IT Project Manager

Redimeer ,
London, Greater London
Salary: £450 per day

Overview

Redimeer is recruiting for an IT Project Manager to join a leading City Law firm. This is a great opportunity for a high calibre individual to join as a key member of the Document Management Programme Team, for an 18-month contract, outside of IR35. Previous experience leading a DMS project within a large, complex institution is essential, alongside 5 years’ experience within a project environment and Prince2 Practitioner status. The ideal candidate will have experience in delivering projects from end to end and will be an excellent communicator at all levels of an organisation. Day to day duties: Ensure project requirements are clearly understood and aligned with project objectives. Establish the project organisation, provide leadership and develop a team to achieve the objectives Facilitate the selection of project suppliers/resources Responsible for ensuring compliance to firm’s project process 1st point of escalation ad resolution for all project related risk/issues deriving from the project team, escalating to the Programme Manager as appropriate Line management of resources in a project context (internal and external) ensuring performance, project updates, project health is managed in accordance with the Firms project process and professional standards 1st point review and or creation for all project related documentation, Business Cases/PIDs/Reports/Change etc Responsible for overseeing the project budget, including spend to date, forecast to close, FY accounting and changes Risk & Issue management, ability to find, plan and take mitigating actions against of project threats and resolve problems in a dynamic and collaborative way Realistic planning; ability to apply project rationale and pragmatism to project plans (quality, budgets, schedules) Resource planning, forecasting and estimating of effort required from others to meet your project objectives. Stakeholder management; keeping others included, supported and involved at all levels. Strong leadership with a passion and drive to meet project time, cost and quality constraints and when challenged seeks trade-offs and alternatives to ensure project success. A hard working, supportive and collaborative work ethic which sets an example to others The successful candidate will have Significant experience of managing IT projects Experience of leading a DMS implementation, ideally within a large global law firm Prince2 Practitioner Exceptional communication skills with a wide range of stakeholders This role will start quickly for the right candidate, so if you’re immediately available, or coming to an end of another contract, please don’t hesitate to apply.