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Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
Senior Project Manager
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Job Type: Full-time |
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Overview
Barrachd means "more" in Gaelic and is a business within Capita's new Consulting division. Barrachd is a fast-growing Data Transformation and Analytics firm with our head office in Edinburgh but most of our colleagues are based from home across the UK. We work with blue chip clients across multiple sectors, helping them unlock the potential in their data. Key to our success is delivering great analytical solutions that offer real business benefits and delighting our customers with the work we do for them. To support our growth, we are looking for a number of additional Project Managers to manage the delivery of our key projects, working with our existing team of experienced project managers and consultants. This is a great opportunity for an individual to be part of a market leading team in the fast-growing Analytics arena and take a key role in the organisation as it builds, whilst offering fantastic career growth opportunities. What you'll be doing: Carry out Sales handover meetings to ensure all required information is present and scope is understood by the delivery team lead internal and customer project kick-off meetings and build collaborative relationships that ensure we delight our customers produce and maintain project plans to ensure we deliver what we say we will, and look to avoid surprises work closely with clients, schedule and lead regular project calls or meetings to discuss or demonstrate progress and identify blockers as early as possible and agree how these could be removed lead Team Huddles to gather accurate information to complete client-quality project reports showing risks, issues, decisions and actions, relevant for all stakeholders schedule appropriate resources, track progress to plan and ensure that we bill resources accurately What we're looking for: Significant experience as a project manager delivering client software implementations. experience with digital transformation, data analytics, or business intelligence projects would be ideal knowledge of the project lifecycle with proven ability to deliver projects to defined governance and the ability to follow a specified methodology e.g. Prince2 or Agile the ability to plan and schedule project timelines and milestones allocating appropriate resources using appropriate tools management of project finances and budgets excellent verbal and written communication skills and experience compiling and managing key project artefacts to a high standard What's in it for you? A competitive basic salary 23 days holiday (rising to 27) with the opportunity to buy extra leave Company matched pension, life assurance, a cycle2work scheme, 15 weeks' fully paid maternity, adoption and shared parental leave…and plenty more Voluntary benefits designed to suit your lifestyle - from discounts on retail and socialising, to health & wellbeing, travel and technology You'll get the chance to follow your chosen career path anywhere in Capita. You'll be joining a network of 63,000 experienced, innovative and dedicated individuals across multiple disciplines and sectors. There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career, and we'll provide the support you need to do just that. Our purpose is to create a better outcome for you. What we hope you'll do next: Choose 'Apply now' to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you. We're an equal opportunity employer, which means we'll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and their passion for creating better outcomes, and we're committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.