OMDIA - Project Manager Industrial (UK)

OMDIA Project Manager - Industrial Division Informa Tech Location London, UK Reporting to Head of Project Delivery OMDIA Omdia's exhaustive intelligence and deep technology expertise allow us to uncover actionable insights that help our customers connect the dots in today's constantly evolving technology environment and empower them to improve their businesses " today and tomorrow. Our global Research organization is built on five guiding principles: * Research Quality is our top priority * We cultivate and grow a world-class analyst team of specialists * Each Intelligence Service has unique, robust data as its foundation * Research planning is innovative at its core and fosters creative destruction * Commercial success is the ultimate goal of our research products and processes PURPOSE OF ROLE The Project Manager's purpose is to ensure the successful delivery of large and complex consulting engagements with customers, balancing customer satisfaction with profitability Key objectives: * Project governance & controls * Detailed project plan * Project reports (internal & customer) * Project budget * Project lessons report * Detailed deliverable briefs(s) * Risk and Issue registers * Change log * Communication plan We're a global business of more than 600 colleagues, operating in 60 markets. Our purpose is to help drive the future by inspiring the Technology community to design, build and run a better digital world. We do this by informing, educating and connecting the community through our market-leading research, media, training and event brands. Every year, we welcome 2.700+ subscribers to our research, more than 3.8 million unique visitors a month to our digital communities, 42.700+ students to our training programs and 200.000 delegates to our events. At Informa Tech, the many amazing brands we operate are successful due to the people that produce them. They require experts, in the market and in their function, working together to allow the Tech community to freely exchange ideas, connect around compelling issues, discover new opportunities, and attain the intelligence they need for sound business decisions. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES The position of Project Manager is one of high responsibility and accountability: * Projects are delivered on time; * Projects are delivered to budget; * Projects are delivered to agreed customer satisfaction; * Project learnings and outputs are available to business to build on; * Positive relationships are built & developed with customers; * Positive relationships are built & developed with internal stakeholders across Informa Tech * Changes, issues and risks are proactively managed. Key responsibilities include: * To manage the delivery of multiple, complex projects, in parallel, on-time and on-budget for new and existing customers; * To ensure project milestones are reached and to check suitability of deliverables against specifications before reaching the customer; * To take responsibility for establishing & maintaining regular customer communications during the course of the project and to ensure project team are prepared for each meeting; * To establish and maintain information management and project control systems for each project, using specialist project management tools where necessary; * To actively manage the project budget, establish baseline and escalate any increases to help assess project profitability; * To collect customer feedback and lessons learnt on the completion of each project to input into organisational learning; * To commission and negotiate with external vendors and suppliers to source project inputs within budget and timescales; * To process customer and supplier invoices as required; * To adhere to internal reporting standards " providing updates of projects managed to required deadlines; * To adhere to internal project governance standards meeting, preferably exceeding, required minimums; * To support maintenance of working files of all past and ongoing consultancy projects, including proposals and all milestone deliverables. * To support the implementation of new processes to improve consulting delivery and reporting; * To drive our commitment to project delivery excellence by identifying opportunities for delivery and process improvement, and to design and deploy appropriate solutions; * To identify opportunities for proposition development based on customer demand and delivery methodologies; * Act as internal point of contact for project queries. Key Internal Relationships: * Head of Project Delivery: project updates & escalation, workload balancing, advice & personal development, internal initiatives; * Research VP's & Senior Consulting Directors: project updates, project team management, issue resolution * External suppliers & partners: agreeing scope and pricing, performance management; * Consulting & Research team members: project team management. SKILLS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED * Proven experience in project management; * Knowledge of relevan