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Valia Recruitment Solutions Limited
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York, North Yorkshire
IT Project Manager
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Salary: Up to £55,000 per annum (dep on exp) + Benefits |
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Overview
IT Project Manager – IMMEDIATE REQUIREMENT Prince 2 / Agile, MS projects, Project management certification. Salary to c£55k Benefits including Flexitime working Role based on the outskirts of York.Commutable from Harrogate, Knaresborough, Leeds, Wakefield, Goole, Pontefract, Wetherby, Castleford and Ripon. An exciting role has been created for an experienced and talented IT Project Manager to join a long term client of ours based on the rural outskirts of York / Harrogate, to come in and help strengthen their projects and delivery across its business. This is an exciting time to join my client with many IT transformation and development projects in the pipeline. As a senior level Project Manager , you will be responsible for the management and successful delivery of multiple projects across their business in multiple environments. The Person We are looking for someone with a strong background in project management, with a minimum of 3-5 years commercial experience: · Excellent project management skills. · Experience with delivering large and small scale IT projects. · Proven working experience as a Project Manager in the Information Technology sector. · Experience delivering projects within the financial sector (desirable). · Good understanding of Technical IT systems · Experience with MS Projects and Excel or other project management software. · Familiar with project budgeting and project forecasting. · Flexible; dealing with all areas and different types of work and problems. · Ability to understand and interpret emerging IT technologies and integrate them into the business environment. · Analytical ability to analyse raw data, draw conclusions and develop actionable recommendations. · Strong working knowledge of internal procedures and standards. · Strong knowledge of key regulatory requirements. Qualifications · Project management certification(s) (PRINCE2 Practitioner, PMP, CPMP etc.) · Agile project management certification(s) (desirable) More importantly, is that you are a talented and passionate project manager with the desire to own and drive genuinely exciting projects. The IT Project Manager role will include, but not be limited to, the following duties and responsibilities : · Ensuring projects are delivered on time, within budget and scope. · Ensuring good governance by identifying and mitigating project risks and issues and ensuring good communication. · Co-ordinating internal and external resources as part of the project deliverables. · Developing and maintaining strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders. · Identifying business opportunities in addition to the project’s scope. · Implementing lessons learned and sharing best practices. · Developing project scopes and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility. · Managing changes in project scope, schedule and costs. · Ensuring internal governance processes are followed and complied with in the context of each project including following internal sign-off processes are followed. · Ensuring the maintenance of project plans and regular progress reporting. · Ensuring project change is managed appropriately including full impact assessment and change approval process. · Measuring project performance using appropriate systems, tools and techniques. · Reporting and escalating to the Head of IT as needed. · Working with all Departments to ensure projects are completed successfully. · Creating and maintaining comprehensive project documentation. This is an immediate requirement within the business, and due to their remote location it is ESSENTIAL that applicants have a Full UK Drivers Licence AND their own transport. For more information please contact ROB OWEN at VALIA Recruitment Solutions. We are looking to move quickly on this role so suitable applicants will be contacted within a couple of hours.