Senior IT Project Manager

Job Description

We are recriting for an IT Project Manager for the Leeds area. As a Senior IT Project Manager, the post holder will be responsible for managing the implementation of GPA’s standard shared IT infrastructure into new buildings as well as existing office spaces, working with suppliers, clients as well as internal and external stakeholders to deliver a high level of service throughout the project.

Key Responsibilities:

• Leading the delivery of the HUBS projects to the design guide standards to cost, time and scope
• Obtaining the necessary financial and resource approvals to deliver the multiple projects
• To work with product teams to continually feedback product issues and user feedback to allow iteration and maturity of products.
• Provide specialist advice to colleagues and clients at all levels on matters of IT Delivery, and the product suite Managing the projects to cost, time and delivery of a budget between £3-£5m
• Carry out the testing and transitioning of the project to the service management function and supplier.
• Obtain information assurance and security maturity that the project has adhered to government guidelines and policy
• Developing and managing the Project Delivery Risks
• Reporting on project progress in line with the reporting tools and timeframes
• Measuring, and continuously improving the GPA’s information management maturity and mitigating areas of risk identified in regular information and cyber security reviews and audits
• Build relationships with key stakeholders in Other Government Departments, influencing decision-makers and gaining buy-in to the product
• Manage multiple Clients from departments to adhere and comply to the GPA IT strategy in line with the technical annex of the design guide
• Work with up to 8 product IT providers to deliver projects to cost, time and scope
• Be able to identify what good looks like and the methodologies to enable the assessment of the status of ongoing work

Experience & technical skills

• A good technical knowledge of IT Infrastructure including Networks, cabling, comms rooms, AV and Video Conferencing equipment
• Extensive experience of leading stakeholder engagement and influencing senior stakeholders outside of your team/function
• Financial management skills – including business case production along with both the management of Capital and Resource Costs to the agreed budgets
• Able to demonstrate a deep understanding of digital service delivery, including agile and service design, and the cultural, organisational, functional and process change required to achieve it
• Demonstrable experience of being self-driven, able to create, prioritise and delivery projects or work on your own
• Demonstrable experience of successfully multi-tasking in a number of highly complex, potentially high pressure, environments
• Experience of presenting articulate and credible narratives at all level across of an organisation including being able to resolve entrenched positions with senior stakeholders
• Excellent Commercial and supplier management skills and experience
• Experience of a variety of methods to enable you to very quickly become a subject matter expert in the areas you are assigned to investigate

Person Specifications and Experience:

• PRINCE2 or equivalent project methodology qualification
• IT Project Management
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Making Effective Decisions
• Communicating and Influencing
• Leadership Delivering at Pace
• Technical skills
• Customer Perspective
• Commercial Acumen
• Property Market Knowledge Innovation