and ITS. The role will be responsible for leading a number of cross disciplined workstreams in a hybrid waterfall / agile approach to ensure the new solutions are delivered to time, cost and quality without business disruption. The post-holder will have the ability to think strategically, plan and translate strategy and ideas into action.

The Project Manager will work closely with the core programme team, Information Technology Services (ITS), property management stakeholders, third part supplier management teams and supplier workstream delivery teams.

PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A 1 YR FIXED TERM CONTRACT with the possibility of extension.

Key responsibilities

• Create and maintain detailed solution implementation plans according to Planning Standards
• Create and Maintain detailed Project Budgets tracking baseline, forecast & actual effort & spend by period
• Capture, track and correct Risks, Assumptions, Issues and Dependencies
• Ensure all planned products complete prescribed quality steps as defined within the Quality Plan
• On-going supplier management activities
• Create, manage, test and execute detailed deployments plans, products and checklists

Key Skills

• Proven track record of managing and delivering business transformation programmes that are underpinned by a technology solutions
• Hands-on experience of managing the end-to-end lifecycle process for technology implementations
• Demonstrable experience of translating complex application functionality into business friendly language
• Proven track record of leading technology projects from concept to completion, applying best practice governance principles with delivery on time, within budget, to required quality levels and to fully meet functional and non-functional requirements
• Hand-on experience of managing and governing 3rd party suppliers to expected service delivery and building strong business relationships
• Solid experience of working with scrum and agile delivery methodologies
• Experience managing and successfully delivering projects, including the ability to prioritise work and meet deadlines
• Appropriate professional accreditations (PRINCE2, PMBOK, Agile PM, ITIL)

Project management / prince2 / CRM / housing / agile / waterfall / scrum / transformation

My client is offering a salary of between £60,000 and £70,000 for this position.

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Project management / prince2 / CRM / housing / agile / waterfall / scrum / transformation