IT Project Manager - Remote

Job title: IT Project Manager

Location: London / Remote

Salary: Up to £70,000 depending on experience.

Main Duties:

• Planning and designing IT programmes and projects, and proactively monitoring its progress
• Delivering IT projects within the agreed governance structure, timescales, scope and budget
• Tracking, prioritising and resolving issues and managing risks throughout the delivery process
• Budget and resource forecasting and management for each project
• Defining the governance structure for each project
• Managing Third Party deliverables and relationships in line with contractual obligations
• Providing effective and timely reports to ensure stakeholders are kept up-to-date at all stages throughout the project lifecycle
• Lead a small team of project managers, business analysts and business product owners to ensure successful delivery of projects
• Lead on specific areas contributing to the development of the Change Function within the Change Management Team

Key skills:

• Significant experience of delivering progressive information technology change.
• Understanding what good design, development and testing looks like to enable robust discussions with technology resources and suppliers on the project.
• Strong change management and leadership skills, and the ability to apply them to implement new systems and redesign work.
• Experience of running senior stakeholder meetings e.g. Steering groups as well as workshops to facilitate an agreed decision/outcome.
• Experience of commercial negotiations with suppliers to input into contracts for project delivery.
• Experience of working in a complex corporate culture or rapidly growing business.
• A background in financial services is desirable.