IT Project Management Lead

Working with a leading business in Birmingham who are looking for a talented Senior PM/ Project Management Lead from a professional services background to join them on a permanent basis. £80,000 base + bonus and excellent benefits. 2 days a week onsite required.

The Role

The purpose of this role is to lead, coach and mentor a small team of Project Management professionals in the coordination, governance and delivery of both technical and business change projects and programmes leading to great customer experiences.

This role will also require the hands-on project management delivery of assigned strategic projects within time and cost constraints.

The Project Management Lead will be responsible for:

• Leading, coaching and mentoring a team of Project Management professionals in the coordination, governance and delivery of Technology and Business Change projects and programmes leading to great customer experiences.
• The definition of development professional development plans for direct reports and tracking progress against plans.
• Promoting the use of best practice Project Management methodology.
• Supporting the planning of Project portfolio, in order to ensure that priority projects are resourced accordingly.
• The definition, documentation, and successful end-to-end delivery of assigned Strategic projects within agreed time scales and budget.
• Clearly articulating business requirements, business process, delivery plans and the benefits cases for projects and programmes of work.
• Preparation and maintenance of project management products (PID, RAID, status reports, change control, Business Case, BRS, Test and other key documentation).
• Liaising between business stakeholders, IT Team members, 3rd parties (Including identification of and contracting with 3rd parties), clients and others as required to deliver Projects and Programmes for the business.
• Developing strategies and measures to mitigate and/or control risks identified ensuring contingency plans are developed and executed.
• Ownership of work breakdown structure, production of estimates, project plans, engineering plans, finances, risk & contingency, scope management and change control

Key Skills and Experience

This opportunity would ideally suit an individual from a professional services background with experience of working with business users and IT Teams. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate the following:

• Excellent problem analysis, system design, troubleshooting and resolution skills.
• Confident project planning, estimation, requirements gathering, and business case writing.
• 3rd party supplier selection, contracting and management.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Line management, mentoring and professional development of Project management professionals.
• Demonstrable experience in delivering end to end business change and IT projects.
• Requirements gathering.