Senior Project Manager (IT)
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Job description
The successful candidate will be responsible for the overall planning, execution, control and managing of resources to bring about the successful completion of specific project goals and objectives within agreed project constraints such as scope, time and budget to enhance service delivery to Pro's clients. You will be responsible for delivering IT projects which may have either an infrastructure/security or application development/implementation as their primary focus. You will be working as part of a growing project management team within Pro and will be helping to shape the team including by involved in mentoring and development of colleagues as the team grows.
Requirements
Pro Insurance currently has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Project Manager (IT) to join as part of our Projects and Portfolio Management team. The successful candidate will be responsible for the overall scoping, planning and leadership in highly complex business transformation programmes. You will be a great communicator and have the ability and experience to hit the ground running. The role can be based nationwide but will involve regular travel to either our London or Gloucester offices., Project management knowledge/experience (c. 5 + years), including;planning and organising skills, proficient in the use of MS Project or equivalent to create and maintain project plans
project budgeting skills - managing to budget, forecasting and budget setting
Stakeholder management, using strong communication skills, to be assertive and able to challenge others if required
Experience of leading and motivating multi-discipline, multi-location virtual teams
Resource coordination and management
PRINCE2 and/or Agile accreditations
Demonstrable experience in a similar position and solid track record of leading and delivering business critical, complex or large-scale projects with multiple workstreams
Experience in managing system, organisational or other business change resulting from project delivery.
IT Infrastructure and Security technical project experience including:familiarity with Azure Cloud Services
aligning projects with existing or new disaster recovery or BCP processes
working within required information security and control structures and other organisational standards
implementing required operational standards around environment management e.g. backups, monitoring, patching,
handover of technical projects into a support organisation including
IT Application development or implementation project experience including:application upgrade projects
experience of business process reviews and analysis
system audits of technologies implemented
working within required information security and control structures and other organisational standards
implementing required operational standards around application management e.g. backups, monitoring, patching, ongoing development standards
handover of application projects into a support organisation
Commitment to ongoing personal development e.g. maintaining accreditations, attending relevant training, educational events or workshops
Strong team player, with positive attitude to challenges or change, leading by example and contributing to overall team development and success through activities such as mentoring.
Desirable skills and responsibilities
Familiar with (re)insurance terminology used by different business areas (claims, underwriting, finance, etc)
Demonstrable experience of managing large scale test plans
Familiarity with DevOps, Jira or other systems used in software development
Written and verbal competencies
Excellent and demonstrable written and verbal communication skills
Results orientated - focus on improving performance, meeting goals, producing results.
Strong influencing, persuasion and negotiation skills to achieve desired outcomes; experienced in resistance or conflict management.
Good MS Office skills (PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Project, Visio, Outlook).
