Project Delivery Manager - IT
Alternative Futures Group | Liverpool | Temporary | Full-time | £59,982/year | www.charityjob.co.uk |
Job Purpose - Project Delivery Manager
Responsible for the overall management of a defined project(s); establishing the membership of a cross functional project team; ensuring that the work is done within agreed time, cost, and quality tolerances; ensuring execution; ensuring post project evaluation.
Dimensions
The post holder will have a high degree of autonomy to deliver project(s) benefits.
The post holder will have matrix management responsibility for project team members.
The post holder will have responsibility for the effective management of allocated project(s) and associated budget (Budget will vary depending upon the size / scale of the project implementation).
Key Result Areas
Deliver the definition, planning, development, and operational implementation of a new system(s) across the organisation.
Developing the Project Initiation Document for Sponsor sign off that ensures effective estimation of cost, timescales, and resource requirements, including a detailed Quality Plan.
Active management of project progress, scope, budget, risks, issues, resources, dependencies, stakeholders, vendors, and requirements throughout the project lifecycle, escalating to the Project Sponsor, as appropriate.
Ensuring that Delivery Partners produce robust and realistic detailed project plans which enable critical path analysis, ensuring action is taken where these deviate from agreed tolerances.
Manage supplier relationships – Using strong negotiation and influencing skills, you will ensure that suppliers / vendors keep to project delivery plans, that SLAs / KPIs are met, and that performance / delivery remains at a high standard.
You will lead in the resolution of any blockages / challenges.
Assuring and overseeing the effective management of all project workstreams to agreed quality criteria throughout the project lifecycle.
Assuring and overseeing the development and execution of a stakeholder engagement plan to manage relationships, ensuring buy-in, timely involvement and commitment of key stakeholders.
Put in place governance and control structures for the design, implementation and management of business process, infrastructure, data/data quality design.
Ensure that robust frameworks are in place for User Acceptance Testing by systems users, project members and maintain oversight/approve resolution plans and changes.
Support the Head of IT / Director of IT in contract management.
Assuring the project(s) are managed according to best practice principles and appropriate governance is in place.
Assuring and overseeing the provision of accurate and timely reporting to the Project Board, PMO and Digital Steering Group
Person Specification Essential Requirements:
Skills and Knowledge:
Excellent Knowledge of project management methodologies – Prince 2, Agile.
Excellent knowledge of business process re-engineering methodologies, approaches and tools.
Highly organised; ability to work with minimal. supervision to tight deadlines and manage others within a project environment.
Excellent leadership skills, knowing how to take charge.
An effective communicator with the ability to adjust style depending upon the audience.
Effective negotiation skills; experience of working with multiple stakeholders at all levels.
High level of commercial awareness with the ability to confidently manage a substantial budget.
Ability to solve problems quickly.
Proficient in a range of project management software tools including MS project, Excel and PowerPoint
Values and Attitudes:
Takes personal responsibility and holds others to account.
Is solution focused and has a “can do attitude”.
Is able to inspire others with their passion and enthusiasm.
Demonstrates honesty and integrity and demonstrates through their behaviors the organisational values.
Embraces change, viewing it as an opportunity to learn and develop.
Accurate and methodical in approach to work
Experience:
At least 5 years’ experience project managing large scale system/CRM implementation projects.(MS Dynamics)
Proven track record of re-engineering existing business processes.
Proven ability to drive change whilst maintaining strong stakeholder relationships.
Proven ability to deliver large scale implementations on time and to budget.
Experience of managing cross functional teams.
Experience of working with external suppliers.
Qualifications & Training:
Educated to degree level or equivalent.
Project Management qualification e.g. Prince2/Agile
Other:
Must be a driver with own method of transport and a clean, valid driving licence, willing to travel to other sites, when required.
Additional Project Information:
You will be leading on the implementation of a real-time care management system built on a Microsoft Dynamics platform. This will be a major opportunity for the organisation to completely reengineer our front-end processes, enabling our support staff to capture data at the point of activity and eliminating paper.
Also provide robust management information to effectively monitor the quality and compliance of the services we provide to the people we support. This will assist us in our ambition to be the sector leader in quality, value and personal outcomes.
