Overview
You will be responsible for the end-to-end delivery of programmes, defining, implementing and managing strategies. You will own delivery of programmes and manage multi-disciplinary teams. You will work closely with clients to develop an understanding of their business strategy, ensuring that the programme infrastructure is managed to provide agreed levels of service.
Responsibilities
* Responsible for the project management services within complex, significant and high-risk programmes as defined and sold to high profile and strategic clients.
* Monitor and control resources, revenue and capital costs against the project budget and manage expectations of all project stakeholders.
* Actively hire, develop and retain the best talent within their specialism.
* Deliver extensible, on-time solutions and contribute to the development of high-performance teams through continuous process improvement and mentorship.
* Build long-term, strategic relationships with senior stakeholders and maintain a strong understanding of the clients’ industry and business.
* Set the direction and coordinate in the introduction and use of techniques, methodologies and tools, to match overall business requirements (both current and future).
* Specialist in strategic consultancy, covering new and/or specialised offerings, assisting clients in the formation of IT and project strategies, and acting to ensure that they are offered services aligned to these strategies.
* Actively monitor emerging technologies and market trends, identify process improvements, and contribute to project management standards and definition of best practice at the programme level.
* Facilitate scoping and business priority setting for large or complex programme changes, obtaining formal agreement from a large and diverse range of potentially senior stakeholders and recipients to the scope and requirements, plus able to establish a base-line on which delivery of a solution can commence.
* Partnering and aligning with core team members including sales, operations, information technology and technical leads to facilitate the identified solution.
* Assist sales with pre-sales activity. Review new business proposals and provide advice on compliance issues.
Qualifications
* Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related field, or equivalent work experience.
* One or more industry certifications e.g. Prince 2, PMP etc.
Essential Skills
* Excellent client management skills.
* Excellent people management skills - introducing and building ways in which people can learn from each other, encouraging mentoring and the transfer of knowledge by designing and delivering learning interventions.
* Excellent communication and presentation skills, with experience in initiating open and candid relationships with people at all levels.
* Teamwork and emotional intelligence.
* Good self-management – continuous performance is both a goal and a mind-set.
* Has an innovative approach – a bold thinker and doer, matching creativity with vigilance.
Experience
* Demonstrated experience leading large technology and infrastructure programmes.
* Experience deploying cloud solutions.
* Experience working with operational infrastructure teams in the management of data centres, firewall management, and infrastructure maintenance and upgrades.
* Experience deploying Identity Access Management solutions.
Benefits
At Expleo, we are committed to providing a competitive salary and a substantial benefits offering with unique wellbeing, financial and employee recognition programmes.
We pride ourselves on our diverse and inclusive culture and offer a variety of family friendly policies and enhanced leave to help you achieve a healthy work-life balance.
By providing significant learning and development opportunities, we encourage individual growth and success throughout your career with us.
* Collaborative working environment – we stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients and our peers through good times and challenges.
* We empower all passionate technology-loving professionals by allowing them to expand their skills and take part in inspiring projects.
* Expleo Academy - enables you to acquire and develop the right skills by delivering a suite of accredited training courses.
* Competitive company benefits such as medical and dental insurance, pension, life assurance, employee wellbeing programme, sports and social events, birthday hampers and much more!
* Always working as one team, our people are not afraid to think big and question the status quo.
“We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.”
At Expleo, we understand that many people experience impostor syndrome throughout their lifetime. Please do not let this discourage you from applying for this role. Our Talent Acquisition Team welcomes all CVs and will consider your application in line with the values, requirements and role competencies.
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