Job Description
We are looking to add an enthusiastic, passionate IT Programme Manager to join an established team to deliver on the next phase of a programme of work. In this role you will be covering all aspects of the programme with a focus on scoping out complex projects for the client, managing senior stakeholders and internal teams, and working with vendors and other third parties on whom the project is dependent.
The role will require extensive experience with requirements gathering, planning, project governance, project interdependency management, risks, project benefits realisation, project resources, project budget, communication, and status reporting.
Responsibilities
1. Support the Head of Change Management and other Senior IT management Stakeholders in all aspects of the programme’s delivery and governance
2. Overall Programme Scoping and definition of Workstreams
3. Drive successful delivery of the Programme, through proactive management of dependencies, issues, and risks of the constituent workstreams to achieve business objectives.
4. Ensure delivery is consistent with the agreed delivery model and standards.
5. Proactively Communicate with Business Owners/Program Stakeholders to enable them to deliver on their projects in line with programme timelines.
6. Manage escalations appropriately to avoid any impact on overall delivery.
7. Support establishing and drive/monitor the standard IT Governance mechanisms in alignment with the overall programme Governance approach.
8. Follow the agreed IT Demand and Governance processes on Status Management, Risk / Issue / Change Management, Deliverables Management, Decision Management, Plan Management
9. Stakeholder communication, senior executive level and delivery teams
10. Vendor and Third-party management.
11. Continuously strive for best practice at programme level
12. Partnering and consulting with internal cross functional teams and multiple customer stakeholders to drive successful delivery to a set program deadline
Qualifications
13. 5+ years’ experience as a Programme Manager
14. Senior Stakeholder engagement experience
15. Excellent at creating and driving successful project plans.
16. IT delivery experience is essential
17. 3rd level qualification in relevant field or similar
18. Ability to manage large programme of work with multiple project workstreams within a large organisation
19. PRINCE 2, PMP or similar Project Management certification
20. Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
21. PowerPoint expert.