1st March 2023
Project Manager – Application upgrade
Project Management
London
£600 - £625 per day (inside IR35)
Project Manager – Application upgrade
London Docklands (Hybrid)
6-month contract
£600 – £625 per day (inside IR35)
On behalf of a Docklands based financial services organisation I am seeking an experienced Project Manager that will support the upgrade, integration and testing of a business-critical commercial application.
Due to the organisation operating a Hybrid work model, you must be within commutable distance of their Docklands offices and willing to be office based at least one day per week.
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for developing, in conjunction with the Project Sponsor, a definition of the project(s) and ensures the project is effectively resourced and manages the relationships with a wide range of groups (including all project contributors).
- Responsible for managing the work of consultants, allocating and utilising resources in an efficient manner and maintaining a co-operative, motivated and successful team.
- Potentially involved in the delivery of several projects which report into a wider Portfolio of change.
- Responsible for detailed project reporting and governance adherence
Experience/Skills required:
- Significant practical experience of leading and managing business-critical application upgrade programmes across an end-to-end project lifecycle gained within a large organisation
- Experience delivering Compliance application solutions – good all-round knowledge of most things in the infrastructure/application delivery space
- Experience within a regulated financial services environment is essential
- Extensive hands-on experience of delivering complex IT change projects in a fast-moving organisation
- Have responsibility of delivering change programmes with budgets in excess of £1m
- Excellent communication skills with practical experience of supporting technical teams to formulate and articulate business benefits through the construction of business cases
- Experienced in creating well-structured and good quality project documentation with excellent skills in the use of the MS Office suite of tools and MS Project
- Experience of using Microsoft Project Server or similar, to produce and maintain high quality project plans.
Consultant - Brendan Connolly
Telephone: 0207 392 7512
Email: brendan.connolly@spencer-rose.com
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