Our client’s cloud-based employee health platform specifically designed to help organisations successfully manage, monitor and take appropriate action to support employee health and wellbeing. We are looking for a Technical Project Manager with previous exposure to delivering software projects and working remotely.
Job Purpose:
· Project manage small and low-risk projects from project initiation through to closure.
· Responsibility for ensuring projects are on track and within the agreed budget.
· Projects will include Client Implementations, Business Change and Product Development.
· This role will also carry out project administration duties to ensure internal processes are adhered to.
Job Responsibilities:
· End to end project management of small, low risk projects from project set up through to closure.This will include; working with the Account Manager /CEO / Operations Manager to determine the scope, delivery scales, and financial costings of a project.
· Build and keep up to date a project plan to be agreed with the client and lead technical delivery consultant
· Ensure the project is resourced efficiently taking into account resource capacity and skills.
· Monitor delivery of the project on a daily basis to ensure the project is completed on time, scope and to agreed budget.
· Escalate any risk or issues impacting the delivery of the project to the Head of Operations
· Manage the client to ensure deliverables are met and if not the plan impact, risks and issues are communicated.
· Manage any changes to the project by following the change request process
· Complete weekly status reports to provide the Head of Operations with a temperature check on project delivery
· Ensure projects are invoiced monthly as required
· Ensure all company processes are followed as outlined (included gates project management procedures)
· Test / review delivered work where required
· Support the Head of Operations or CEO with project administration activities as required, including;
· Ensuring resource planned leave is entered in the project management tool
· Ensuring task administration is followed (deliverables outlined, active tasks are only data in the past if they are still being worked on or are blocked)
· Reviewing resource capacity and liaising with the appropriate project managers to review deliverables where resources are over/under
· Assist with reporting from the project management tool where required
· Act as a point of guidance for junior PMs, providing coaching and knowledge sharing to strengthen overall team performance
Skills and Knowledge:
· Experience of managing client facing projects
· Significant experience in a project management role managing complex projects end to end
· Experience of the end to end project life cycle from project initiation through to closure
· Experience with both agile and waterfall project management methods
· Experience of working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment with changing priorities
· Excellent organisation skills, able to manage multiple tasks and projects
· Confidence to communicate, negotiate and influence varying levels of stakeholders both internal and external
· Able to build rapport with others
· Experience mentoring or supporting other Project Managers in their development.
· Ability to lead by example, providing guidance on best practices and project management methodologies
· Comfortable with influencing and supporting junior team members while maintaining your own project responsibilities
· Resilient individual with the ability to work calmly under pressure
· Diligence and attention to detail to ensure work is delivered to a high standard
· Able to work independently but be a key contributor to a highly efficient team
· PRINCE 2 or equivalent is advantageous but not essential
· Experience of Celoxis Project Management tool is advantageous but not essential
The place of work is Remote.