Senior Project Manager

Advanced ,
Slough, Berkshire
Job Type: Full-time

Overview

We’re Advanced We’re one of the UK’s largest and fastest growing software companies. True partnership is the defining thing that makes us different from the competition. We pride ourselves on delivering focused software solutions for public sector, enterprise commercial and health & care organisations that simplify complex business challenges and deliver immediate value. The Team and Role An excellent opportunity has become available for a talented Senior Project Manager to join the Advanced team to deliver migration services, integration solutions and modernisation software to our customers based in the UK, Europe and the Middle East. We are seeking an experienced Project Manager with a successful track record of delivering IT solutions on time, within budget and that meet customer requirements. The Requirements As a Senior Project Manager, you will be responsible for key stakeholder management and will use their skills to ensure effective communications and relationships are maintained between the customer, project team and 3rd party organisations. Key Responsibilities of an IT Migration Project Manager Include: Managing the day-to-day aspects of an Application Modernisation project – acts as single point of contact Planning, controlling and managing the project from initiation through delivery Ensuring all work is fully defined, scoped and planned to meet requirement Implement quality control mechanisms to ensure deliverables are fit for purpose Identify and manage issues and risks - applying corrective action as necessary Manages the change control procedure – gain agreement for revisions to the scope Resource management and scheduling of the project team resources Stakeholder management with internal and external clients Financial forecasting and budget reporting Creation and management of all project related documentation We would like you to have: As a Senior Project Manager, you will be able to demonstrate strong consultancy skills and be an excellent motivator of individuals in order to meet deadlines and manage change. You will have real-world experience of delivering concurrent small & medium scale projects on time and within budget. Strong experience as an IT Project Manager, within migrations or software delivery Proven track record of delivering large, complex IT projects valuing £1m Managing project teams of 10 people - preferably involving 3rd parties Experience of the whole project life cycle from initiation through to delivery Managing projects using industry recognised Project Management Methodologies (i.e. PRINCE2, Agile) Experience of working on application and data migration projects Join the A Team Does a Senior Project Manager sound like the kind of role you are looking for? If you are keen to join an organisation that is going through an exciting growth period at the moment then please apply via the link above. Some of our Key Benefits are: 25 Days holiday Bank Holidays Additional day leave for charity fundraising 5% matched Pension Scheme 5% yearly bonus scheme Life Insurance Learning environment working alongside experts in the latest technologies Special focus on training and development with the opportunity to excel your career from our internal Talent Development Team Be part of an organisation that has recently been ranked by Deloitte in the Top 50 fastest growing tech Companies Working in an organisation that encourages 360 feedback at all levels Exceptional career progression opportunities