Project Manager
Birmingham / Snowhill 2-3 days on-site required
6 Months +
£420 per day Inside IR35
Role
- We have a central Security Transformation programme within Network Services unit which will be delivering common capability projects across the client group, including deliveries for our key networks such as the IPP (Internet & Peering platform) on which ~40% of the UK's broadband traffic traverses through.
- In order to do this effectively, we need diversity of thought, engaging leaders and problem solvers who can figure out how best to collaborate and drive their team to success by bringing our core assests into full compliance under the new legislation and transforming our network.
- You will be personable, engaging and able to build brilliant relationships across a wide range of stakeholders.
- You will be working in a highly complex, fast paced environment where you will be responsible for creating and leading an integrated team to deliver end-to-end projects ensuring they have a valid business benefit, deliver on time, within budget and to agreed quality criteria from conception through to launch and transition into operations.
- You will manage a virtual team of up to 100 people, including a number of 3rd party Suppliers, providing strong leadership across a number of Projects, depending on size and complexity.
- You will have technical Business analysis experience to ensure requirements are captured across a variety of stakeholders.
- You will proactively solve conflict situations through problem-solving, negotiation, open communication and direct influencing.
- Your ultimate objective will be to drive successful security transformation across our technology, people and process using agile methodologies, allowing the client to continue providing the most secure and resilient network to all our customers, making us the most trusted connector of people, devices and networks.
Skills required
- Analysis skills - requirements elicitation and gathering (business, technical/solution, functional and non functional) delivering use cases, persona mapping, user journey mapping whether supporting or directly or inputting into.
- Leadership Skills - Able to provide effective leadership to the project team, and take appropriate action when required.
- Communication Skills - Able to lead communication with stakeholders and work to drive strong, open and sustained communication channels both within the project team and with the wider stakeholder community. Up to 'Director of'.
- Negotiation skills - able to work with stakeholders to shape the project and proactively solve conflict situations through problem-solving, negotiation, open communication and direct influencing.
- Planning Skills - the ability to organize tasks in the right order, to hit the right outcome at the right time
- Budgeting Skills - able to proactively forecast and manage the project costs to forecasts, both Opex and Capex. Supporting programme finance management.
All profiles will be reviewed against the required skills and experience. Due to the high number of applications we will only be able to respond to successful applicants in the first instance. We thank you for your interest and the time taken to apply!