If you feel you have the relevant skills and experience and are interested in managing this groundbreaking project for a fixed term 18-month contract, we want to hear from you now!
Responsible for the overall management of a defined project(s); establishing the membership of a cross functional project team; ensuring that the work is done within agreed time, cost, and quality tolerances; ensuring execution; ensuring post project evaluation.
Dimensions
The post holder will have a high degree of autonomy to deliver project(s) benefits.
The post holder will have matrix management responsibility for project team members.
The post holder will have responsibility for the effective management of allocated project(s) and associated budget (Budget will vary depending upon the size / scale of the project implementation).
Key Result Areas
Deliver the definition, planning, development, and operational implementation of a new system(s) across the organisation.
Developing the Project Initiation Document for Sponsor sign off that ensures effective estimation of cost, timescales, and resource requirements, including a detailed Quality Plan.
Active management of project progress, scope, budget, risks, issues, resources, dependencies, stakeholders, vendors, and requirements throughout the project lifecycle, escalating to the Project Sponsor, as appropriate.
Ensuring that Delivery Partners produce robust and realistic detailed project plans which enable critical path analysis, ensuring action is taken where these deviate from agreed tolerances.
Manage supplier relationships – Using strong negotiation and influencing skills, you will ensure that suppliers / vendors keep to project delivery plans, that SLAs / KPIs are met, and that performance / delivery remains at a high standard.
You will lead in the resolution of any blockages / challenges.
Assuring and overseeing the effective management of all project workstreams to agreed quality criteria throughout the project lifecycle.
Assuring and overseeing the development and execution of a stakeholder engagement plan to manage relationships, ensuring buy-in, timely involvement and commitment of key stakeholders.
Put in place governance and control structures for the design, implementation and management of business process, infrastructure, data/data quality design.
Ensure that robust frameworks are in place for User Acceptance Testing by systems users, project members and maintain oversight/approve resolution plans and changes.
Support the Head of IT / Director of IT in contract management.
Assuring the project(s) are managed according to best practice principles and appropriate governance is in place.
Assuring and overseeing the provision of accurate and timely reporting to the Project Board, PMO and Digital Steering Group
Person Specification Essential Requirements:
Skills and Knowledge:
Excellent Knowledge of project management methodologies – Prince 2, Agile.
Excellent knowledge of business process re-engineering methodologies, approaches and tools.
Highly organised; ability to work with minimal. supervision to tight deadlines and manage others within a project environment.
Excellent leadership skills, knowing how to take charge.
An effective communicator with the ability to adjust style depending upon the audience.
Effective negotiation skills; experience of working with multiple stakeholders at all levels.
High level of commercial awareness with the ability to confidently manage a substantial budget.
Ability to solve problems quickly.
Proficient in a range of project management software tools including MS project, Excel and PowerPoint
Values and Attitudes:
Takes personal responsibility and holds others to account.
Is solution focused and has a “can do attitude”.
Is able to inspire others with their passion and enthusiasm.
Demonstrates honesty and integrity and demonstrates through their behaviors the organisational values.
Embraces change, viewing it as an opportunity to learn and develop.
Accurate and methodical in approach to work
Experience:
At least 5 years’ experience project managing large scale system/CRM implementation projects.(MS Dynamics)
Proven track record of re-engineering existing business processes.
Proven ability to drive change whilst maintaining strong stakeholder relationships.
Proven ability to deliver large scale implementations on time and to budget.
Experience of managing cross functional teams.
Experience of working with external suppliers.
Qualifications & Training:
Educated to degree level or equivalent.
Project Management qualification e.g. Prince2/Agile
Other:
Must be a driver with own method of transport and a clean, valid driving licence, willing to travel to other sites, when required.
Additional Project Information:
You will be leading on the implementation of a real-time care management system built on a Microsoft Dynamics platform. This will be a major opportunity for the organisation to completely reengineer our front-end processes, enabling our support staff to capture data at the point of activity and eliminating paper.
Also provide robust management information to effectively monitor the quality and compliance of the services we provide to the people we support. This will assist us in our ambition to be the sector leader in quality, value and personal outcomes.
If you feel you have the relevant skills and experience and are interested in managing this groundbreaking project for a fixed term 18-month contract, we want to hear from you now!
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