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Project Manager – Digital/Operational – Stoke-On-Trent / Flexible

Project Manager required for a leading company based in Stoke-on-Trent to be responsible for overseeing the delivery of a variety of Digital projects in line with agreed timescales and stakeholders’ expectations.

The ideal candidate for this position will have worked as Project Manager on IT/Tech projects previously, ideally digital based, have excellent stakeholder management skills and be comfortable working within a fast-paced environment. Experience working within the retail or utilities industry would be advantageous.

PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A 1 YEAR FTC ROLE

The company offers flexible working with 2 days a week office based.

Key Skills

• Project management experience, with a track record of successful project delivery using Agile methodology
• Experience of managing IT projects to implement new technology platforms business
• Strong leadership, diplomatic and motivational skills across functions, cultures and geographies including the ability to lead up, across and down multiple business and technology organizations
• Experience influencing and gaining buy-in from sponsors, team members, stakeholders and peers
• Proven ability to work in an ambiguous environment and collaborate across multiple areas in order to achieve a common business objective
• A good degree of organisational, communication and administrative skills, with a strong delivery focus
• PC literate – MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Word, MS Project, MS Teams
• Strong presentation skills – able to create professional and effective slide decks to support scope development, project meetings and status reporting, etc.
  

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure projects are correctly scoped and defined, with clear objectives, appropriate workstreams and activities.
• Create project plans in accordance with the required project activity and workstreams, ensuring that project teams are resourced correctly
• Manage projects to cost, quality and time, adhering to the project management methodology and implement the agreed framework and governance into each project
• Coordinate internal workstreams/resources and third-party vendors in line with defined project deliverables
• Conduct rigorous assessment of project risks, monitor and control until project closure/handover, highlighting any deviances or issues as appropriate in a timely manner
• Full project life cycle ownership: successful project delivery will include full implementation from initiation to deployment and handoff to support.
• Work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment demonstrating teamwork, innovation and excellence.
• Provide status reporting regarding project milestones, deliverable, dependencies, risks and issues

Salary: Between £50,000 and £60,000 per annum plus benefits.

How to apply

Send your up-to-date CV to Claire Ingram at Crimson for review.

Notes

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